[in situ] art body medicine
10th Annual Subtle Technologies Festival
May 24-27, Toronto
Tickets online at http://subtletechnologies.com
***Last day for discounted early registration May 19***
* Workshop
A hands-on Tissue Engineering Workshop introduces participants to technology
that may one day put an end to organ trafficking. The history and artwork
related to the technology will be introduced. Artists, architects, designers,
ethicists, policy makers, and others interested in engaging in a discussion on
this technology are welcome. No prior experience necessary.
* Symposium
Leading practitioners of medicine, art, science communication, engineering and
sciences come together to explore the contemporary state of art body medicine.
The three-day symposium includes 26 international speakers exploring topics
such as: BioArt, the art and humanity behind prescribing medicine, translating
poetry into DNA, communicating health information in the Aboriginal context,
the science and art behind the award-winning television series ReGenesis, the
art of restoring an absent part of the body, the exploitation of kidney sellers
for organ transplant and more.
* Performance
Biography Becomes Biology investigates
the seasoned dancer’s body as a meditation in motion. Grace State Machines: Flesh Bodies, a
dynamic and symbiotic relationship between a robot and a dancer. Bubble is a butoh performance that brings
the human body to the forefront.
* Exhibitions
InterAccess presents Whose Body is it,
Anyway? an exhibit that explores the cultural impact of medicine on
the body. Installations by Jack Butler and Monir Moniruzzaman.
Also, Subjects of Hybridization
and Children and Youth
Picture SickKids
Hospital at Innis Town Hall,
The Anatomies at Ontario Science Centre.
and more.
To register: http://subtletechnologies.com
Subsidies for students and the underemployed.
Partners: InterAccess Electronic Media Arts Centre, Year Zero One, SymbioticA,
University of Western Australia, Ontario College of Art & Design, Ontario
Science Centre, MicrobeWorld, University of Toronto Institute for Biomaterials
and Biomedical Engineering, Design Exchange, University of Toronto Health Care,
Technology, and Place.
Supporters: Canada Council
for the Arts, Ontario Arts Council, Toronto Arts Council,
Australian Network for Art & Technology.