Biofriction. Intersection between arts, sciences and technologies

Here you will find “Biofriction. Intersection between arts, sciences and technologies“, the official publication on the Biofriction project. The essay consists of several critical texts divided into six parts to give a broad and complete idea of the project.  Narrative Describes the development of the Biofriction project over time, emphasizing, through a fluid and personal […]
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Kasperi Mäki-Reinikka

BIO Kasperi Mäki-Reinikka (b. 1987) is a Helsinki-based media artist and a doctoral candidate at Aalto University. His practice is based on collaboration between different fields of art, science and technology. Mäki-Reinikka is the founder of the interdisciplinary art collective Brains on Art that combines art and science in interactive installations. Generative methods, AI-systems and […]
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Biofriction Radio: Joel Ong

Biofriction Radio collects podcasts interviewing Biofriction artists in residence exploring evolutionary biology, artistic practices, and thoughts from experimental research with biotech. In the eighth episode of the podcast, we listen to Joel Ong, artist in residence at Cultivamos Cultura. Joel Ong is a media artist whose work typically involves artistic and scientific perspectives of the […]
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Biofriction Radio: Kira O’Reilly & Christina Gruber

Biofriction Radio collects podcasts interviewing Biofriction artists in residence exploring evolutionary biology, artistic practices, and thoughts from experimental research with biotech. In the seventh episode of the podcast, we listen to Kira O’Reilly and Christina Gruber, artists in residence at Cultivamos Cultura. In the podcast, the artists explain how during the residence their projects crossed […]
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BIOFRICTION SUMMER PROGRAM_ VIDEO

We are delighted to present the video made by Paula Lienard Ibañez to catch some moments of the Biofriction Summer program. This summer Biofriction brought together artists, researchers, philosophers, and hackers (among others) from diverse (in)trans_disciplinary practices and perspectives. For facilitators and participants, the Biofriction Summer program meant qualitative time to share questions, concerns, experiments, […]
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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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