Biofriction Summer Program: Radical Ecology

Hangar from the 12th to 17th of July 2021 hosted the Biofriction Summer Program, a six-day intensive program with workshops, seminars, and presentations on Wetlab, Radical Ecologies, Ethics, Biohacking, and F(r)ictions; bringing together artists, researchers, philosophers, and hackers (among others) from diverse (in)trans_disciplinary practices and perspectives. The proposal is conceived as an entangled structure in […]
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Biofriction Radio: Mayra Citlalli Rojo

Biofriction Radio collects podcasts interviewing Biofriction artists in residence exploring evolutionary biology, artistic practices, and thoughts from experimental research with biotech. In the fifth episode of the podcast, Mayra Citlalli Rojo, a disembodied artist in residence at Bioart Society, discusses her research project about domestication in the history of the evolution of anatomy-botany. The main […]
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Biofriction Summer Program Diary

Day 1: WETLAB After several last minutes changes, updates and vicissitudes the Summer program has finally started. To break the ice and get people to know each other the participants were welcomed with a coffee break in Hangar venue. Afterwards, Laura Benítez Valero did an introduction of the Biofriction project and the Summer Program activities. […]
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Biofriction Artist-in-residence ADRIANA KNOUF @ Kapelica Gallery

In the video document, Biofriction artist-in-residence Adriana Knouf talks about developing her project Xenological Entanglements. 001: Eromatase during her residency at Kapelica Gallery. She touches upon several aspects of the project, ranging from her childhood desire to go to space, xenology, self-experimentation, hormones, relationships between art, science and technology, to Leydig cell cultivation, thin-layer chromatography, […]
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Biolab Conference

On Monday 15th of March at 6 pm CET, Elisava Research and Hangar hosted the BIOLAB CONFERENCE. The conference aim was to dedicate a day to nature, materiality, bio-design and engineering. During the day, each speaker talked about their researches or specific projects that they are developing.  with a final discussion. Timeline and speakers: Maria […]
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Art and science in the time of a pandemic

   On the 27th of April, Hangar hosted an event Art and science in times of pandemic. The meeting included the participation of several speakers and a performance by the artist Mayra Citlalli Roj. This dialogue is the first of a series of activities linked to the Hac Te project, promoted and hosted by […]
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