- 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.
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Sensing Change:
Festival of Visual Art, Science, and Ecological Imagination
New York, USA
October 4 – 18, 2025
Pratt Institute: Practicing Resilience
Symposium
Sat, Oct 4, 3–5 PM
Pratt Institute
BioBat Art Space: Plant, Fungal, and Human Perceptions of Change
Panel discussion and exhibition
Sat, Oct 11, 1–5 PM
BioBat Art Space
Museum of the Moving Image: Fire of Love
Film Screening
Fri, Oct 17, 6 PM
Museum of the Moving Image
Parsons School of Design: Rhythms of Change
Symposium
Sat, Oct 18, 4–7 PM
Parsons School of Design
NOoSPHERE Arts: Tuning into Nature
Sound Performances
Sun, Oct 19, 3–5 PM
NOoSPHERE Arts
The program unfolds across Pratt Institute, Parsons School of Design, BioBAT Art Space, Noosphere and the Museum of the Moving Image, activating each site with talks, performances, and site-specific interventions. Sensing Change engages process philosophy and resilience thinking to reframe how we witness transformation: from migrating birds to thawing glaciers, from botanical movements to molecular shifts.
At a moment when climate data can feel abstract or overwhelming, Sensing Change proposes an alternative form of measurement. One grounded in attention, memory, imagination, and care. The project invites a deeper kind of listening, recognizing the planet not as backdrop, but as collaborator.
Sensing Change is supported by the Ministry of Culture Czech Republic, Teiger Foundation, and 1014 Space for Ideas.