Dreamed Native Ancestry (DNA) : Re-thinking race and migration
In 1977, NASA launched two robotic probes, Voyager 1 and Voyager 2, into space to study the outer solar system. Passing beyond our sun’s planetary
Transformism: new works by Melanie Jackson and Revital Cohen
In ‘Transformism’, the Arts Catalyst’s latest exhibition which has just opened at the John Hansard Gallery, Southampton, Melanie Jackson and
Some responses to War at the speed of light …
A couple of recent interesting blog posts have picked up on my War at the Speed of Light: artists and drone
War at the speed of light: artists and drone warfare
“We call it in, and we’re given all the clearances that are necessary, all the approvals and everything else, and
Is there any poetic meaning in Baumgartner’s fall to Earth?
Yesterday, nearly 8 million of us watched another human being jump off a narrow ledge 24 miles above the Earth.
Machine wilderness: personal highlights from ISEA2012 Albuquerque
This is a snapshot of personal highlights from ISEA2012 Albuquerque: Machine Wilderness. ISEA (the International Symposium on Electronic Arts) is an international
Nuclear landscapes: exploring New Mexico’s atomic legacy
Looking out towards Trinity Ground Zero (20 miles away), New Mexico My first trip to the States, in 1997, was
Art in the age of “big data”
I’m currently at ISEA2012, the 18th International Symposium on Electronic Art, a six-day international conference, this year taking place
Bionic people: enhancement, bioethics and the politics of disability
Two current exhibitions, a workshop we recently organised at DaDaFest, and the ongoing controversy around “bladerunner” Oscar Pistorius’ inclusion in
Higgs: its cultural significance
“If we combine the Z-Z and the Gamma-Gamma,this is what we get: they line up extremely well, and in the
Ruins, conflict, culture and science: dOCUMENTA (13)
Many adjectives have already been wielded to describe this year’s documenta, “earnest”, “grim”, “despondent” and “concept-less” among them. Certainly, there
How life transforms: reflections on a conversation with Rob Kesseler and Enrico Coen
Why do I like Rob Kesseler’s work? At first glance, his highly detailed, colour-enhanced micrographs of pollen, seeds, fruit and
Performance, theatre and science
Last week, I went to Curious Directive’s show Your Last Breath. Curious Directive create devised theatre works incorporating scientific ideas,
Spaced out … the relationship between art and space agencies
I was in Paris earlier this month at the International Astronautical Federation (IAF)’s spring meeting, chairing a meeting of the
AV Festival: unfolding installations, incremental car crashes and unhurried soundscapes
I had 24 hours of frantic slowness at the terrific AV festival last weekend. This year, the theme of this excellent festival of
Extreme citizen science: rainforests, urban jungles and the arctic perspective …
Last week I attended the London Citizen Cyberscience Summit with Lisa Haskel, Arts Catalyst’s resident research engineer, to catch up
