97th metaPhorest Seminar: BCL / Georg Tremmel + Guest: Mariko Sakuragi

Friday, October 19th, 2024, 19:00-20:40

ONLINE

This seminar will be held online. Zoom Link

Mariko Sakuragi: Techniques for slowing down - Implications of DIY Bio for Science

About Mariko Sakuragi

Born in Toyama Prefecture, Japan, Mariko Sakuragi is a lecturer at the Sapporo Medical University Medical Human Resource Development Centre. She specialises in Cultural Anthropology and social theory of science, technology and society (STS). She has a broad interest in the impact of science and technology on human life, and in recent years has examined changes in contemporary citizen science through fieldwork on the DIY biotechnology movement in Japan.

About the talk

In this presentation, she will introduce an overview history of the Anthropology of Science / Social Theory of Science and Technology (STS) and discuss the relationship between science and democracy based on examples of fieldwork she conducted on the DIY bio scene in the Tokyo metropolitan area.

Japanese

Mariko's talk will be in Japanese.

BCL / Georg Tremmel: From Inter-actions to Intra-actions - Artistic Research into BioMedia

Georg studied Media Art at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna with Peter Weibel and Interaction Design at the Royal College of Art (RCA) in London with Anthony Dunne and Fiona Raby. Georg also has a background in Computer Science and worked at the Laboratory for DNA Information Analysis at University of Tokyo on the Information Visualization of Cancer Genomics. He formed the Artistic Research Frame BCL (Biological Computer Lab) as both a reference and continuation of Heinz von Foerster’s original BCL. Georg is long-term Artist-in-Residence & Visiting Researcher at metaPhorest/Hideo Iwasaki Lab at Waseda. He initiated the BioClub Tokyo, Japan’s nicest BioCommunity and Open Bio Lab, where he is leading the synbio education programmes like the BioHack Academy and HTGAA (How to Grow Almost Anything). Georg is also currently pursuing his PhD in Artistic Research at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna.

About the talk

Georg will give an introduction to Artistic Research in general and his work in particular.

English

Georg's talk will be in English.