TOOLBOX
Presentations, Interviews & supporting texts
Specialists from different fields, artists, scientists, writers and philosophers introduce key concepts from their fields, present their work, challenge our views and introduce new interdisciplinary projects and questions, either in presentations, interviews or texts.
What is Ethology, by Anna Olsson
VIDEO
Anna Olsson researcher at i3S in the field of animal science and animal welfare presents some key concepts about ethology and issues on animal behaviour and welfare.
FOR WHOM:
This tool is targeted at the general public, Higher Education teachers and students.
WHAT FOR:
This tool is useful
to introduce key concepts from ethology field and explore the translation of the ethology scientific field into art and humanities.
WHERE TO APPLY IT: The tool can be used to introduce the topic of animal science and welfare, teach some key concepts on the subject and trigger a larger debate on how different people from different backgrounds approach the issue.
What is Biotechnology, Gene editing by José Bessa
VIDEO
José Bessa, i3S researcher and leader of the group Vertebrate Development and Regeneration, presents a short introduction to biotechnology and particularly gene editing.
FOR WHOM:
This tool is targeted at the general public, Higher Education teachers and students.
WHAT FOR:
This tool is useful as an introduction to key concepts on biotechnology and gene editing, and as a trigger point to discuss art, science and humanities views on the topic.
WHERE TO APPLY IT: The tool can be used to introduce the topics of biotechnology and gene editing, teach some key concepts on the subject and trigger a larger debate on the larger implications of these technologies and how different people from different backgrounds approach the topic.
Reflection about Art, Science and Technology by Laura Beloff
VIDEO
Laura Beloff, artist and teacher at Aalto University, presents a reflection about Art & Science and Technology.
This presentation was part of a wider session on the relationship between art and science, particularly in education.
FOR WHOM:
This tool is targeted at the general public, Higher Education teachers and students.
WHAT FOR:
This tool is useful to reflect on the relationships between Art, Science & Technology
WHERE TO APPLY IT: The tool can be used to address the “two cultures” divide and trigger a larger debate on the relationship between art, science and technology, how this relation is changing and why and how it should evolve. This talk presents several works that cross field barriers and that can be used as examples.
Hybrid Lab interviews
VIDEO
This is a Zoom panel discussions with artists working in the field of Hybrid Arts Robertina Šebjanič and Saša Spačal, Špela Petrič, and Polona Tratnik
FOR WHOM:
This tool is targeted at the general public, Higher Education teachers and students.
WHAT FOR:
This tool is useful to introduce the fields of art and science and bioart; present some examples of artists working with living matter and debate ethical questions surrounding biotechnology, molecular biology, tissue engineering, cell cultures.
WHERE TO APPLY IT: This tool can be used to: promote discussion about the relationship between humans and other living creatures; promote out-of-the-box thinking on our approach to / understanding of living creatures; discuss notions of humanism, anthropocentrism; discuss notions of ecology, human relations with nature; present examples of hybrid projects
Reflection on STEAM at the departing by Maria Manuela Lopes, i3s
TEXT
FOR WHOM:
This is a tool for the general public or Higher Education teachers (and students).
WHAT FOR:
This is a support text to reflect on the theoretical foundations of STEAM as a recent educational framework
WHERE TO APPLY IT: This tool can be used to introduce teachers to STEAM.
CRISPR cas9 in creative fields, by Lucas Evers
VIDEO
Lucas Evers, the coordinator of the Open Wetlab of Waag Society, talks on how to create workshops to introduce CRISPR cas9 into creative fields while introducing the workshop “Return to Dilmun fragments’”.
FOR WHOM:
This tool is targeted at the general public, Higher Education teachers and students.
WHAT FOR:
This tool is useful to teachers and educators trying to create their own learning activities to introduce CRISPR to a wider audience.
WHERE TO APPLY IT: This tool can be used in a teacher training context to develop ways to introduce CRISPR (and other scientific techniques) to students from creative fields. This video can help teachers and educators create new activities to introduce CRISPR to non-scientists.
