2019
Polarities
Psychology and Politics of Being Ecological
2019
Psychology and Politics of Being Ecological
29 Nov 2019 - 1 Mar 2020
From: | 29 November 2019 |
To: | 1 March 2020 |
Polarities questions the extremities of our age. Is economy truly the opposite of nature, female the opposite of male, extinction the opposite of survival?
While the Anthropocene is screaming for attention and some believe the post-Anthropocene is already at the gates, it becomes increasingly difficult to determine our position. We’re collectively sliding along a scale from denial and indifference to fear and mournful rebellion. How do we move from debilitating indecision to an inevitable intervention?
Polarities presents the three winning projects of the Bio Art & Design Award 2019, developed in collaboration with leading Dutch researchers in the life sciences. They are shown alongside recent works of international artists and designers whose course isn’t set by a compass of contradictions. Follow the call of the lost Kaua’i ‘ō‘ō bird, feel the shifting of the Earth’s magnetic field and contribute to the quest for female sperm. Change is inevitable, but don’t worry too much: we are all ecological anyhow.
Participating artists
Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg, Christina Agapakis/Ginkgo Bioworks & Sissel Tolaas
Charlotte Jarvis, Emma van der Leest & Aneta Schaap-Oziemlak (BAD Award), Paul Verweij & Sybren De Hoog (Radboudumc / CWZ), Heather Dewey-Hagborg & Phillip Andrew Lewis, Irene Stracuzzi, Jakob Kudsk Steensen, Jonathan Ho (BAD Award) & Joris Koene (VU), Lise Autogena & Joshua Portway, Marjolijn Dijkman, Michael Sedbon (BAD Award) & Raoul Frese (VU), Minji Cho
Curators
Angelique Spaninks & Xandra van der Eijk
Work - Jonathan Ho (BAD Award) / Photo credit - Boudewijn Bollman
Work - Emma van der Leest & Aneta Schaap-Oziemlak (BAD Award) / Photo credit - Boudewijn Bollman
Work - Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg, Christina Agapakis/Ginkgo Bioworks & Sissel Tolaas / Photo credit - Boudewijn Bollman
Work - Michael Sedbon (BAD Award) / Photo credit - Boudewijn Bollman
Work - Charlotte Jarvis / Photo credit - Boudewijn Bollman