Natural Technology Podcast

Raoul Frese – Photosynthesis, ARTSCIENCE & the Hypergravity Bio Portal

In this final episode, the guest is Raoul Frese, biophysicist and director of the VU ARTSCIENCE Hybrid forms Laboratory. In conversation with Sem Bannenberg, Frese talks about his research on how this is influenced by working with artists and why the VU ARTSCIENCE Laboratory and initiatives like Studiotopia help scientists go beyond borders they have never crossed before. Furthermore, Frese reflects on Hypergravity Bio Portal, a work realized with his Laboratory by artist Christiaan Zwanikken. VU ART SCIENCE gallery presents Natural Technology. Welcome to the Symbiocene. An exhibtion featuring artworks of Jelle Korevaar, Tabita Rezaire, Wanda Tuerlinckx and Christiaan Zwanikken. These artists with different practices and mediums present a new way to interpret nature, the environment, and technology's role on Earth. This podcast and exhibition are made with the support of partners Clue+ and Studiotopia, and the conversations with scientists and scholars were hosted by the VU Library. The interviewer is assistant curator Sem Bannenberg. Recording and editing by Harm Rieske. [http://www.harmrieske.nl/ ] LINKS * Gallery Information [//www.artsciencegally.nl] * Gallery's Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/artscience_gallery/] * VU ARTSCIENCE Hybrid Forms Lab [https://hybridformslab.com/] * Raoul Frese's recent publication [https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/anie.202201148]

Rob Van Den Hoven Van Genderen – AI, Robot Law & Androids

This episode's guest is Prof. Rob van den Hoven van Genderen, lecturer and researcher in AI and Robot Law. In conversation with Sem Bannenberg, van den Hoven van Genderen explains how the laws surrounding AI, robots, and Androids are shaped and how they will possibly be changed in the future and discusses the Portrait series Androids of Wanda Tuerlinckx. VU ART SCIENCE gallery presents Natural Technology. Welcome to the Symbiocene. An exhibtion featuring artworks of Jelle Korevaar, Tabita Rezaire, Wanda Tuerlinckx and Christiaan Zwanikken. These artists with different practices and mediums present a new way to interpret nature, the environment, and technology's role on Earth. This podcast and exhibition are made with the support of partners Clue+ and Studiotopia, and the conversations with scientists and scholars were hosted by the VU Library. The interviewer is assistant curator Sem Bannenberg. Recording and editing by Harm Rieske [http://www.harmrieske.nl/]. LINKS * Gallery Information [//www.artsciencegally.nl] * Gallery's Instagram [ https://www.instagram.com/artscience_gallery/]

Kristine Steenbergh – Animal Emotions & Jelle Korevaar

This episode's guest is VU literary scholar and director of the VU Environmental Humanities Center, Kristine Steenbergh. In conversation with Sem Bannenberg, Steenbergh explains the cultural role of animal emotion in literature and a more comprehensive range of Environmental Humanities. Furthermore, Steenbergh describes how the emotions and powers in the artworks of Jelle Korevaar, shown in the NATURAL TECHNOLOGY exhibition, fit in the narrative of Environmental Humanities. VU ART SCIENCE gallery presents NATURAL TECHNOLOGY. WELCOME TO THE SYMBIOCENE. An exhibtion featuring artworks of Jelle Korevaar, Tabita Rezaire, Wanda Tuerlinckx and Christiaan Zwanikken. These artists with different practices and mediums present a new way to interpret nature, the environment, and technology's role on Earth. This podcast and exhibition are made with the support of partners Clue+ and Studiotopia, and the conversations with scientists and scholars were hosted by the VU Library. The interviewer is assistant curator Sem Bannenberg. Recording and editing by Harm Rieske [http://www.harmrieske.nl/ ]. LINKS * Gallery Information [//www.artsciencegally.nl] * Gallery's Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/artscience_gallery/] * VU Environmental Humanities Center [https://environmentalhumanitiescenter.com/]

Vasilis Kokkoris – Wood Wide Webs & Premium Connect

This episode's guest is VU researcher and mycologist Vasilis Kokkoris. In conversation with Sem Bannenberg, Kokkoris explains how Fungi create mycelium networks and how these relate to human network systems. Furthermore, Kokkoris reflects on the artwork Premium Connect by artist Tabita Rezaire as shown in Natural Technology. Welcome to the Symbiocene. VU ART SCIENCE gallery presents Natural Technology. Welcome to the Symbiocene. An exhibtion featuring artworks of Jelle Korevaar, Tabita Rezaire, Wanda Tuerlinckx and Christiaan Zwanikken. These artists with different practices and mediums present a new way to interpret nature, the environment, and technology's role on Earth. This podcast and exhibition are made with the support of partners Clue+ and Studiotopia, and the conversations with scientists and scholars were hosted by the VU Library. The interviewer is assistant curator Sem Bannenberg. Recording and editing by Harm Rieske [http://www.harmrieske.nl/]. LINKS * Gallery Information [//www.artsciencegally.nl] * Gallery's Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/artscience_gallery/] * Vasilis Kokkoris's research [https://www.vasilis-kokkoris.com/]

Wende Wallert – The Exhibition Concept

In this first episode, Wende Waller, Art curator of the VU Library and director of the VU ART SCIENCE Gallery, talks to Sem Bannenberg about the new exhibition on show Natural technology. Welcome to the Symbiocene. This podcast elaborates on the exhibition concept and how artists were selected for this exhibition. VU ART SCIENCE gallery presents Natural Technology. Welcome to the Symbiocene. An exhibtion featuring artworks of Jelle Korevaar, Tabita Rezaire, Wanda Tuerlinckx and Christiaan Zwanikken. These artists with different practices and mediums present a new way to interpret nature, the environment, and technology's role on Earth. This podcast and exhibition are made with the support of partners Clue+ and Studiotopia, and the conversations with scientists and scholars were hosted by the VU Library. The interviewer is assistant curator Sem Bannenberg. Recording and editing by Harm Rieske [http://www.harmrieske.nl/]. LINKS * Gallery Information [//www.artsciencegally.nl] * Gallery's Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/artscience_gallery/]