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  • ... into an embodied spatial experience. Using a helicopter, participants are lifted to hover at a height that allows them to...
  • 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 -
    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 -
    ... of live public experimentation, we attempted to transform artificial biological traits of adaptability into ones of...
  • ... immigrants, demi-monde and criminals. For this social mosaic the artist choice of characters ranges from literature (de Balzac ‘Human...
  • Metabodies
    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 -
    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
  • Energy conversion -
    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
  • ... of exploring and experimenting on possible ways to design artificial systems, by combining digital strategies and living...
  • SIMULACRA
    interactive video installation / analogue mental cinema