Seedballing at Micronomics

maja — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 17:06:53 +0000

Start: 2010-05-01 11:00 Europe/Brussels

End: 2010-05-01 14:00 Europe/Brussels

Klorofil, OKNO and FoAM work together on a seedballing workshop in Brussels, as a part of the Micronomics Festival.

Since 2006, City Mine(d) devote themselves to the issue of economic paradoxes in Brussels. Under the banner Micronomics, they look for answers at the micro scale. They have brought together a wealth of micro-initiatives, who are actively building an urban micro-economy that is fair to those who take part in it and that is at the heart of the way our cities are shaped.

During the 2010 Micronomics festival, Klorofil, FoAM and OKNO join forces to spread the green virus in the city. In a collaborative action they organize seed-balling workshops, construct small vertical gardens and give all information on how to grow your own vegetables on the tiniest spaces in the city

More about the Micronomics programme: http://www.citymined.org/index.php?action=fullnews&id=83
images: http://www.flickr.com/photos/foam/sets/72157623875287851/

Bitesize lecture with Brian Degger

maja — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 18:31:30 +0000

Start: 2005-06-14 00:00 Europe/Brussels

Brian Degger's Stories from the flesh factory

Whilst building my art practice, i have been working at a fish factory, this has given me various inspirations for bioart projects Working with fish calls into question sustainability of harvesting
these organisms. In the case of Orange Roughy, a deepsea fish, we know more about how to catch them than their basic biology. My two drives are making the "barely visible obvious" and beauty through decay" I undertake this through re-purposing waste streams and utilizing fish as media. I am intrigued by the relationship between human and underwater ecosystems. This talk will cover past art visual art projects and further directions into bioart. In particular i will discuss a project BioOceanBalls that i wish to develop with Foam.

I am a formally trained biotechnologist, achieving a PhD(2002) in the production of recombinant fish growth factors. I have became intrigued by the growing synergies between art and science, have developing a practice in time-based video art, and am moving towards realization of a number of bio-art projects. In 2004 I undertook an attachment with Blast Theory (UK) being involved in the production of a mixed reality game/performance titled 'I like Frank' for the Adelaide Fringe Festival. I also attended a master classes by video artist Craig Walsh (Au) and, John Cleater of the Builders Republic(US). Although not formally trained in new media I have become familiar with this area through attendance of a number of international Art&Science events including the Biennale of Perth 2002&2004, Converge, Adelaide 2002, and Transmediale, Berlin 2005. My video/ image based work has been exhibited in Adelaide (SALA 2003, 2004 and Downtown Arts Space, 2004), Melbourne (Drivers Lane, 2004)
and Dublin (Epoch, Meeting Square Temple Bar, 2005). The current project, BioOceanBalls, draws on my fascination for fish, and the possibility of reseeding underwater environments.

FoAM - seedballing

Seedballing at Micronomics

Bitesize lecture with Brian Degger