INTERNATIONAL ART AND SCIENCE LAB EXCHANGE, SHARING EXPERIENCES
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Updated: Jun 18, 2024
April 14, 2024, Jerusalem, Israel / Online
Galina Bleikh, Perelmania. The Topology of Bagel. Copyright: Galina Bleikh
As part of LASER Talks Jerusalem, LASER Talks CYLAND, and the 6th Jerusalem Spring Biennale.
Online + President Hotel, Ahad Ha’Am 3, Jerusalem, Israel.
Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87890617559
Chairs: Galina Bleikh (Israel), Daria Kesler (Israel), Anna Frants (USA), Natalia Kolodzei (USA).
Panelists: Galina Bleikh (Israel), Nina Czegledy (Canada), Jaime Alonso Lobato (Mexico), Bella Harutyunyan (Armenia).
Moderator: Daria Kesler (Israel).
Organisers: INEMEA Art & Science Lab, CYLAND Media Art Lab.
A conversation on the role that contemporary art and science labs play within society. The event will discuss international forms of exchange of experience, organization and management models, fundraising strategies, and ways of community engagement and features short presentations of the 6th Jerusalem Spring Biennale and the INEMEA Art & Science Laboratory.
The INEMEA Art & Science Lab is a newly established institution dedicated to fostering collaboration among artists, scientists, and technologists. The lab invites international communities to share experiences and ideas, promoting interdisciplinary collaboration to address contemporary challenges and drive societal progress.
The INEMEA Lab focuses on bioart, Art & AI, and humanitarian sciences, such as gender issues and border sciences, utilizing the expertise of our creative teams to develop and execute projects in these areas.
CYLAND is a nonprofit organization founded in 2007 by independent artists and curators. For over 15 years, CYLAND has been dedicated to supporting the production and exhibition of New Media Art. We promote the emergence of new forms of art and high technology interactions, develop professional connections between artists, curators, engineers and programmers around the world and expose wide audiences to works in the field of robotics, video art, sound art and net art. Emerging or established, local or international, our selected artists are provided with resources, from technicians to equipment and professional development. Over the years, CYLAND has held the annual CYFEST, organizing and participating in various exhibition projects around the world, working on sound and video art archives.
SPEAKERS BIOS
Galina Bleikh is a multidisciplinary artist based in Jerusalem, Israel. Her creative expertise spans a rich spectrum of artistic domains, encompassing digital art concepts, 3D modeling, AR and VR, bio-art, video art, generative art, and more. At the heart of her artistic pursuit lies a fascination with the profound synergy between the emerging artificial reality and its transformative interaction with human experience through art. Galina's creative endeavors extend to collaborative projects, notably in partnership with Elena Serebryakova since 2011. Together, these two artists have created the visionary concept of 'The Simulacro-Centric World,' a manifestation of their unique creative approach referred to as Hybrid Neural Network Art (HNN Art). She is a co-founder of the INEMEA Association for Art, Culture, and Education and the INEMEA Jerusalem Art & Science lab. Since 2024, she has become a host of Leonardo ISAST Laser Talks Jerusalem.
She has exhibited in numerous museums and galleries, including ArtPlatform-On (South Korea, 2022), The CICA Museum of Modern Art (South Korea, 2021), NordArt (Germany, 2019), Haifa Museum of Art (Israel, 2018), LA Art Show (USA, 2013), Artco France Gallery (France, 2012), Art Asia Miami (USA, 2011), etc. She is the curator and participating artist of the Jerusalem Biennale (Israel, 2023–2024).
Daria Kesler
Daria Kesler is a cross-disciplinary researcher and artist who works with human—and machine-generated texts, sounds, documentaries, scents, and video art. She is interested in using modern technologies and science to spread empathy toward all species and explore new ways of co-living between technology, humans, plants, and animals. Daria Kesler holds an MA in Art&Science (Hybrid—Technological and Bio Art) from ITMO University, St. Petersburg, Russia.
Artist, independent curator, researcher, educator, works internationally on collaborative art, science and technology projects. Paradigm shifts in the arts, science, educational issues and contemporary technologies inform her projects. She has exhibited and published widely, won awards for her artwork and has initiated, lead and participated in workshops, forums and festivals worldwide.
Transmedial artist, composer, curator and researcher. He made his studies at the Faculty of Music in the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), now he is part of the Master's degree in visual arts – Postgraduate Program in Arts and Design (UNAM). He has had four solo exhibitions, at the University Museum of Contemporary Art (MX), at the Laboratorio Arte Alameda Museum (MX), at the Contemporary Art Gallery in Xalapa (MX), and at the Sound Space of the Autonomous Metropolitan University (UAM). He has participated in collective exhibitions in several cities of Asia, Europe and America. As a researcher he worked at the Scientific Visualization Lab and the Virtual Reality Observatory Ixtli (DGTIC-UNAM), he is founder of SEMIMUTICAS Research Seminar in Music, Mathematics and Computer Studies, Independencia BioLab a biohacker space based in Mexico City, the Mathematics Visualization and Sonification Laboratory and the Sensory Experimentation Laboratory “Javier Covarrubias” (UAM-X). Now he is associate researcher at the Center for Complexity Sciences (C3-UNAM), Visiting Professor at the Metropolitan Autonomous University and works as a collaborator with the Institute of Mathematics (IM-UNAM), the Applied Mathematics and Systems Research Institute (IIMAS-UNAM) and the Cellular Physiology Institute (IFC-UNAM) in transdisciplinary projects of art, science and technology. He has several international publications in conference proceedings, journals, and books, in editorials such as Cambridge Scholars, Springer-Verlag, Taylor & Francis, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Siglo XXI and the Mexican Mathematical Society.
Bella Harutyunyan
Bella is a dedicated Program Manager at the Enterprise Incubator Foundation, where she leads the dynamic Gyumri Technology Center (GTC). With a passion for fostering innovation at the intersection of art, science, and technology, Bella has spearheaded numerous initiatives aimed at nurturing a multidisciplinary ecosystem that empowers youth, startups, and seasoned innovators alike. Her expertise lies in incubating ideas and nurturing them into tangible solutions that resonate across various fields, from technology to creative arts.
Under her leadership, the GTC has become a hub for cross-disciplinary collaboration, particularly through the pioneering Black Box project, providing a platform for Armenian and international talents to collaborate, experiment, and push the boundaries of conventional thinking. This initiative exemplifies institutional commitment to leveraging diverse expertise for groundbreaking solutions, offering a unique platform for idea exchange and rapid prototyping. Bella’s extensive background in incubation and education has not only propelled the success of numerous startups but has also played a pivotal role in shaping the next generation of innovators. Her work emphasizes the importance of creating environments where creative and scientific minds can collaborate freely, driving forward the development of innovative technologies and approaches that address complex challenges in today’s fast-paced world.
