[spectre] New Podcasts on Audiolats

[Annick2]

Dear Friends,

Two new podcasts in the "Trust Me, I'm An Artist" (Creative 
Europe project) (http://olats.org/trustme/trustme.php) 
series on the Audiolats channel on the platform Creative 
Disturbance.
They deal with the work "Confronting Vegetal Otherness: 
Skotopoiesis", one with the artist, Spela Petric and one 
with the curator Jurij Krpan.

http://creativedisturbance.org/channel/audiolats/


I take this opportunity to remind you of two other channels 
related to Audiolats on Creative Distrubance that have been 
quite productive those last months.
On Meta-Life 
(http://creativedisturbance.org/channel/meta-life/), you'll 
find bioart related podcasts and on Virtual Africa 
(http://creativedisturbance.org/channel/virtual-africa/ ), 
podcasts related to art, science, technology and culture on 
this continent.
Those podcasts are mostly in English, but some are in French.

Enjoy !
Best
Annick



META-LIFE
http://creativedisturbance.org/channel/meta-life/

 > Interactive Architecture with Philip Beesley
Terranova discusses interactive architecture, synthetic 
biology in architecture, and living architecture with Philip 
Beesley.

 > Future of Architecture and Synthetic Biology
This podcast talks about the increasing relationships 
between biology, computation and architecture. How could 
synthetic biology evolve in contact with architecture and 
how does it change its aesthetics? By looking at biology as 
a technology, SFU PhD candidate Mahsoo Salimi gives some 
insight into the possible evolution of architecture and 
design with the integration of bioengineered and 
bioluminescent materials, just to name a few.

 > Power of Information in the Age of Biotechnology
What can we learn from the regulation of the physical world 
when looking at the world of information? Who controls the 
technology? What could be the effects of biotechnology on 
Nature? These questions are among the important issues that 
this podcast addresses with Robert Cunningham, Assistant 
Professor at The University of Western Australia and author 
of Information Environmentalism: A Government Framework for 
Property Rights. Here we touch upon a variety of topics 
ranging from the environmental movement to issues of power 
and the role of artists in society.

 > From Eugenics to Synbio Design
By looking at the history of Eugenics and Design, Christina 
Cogdell questions the cultural values we affect to 
biologically designed artifacts and how humans, through that 
process, may become mere products. She also takes into 
consideration the evolution of technology in relation to the 
history of energy and the horizontal gene transfers that 
occur between living organisms to balance her 
‘techno-pessimistic’ approach.


 > Operational Aliveness with Stelarc
Stelarc comments the various degrees of aliveness running 
through his work from his recent robotic choreography 
(Propel, 2015) which combines the automated and the 
improvised. In reflecting upon the NeoLife conference 
opening exhibition Futile Labor (I. Zurr, O. Catts, C. 
Salter, D. Wards) that examined shifting perceptions of life 
through motion and agency, Stelarc offers elements of 
response to the very question of what minimum vocabulary of 
behavior or movement is needed to generate a sense of aliveness.

 > L’art du Microbiome
Le microbiome (ou microbiote) désigne l’ensemble des 
microorganismes qui vivent sur et à l’interieur de nos 
corps. Cet ensemble constitue un microfilm que l’on trouve 
chez tous les êtres vivants et dans tous les milieux. 
Qu’est-ce que cela nous apprend t-il sur l’individu et la 
notion d’espèce ? Est-il possible de se servir de ce 
matériel génétique pour créer des oeuvres ? Entre 
performance et recherche scientifique, l’artiste-chercheur 
François-Joseph Lapointe développe une pratique 
expérimentale (paradisciplinaire) où l’art et la science se 
nourrissent l’un l’autre.


VIRTUAL AFRICA
http://creativedisturbance.org/channel/virtual-africa/

 > Ephemerality and Cultural Memory in Digital Performances
Born in Trinidad and Tobago, Henry Daniel received his 
training as a dancer both in the Caribbean, North America 
and Western Europe – which provides him with a specific 
relationship to dance and African expressions. I engaged him 
in a conversation on the very notion of ephemerality in 
dance and the connections between rituals and technology. 
The podcast covers a wide range of topics such as 
computational and epigenetic memory, neurosciences or 
quantum mechanics.

 > A Bid for ISEA 2018 in Durban
Greg Streak is a multimedia artist and Lecturer at Durban 
University of Technology. The podcast begins with a short 
overview of his own practice and his vision for young 
artists in South Africa. Together with other African art 
activists, he calls for the first meeting of the 
International Symposium of Electronic Arts to take place in 
Africa, advocating for the creation of alternative spaces.

 > After Fakugesi. The Post-African Futures Labs
Together with Tegan Bristow and Jepchumba, two leading 
figures in the African digital scene and co-founders (with 
Christo Doherty) of the now iconic Fakugesi festival, we 
share ideas about emerging trends of digital culture and 
their ongoing collaboration project with the Post-African 
Future Africa labs. “Add the power”.

 > Making Africa, Afropolis and the African Renaissance
A conversation on African Renaissance, through the 
Afro-Polis and Making Africa exhibitions that London based 
polymath artist and cultural entrepreneur Pierre-Christophe 
Gam conceived and helped curated with the ambition to tour 
in Europe and Africa.

 > Creative Technology and Soft Power
What role that art and culture can play in Africa ? This is 
a question that artist designer and curator Pierre 
Christophe Gam addresses in this podcast from his recent 
participation to an international symposium on creativity 
and economical growth in Abidjan, which also touched upon 
issues of cultural diplomacy and soft power.

 > Émoticônes et Diversité Culturelle
Kofi Sika Latzoo est directeur artistique des studios Efixx 
à Dakar, leader du chapitre sénégalais auprès de l’IGDA 
(International Game Developers Association), responsable du 
programme d’innovation de la NASA au Senegal (Space Up 
challenge) et co-fondateur, avec Bacely Yorobi, du Game Camp 
qui a pour ambition de créer un écosysteme favorable à 
l’émergence d’industries logicielles ludiques sur le 
contnent africain. Il est surtout question dans ce podcast 
de l’implémentation d’émoticônes africains sur la plateforme 
sociale Line et du développement des cultures électroniques 
en Afrique.

 > A Lovely Weather: Eco-Cancer and Garbage Art
Morgan Trevor lives in Nigeria and uses art to interrogate 
his environment. Inspired by the writings of Suzanne Moser 
and Lisa Dilling on climate change, he makes use of visual 
metaphors to gauge the general public’s awareness and 
understanding of environmental issues. He also describes two 
of his work series, Eco-Cancer and Garbage In/Out.

 > A Lovely Weather: In Defense of Waste!
Following the first part of our discussion, Trevor describes 
two recent works of his series paintings, In Defense of 
Waste and Carbone-D. He comes back to both the possible role 
of artists in the act of creation and the responsibility of 
public institutions in the environmental crisis. He also 
shares ideas about the future of green technology in Africa.

 > African Robots
Entirely made of raw materials, Ralph Borland’s robotic art 
is inspired by wire works done by local craftsmen with whom 
he has developed a collaborative art practice throughout the 
years. This episode touches upon topics such as the history 
of automata in Africa, the field of ethnomathematics, and 
his current research project ‘Global Arenas’ which is an 
investigation of Southern contributions to global knowledge.