Introduction into the protocol of Return to Dilmun, by Guenter Seyfried and Roland v Dierendonck
VIDEO
The artists Guenter Seyfried and Roland v Dierendonck present in detail the protocol used to create the artwork Return to Dilmun.
FOR WHOM:
This tool is targeted at the general public, Higher Education teachers and students.
WHAT FOR:
This tool can be useful to explain some of the necessary steps while creating artworks using gene editing, and particularly CRISPR. It presents the challenges and difficulties of the process and its creative potential.
WHERE TO APPLY IT: This tool can be useful for artists and teachers trying to reproduce these experiments (as a class exercise). The video can give students a general view of the process of making an art piece evolving wet-lab work and gene editing.
Ethical and moral complexities and the notion of risk and contamination in artworks using CRISPR, by Agnieszka Wołodźko
VIDEO
Agnieszka Wołodźko discusses the ethical and moral complexities and the notion of risk and contamination in artworks using CRISPR.
FOR WHOM:
This tool is targeted at the general public, Higher Education teachers and students.
WHAT FOR:
This tool can be used to discuss the intersection between art, ethics and biotechnology. It shows how artworks using CRISPR raise complex ethical and moral questions, and question our notion of risk and contamination.
WHERE TO APPLY IT: This tool can be used as an introductory resource for STEAM students and teachers as a trigger to challenge our views and introduce new interdisciplinary projects and questions.
How Return to Dilmun can serve as a model to teach genetic engineering as art-making
VIDEO
Discussion on how the making of Return to Dilmun in its entirety can serve as a model to teach genetic engineering as art-making and a creative process and in reverse teach this type of art-making a way to understand implications of genetic engineering beyond its scientific application | moderated by Laura Beloff
FOR WHOM:
This tool is targeted at Higher Education teachers interested in STEAM.
WHAT FOR:
This tool can be used by teachers / educators creating STEAM courses to reflect and learn on how to adapt existing artworks (such as Return to Dilmun) as a class exercise for students.
WHERE TO APPLY IT: This tool can be used by teachers / educators creating STEAM courses to reflect and learn on how to adapt existing artworks (such as Return to Dilmun) as a class exercise for students.
Art and Human/Animal Relationships 101 – critical questions in field
VIDEO
The artist, Louise Mackenzie, introduces examples of how artists have worked with the theme of human/animal relationships in their practice.
FOR WHOM:
This can be used by the general public or Higher Education students, to explore human/animal relationships across Art, Science and Ethics.
WHAT FOR:
This tool is useful to understand how artists have worked with the theme of human/animal relationships in their practice
WHERE TO APPLY IT: This tool can be used by teachers/educators creating STEAM courses to introduce examples of artists and artworks exploring human/ animal relationships; to discuss the issues raised by these works and the ethical challenges they present.
The Philosophical Question Concerning the Animal, by María Antonia Gonzalez Valerio
VIDEO
María Antonia Gonzalez Valerio (UNAM, Mexico) presents a series of philosophical questions and arguments concerning the relationship of man with nature.
FOR WHOM:
This is a tool for the general public or Higher Education teachers and students.
WHAT FOR:
This tool is useful:
rethink how we understand reality and humans place in it; rethink human/ animal /nature relations
WHERE TO APPLY IT: This tool can be used to: promote out-of-the-box thinking and ideas; challenging our assumptions can help view the world in new ways and create innovative solutions
Machine Learning and Notions of the Image, by Rosemary Lee
VIDEO
Rosemary Lee (PhD IT-University of Copenhagen) questions what's an image and how its definition can be broadened by technology and artificial intelligence.
FOR WHOM:
This is a tool for the general public or Higher Education teachers and students.
WHAT FOR:
This tool is useful: to understand and discuss the relationship between art and technology; as an example of AI in art; challenge our ideas about art; understand and discuss what is an image, how it communicates, how we perceive it;
WHERE TO APPLY IT: This tool can be used to: introduce students to AI in art; in a discussion about what is an image and how its definition can be broadened; talk about digital art/media art;
What is Cell Biology and Cell Division, by Claudio Sunkel
VIDEO
Claudio Sunkel, i3S director, researcher and leader of the group Cell Division and Genomic Stability, presents a short introduction to cell biology and particularly cell division.
