Featuring special guest introductory speaker, Dr. Jens Hauser, bio-media scholar and curator based in Paris, France.

Discussion and performances with BioArtists:
Rae Yuping Hsu • Roland van Dierendonck & Julian Standon • Tosca Terán aka nanotopia

Microbes ranging from the bacteria of the human gut to the fungal networks of forests, immersive, mixed-reality environments, post-colonial cuisine, storytelling, performance, and wearable feedback devices constitute these artists’ in-progress artworks and visions.

Coalesce, part of the UB Genome, Environment and Microbiome Community of Excellence, is a hybrid studio-laboratory facility located on UB’s North Campus dedicated to enabling hands-on creative engagement with the tools and technologies of the life sciences. Each academic year six to eight artists-in-residence are selected following an international call for proposals.

This event is part of the world-wide LASER Talks series sponsored by Leonardo/The International Society for the Arts, Sciences and Technology (Leonardo/ISAST), a non-profit organization that serves the global network of distinguished scholars, artists, scientists, researchers and thinkers through programs focused on interdisciplinary work, creative output and innovation.

Sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts, Torn Space Theater, University at Buffalo Department of Art, and the Genome, Environment and Microbiome Community of Excellence (GEM).