Wasted debates: using human remains in art
Recently, I took part in a round table discussion on the use of human remains in art. The discussion participants
Category: Reports
Let’s experiment with ourselves
Self-Experimentation and the Ethics Committee of 1 A report on the event ‘Trust Me, I’m an Artist: Towards an Ethics
Terra Infirma: finding the ‘geo’ in geopolitics
‘Terra Infirma – experimenting with geo-political practices ’ was an academic workshop which was held in The Arts Catalyst’s Clerkenwell space.
A tale of singing worms
I’m just back from Leiden in the Netherlands, where the Waag Society had invited me to give a presentation at
“If Turner were alive today, he’d be launching himself into space.”
My Arts Catalyst colleague, curator Rob La Frenais, made a really excellent contribution to BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, while
Zimbabwe in Venice
In a deliciously candid symposium at Iniva yesterday, Raphael Chikukwa, curator of the Zimbabwe Pavilion at the Venice Biennale this
Power in outer space
Yesterday, I was one of the speakers at the Power in Outer Space symposium at the University of Brighton. The
Soundings and transitions: Mexico
I returned last week from the Transitio_mx, a festival of electronic and media art in Mexico City, in which I gave
Biorama 2: troglodites to thrombolites
Having thoroughly decompressed from our Eye of the Storm conference at Tate in my own way, I proceeded to Huddersfield, and thence
Science diplomacy 2: From the High Arctic to central Africa
Day 2 at the Royal Society’s meeting on science democracy. Finally, the issue of interdisciplinarity was raised by Stephen Hillier from
Science diplomacy 1: International cooperation to neo-functionalism
This week I’ve been at the Royal Society’s international meeting on science diplomacy. What is science diplomacy? Most people here seem
From biohacking to biotech porn
Last week, I was at the Waag Society in Amsterdam for its EcoArt lecture event, with Andy Gracie, Brandon Ballengee and Boo Chapple. The lectures were
Tehran (Part 2)
Tehran blog – Sunday, Monday, Tuesday The other curators went home early on Sunday morning, leaving me with three days
Tehran (Part 1)
Tehran blog – Friday and Saturday My Iranian visa came very late, so the others – this is a visit
A history of forgetting
Harvard scholar Sheila Jasanoff is regarded as a leading light in the field of science and technology studies. Her calls
Nicola Triscott 