Tue 24 August 2010
13:00–14:30h
Orchesterzentrum|NRW, Dortmund

Convened and moderated by Jill Scott (au/ch)

This panel blurs the boundaries between artistic and scientific research. While artists have become more involved in ethical and social debates about scientific discovery, scientists have been exposed to the processes and contexts of art. Thus, networking tends to expand the borders of the exact sciences and to cause a more robust level of dialogue from the humanities and the arts.

1. 13:00h | Angelika Hilbeck (de/ch): Environmental Scientist. The GMO Debate and Documentary Media
2. 13:25h | Andrea Polli (us): Media Artist. Community Weather Stations and Environmental Knowing
3. 13:50h | Juanita Schläpfer-Miller (gb/ch): New Correlations. Art/Science Approaches to the Energy Crisis!

ISEA2010 Conference Proceedings | P16 Artistsinlabs: Networking in the Margins of Eco-Activism (PDF, 134.37 KB)

Angelika Hilbeck (de/ch)

Environmental Scientist. The GMO Debate and Documentary Media

Angelika Hilbeck is a senior scientist at the Institute of Integrative Biology at ETH Zurich and serves as Co-Director of Studies, for the Z-Node - Ph.D. program University of the Arts, Zurich, Switzerland. Her studies and research focused on Agro ecology and Biodiversity, including bio control, sustainable farming practices, and insect-plant interactions. Since 1994, her research centres on bio-safety issues of GMOs and the development of concepts for environmental risk assessment and post-release monitoring of GMOs. She is also co-founder and acting chairperson of the European Network of Scientists for Social and Environmental Responsibility (ENSSER).

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Andrea Polli (us)

Media Artist. Community Weather Stations and Environmental Knowing

Andrea Polli is an artist, Associate Professor in Fine Arts and Engineering and Mesa Del Sol Chair of Digital Media at The University of New Mexico. Polli's work has been presented widely in venues including the Whitney Museum’s Artport and The Field Museum and has been reviewed by the LA Times, Art in America, Art News and others.
Further Information: andreapolli

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Juanita Schläpfer-Miller (gb/ch)

New Correlations. Art/Science Approaches to the Energy Crisis!

Juanita Schläpfer-Miller, M.Sc. is a Research Associate at the University of the Arts in Zurich (ZHdK). She is an artist and science communicator and has developed interactive exhibits for science centres and museums, on particle physics, renewable energy research and protein crystallography. She was an exhibit developer and artist–in-residence at the Exploratorium in San Francisco. She has shown in galleries and museums in the U.S. and Switzerland. She is interested in the cultural effects of planting bio-fuels; and the role of art as a model of ritual communication in science communication endeavours.

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