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  •       Transdisciplinary research platform steered by visual artist Adam Vackar and biologist Jindrich Brejcha. Our practice at the intersection of visual art and biology, with overlaps in anthropology, architecture, geology, and philosophy, aims to explore paradigms of knowledge based on the understanding of the biological perspective of life and existence for both humans and non-human species. The fascinating processes underlining non-human life can contribute to better understanding of human existence in wider context of evolution, behavior and culture.




Life Discussions: Transdisciplinary symposium at Centre for Contemporary Art
Prague, CZ



March 12, 2022

Speakers:
Adam Vackar and Jindrich Brejcha
Introduction, Transparent Eyeball
Michael Bok
Biologist, Lund University, Sweden
Reuben Fowkes
UCL Institute of Advanced Studies, London, UK
Johannes Jaeger
Complexity Science Hub Vienna, Vienna,
Miranda Lowe
Scientist, Natural History Museum, London, UK
Katja Novitskova
Visual artist, Amsterdam
Michael J. Ryan
Professor, University of Texas in Austin
Kostas Stasinopoulos
Curator, Serpentine gallery, London, UK
Antonin Strizek
Scientist, Academy of Sciences, Prague  
Life Discussions is a transdisciplinary symposium dedicated to exploring how art and culture can coexist, complement one another, and open new ways of understanding urgent biological questions. Bringing together artists, theorists, and biologists, the program investigates the principles of life that drive creativity and communication, while also seeking inspiration in the adaptive solutions that living systems provide.

Today’s environmental challenges are highly complex, and developing strategies that foster public awareness and responsibility is crucial for the long-term conservation of species and ecosystems. The symposium emphasizes collaborations between artists and biologists to create innovative forms of participatory research while helping to share ecological knowledge with wider, non-specialist audiences.

Internationally renowned scientists, artists, and cultural thinkers exchange ideas on the evolutionary roots and the deep interconnectedness between humans and the natural world. Themes include invasiveness in plants and humans, beauty as a biological concept, public interventions that reshape our relation to the environment, and non-human perspectives—from the overlooked agency of plants to the extraordinary vision of the mantis shrimp, a species with the most complex sight system known.

Life Discussions sets pats for art and science to reveal together new perspectives, expand collective imagination, and remind us that humans are inseparable from the living networks we share this planet with.

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