Workshop on Art in Transdisciplinary Research
This year's YHYS Colloquium features a participatory workshop focused on art in transdisciplinary research, hosted by artist and researcher Dr Margherita Pevere. The session takes place on Wednesday at 11:00 - 13:00. Spaces are limited.
The workshop 'Tactical Spores' aims to foster the cross-pollination of practices and ways of knowing about the complexities in society, the environment, and research. It draws on transdisciplinary art to generate knowledge that combines the sensorial and the analytical, aesthetics and materials, individual perception and shared experiences. Art is viewed as an agent of change that can catalyse knowledge and experiences surrounding complex topics.
The workshop is inspired by two concepts from biology and strategy to develop transformative approaches in art and research. The spore, the reproductive unit of various organisms adapted for dispersal and survival, often thrives even in unfavorable conditions, suggesting a mix of randomness and resilience. Conversely, tactics pertains to strategy, planning, and scenario evaluation in military or gaming contexts and thus implies analytical skills and foresight.
How can the seemingly contrasting terms tactical spores serve as guiding principles in research? Both in research and the arts, openness and serendipity, along with analysis and strategy, adaptation and training, are fundamental. Their combination is often unpredictable yet frequently fertile. In this workshop, art and the metaphor of tactical spores will guide participants to reflect on creating research that has impact and vision beyond the boundaries of a single discipline.
The workshop includes participatory sessions, discussions, drawing, storytelling, and creative collaboration. It welcomes diversity and practitioners from all disciplines.
Margherita Pevere
Known for her otherworldly work with living matter, ecology and biotechnology, Dr Margherita Pevere is an artist and researcher addressing taboos like death, sex and vulnerability. Her work extends beyond the arts in high profile collaborations across science, society and academia such as the JRC Soil Unit; Experimental Immunology Department / Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research; and the Jeschke Lab / Ecological Novelty, FU Berlin. Her works have been exhibited at SOLU Bioart Society, FI; Kiasma Theatre, FI; Ars Electronica, AT; Wiener Festwochen, AT; Rostock Kunsthalle, DE; iMAL, BE; Article Biennial, NO among others. She holds a doctorate from Aalto University.
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