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Seit den 90er Jahren haben sich zwischen den Künstler und sein Publikum jede Menge Apparate und Apparaturen geschoben. Kommunikation geschieht geplant, kontrolliert, reduziert, erweitert – kurz: posthuman. Dabei wird in Kauf genommen, dass jedes

Whenever the inequitable distribution of resources crosses into territories once thought impossible, Critical Art Ensemble (CAE) has responded with a public party to highlight the achievements of various oligarchies and plutocracies in a manner that

War zones are as instructive as they are destructive. Since Vietnam, they have beautifully illustrated the contradiction between capitalism and democracy. They teach the lesson that (false) democracy is an alibi for the good intentions of capitalist

Free Range Grain was a live, performative action that used basic molecular biology techniques to test for genetically modified (GM) food in the global food trade. CAE wanted this interventionist performance to demonstrate how the "smooth space" of

Molecular Invasion was a participatory science-theater work done in cooperation with students from the Corcoran School of Art and Design and exhibited at the Corcoran Gallery, Washington, DC. In this work, CAE/da Costa/Pentecost and selected

This project investigates the unexpected diversity to be found on the human ecosystem and its 'social network'; this, by focusing on the language of billions of bacteria, which populate it. Sonja Bäumel tested two subjects each of them left hand

Expanded Self has been realised for the documentary film 'Wir sind Planeten', produced by ServusTV-Terra Mater. Since 2008, Sonja Bäumel is exploring the human skin and its potential. This project is part of her on-going research and creative

In the plant cell, huge numbers of chlorophyll molecules are linked one to another. When they receive light, they synchronize their activity perfectly. Each of the molecules receives and transmits photons all the way to the reaction center of the

sonja bäumel in collaboration with maurizio montalti (Officina Corpuscoli) mirko daneluzzo & tommaso casucci (Co-de-iT) Waag Society's Open Wetlab WASP self-initiated WORKSHOP AT THE WAAG SOCIETY AMSTERDAM Interactions between Biological and Digital

This fiction informs the audience about rising sea levels due to global warming and how urban populations will cope with it. This experimental form of tactical transmedia fiction was told by actors and narrative devices staged over the Internet and