FOR WHOM:
This tool is targeted at the general public, Higher Education teachers and students.
WHAT FOR:
This tool is useful as an introduction to key concepts on cell biology and molecular biology and as a trigger point to discuss art, science and humanities views on the topic.
WHERE TO APPLY IT: The tool can be used to introduce the topic of cellular and molecular biology, teach some key concepts on the subject and trigger a larger debate on how different people from different backgrounds approach the topic.
Human genetics and diversity, by Luísa Pereira
VIDEO
Luísa Pereira, i3S researcher and leader of the Genetic Diversity group, presents an introduction to the subject of human genetics and diversity.
FOR WHOM:
This tool is targeted at the general public, Higher Education teachers and students.
WHAT FOR:
This tool is useful as an introduction to key concepts on human genetics and diversity, and as a trigger point to discuss art, science and humanities views on the topic.
WHERE TO APPLY IT: The tool can be used to introduce the topics of human genetics and diversity, teach some key concepts on the subject and trigger a larger debate on the larger implications of this research in our understanding of humanity and society. It can also be an interesting tool to debate how different people from different backgrounds approach the topic.
Art & Science vs. The Arts and The Sciences, by Laura Beloff, Aalto University
TEXT
FOR WHOM:
This is a tool for the general public or Higher Education teachers and students.
WHAT FOR:
This is a support text to understand and reflect on the relation between arts and sciences.
WHERE TO APPLY IT: This tool can be used for STEAM students to reflect about: What would be the role of art if the field of art & science would be located concretely in-between the arts and the sciences, and expectations for the output are also defined by the science field in collaboration with the arts? What kind of new art ideologies would need to emerge that would support the development of the art & science field and collaboration? Could the scientists be able to hold on to scientific legitimacy when conducting serious collaborations with the arts?
If I could speak with animals, by Anna Olsson, i3s
TEXT
FOR WHOM:
This is a tool for the general public or Higher Education teachers and students.
WHAT FOR:
The tool is a useful support text to introduce students to human animal relationships.The tool is a useful support text to introduce students to human animal relationships.
WHERE TO APPLY IT: The tool can be used to reflect on human animal relationships.
Introduction in CRISPR Cas 9 and its successors, by José Bessa
VIDEO
José Bessa, i3S researcher and leader of the group Vertebrate Development and Regeneration, presents an introduction to CRISPR cas9.
FOR WHOM:
This tool is targeted at the general public, Higher Education teachers and students.
WHAT FOR:
This tool can be useful to introduce gene editing key concepts, explain what’s CRISPR cas9 (a gene editing tool that can manipulate gene expression in plants, humans and animals) and its potential
WHERE TO APPLY IT: This tool can be used as an introductory resource for STEAM students and teachers to learn about CRISPR Cas 9, its uses and implications.
Introduction into the artwork Return to Dilmun, by Guenter Seyfried and Roland v Dierendonck
VIDEO
The artists Guenter Seyfried and Roland v Dierendonck present the artwork Return to Dilmun, an artwork that uses CRISP-R cas9 technology.
FOR WHOM:
This tool is targeted at the general public, Higher Education teachers and students.
WHAT FOR:
This tool can be useful to show
how a digital image can be translated into synthetic DNA, using the CRISPR/Cas method.
It can be used as an example of an artwork using gene-editing techniques and as a trigger for discussion on the limitations and implications of this type of scientific technique.
WHERE TO APPLY IT: This kind of tool can be adapted for any context as an introductory resource for STEAM students, challenge their views and introduce new interdisciplinary projects and questions.
Presentation of works of art and design, using CRISPR technique, by Lucas Evers
VIDEO
Lucas Evers, the coordinator of the Open Wetlab of Waag Society, presents several works of art and design using the CRISPR technique.
FOR WHOM:
This tool is targeted at the general public, Higher Education teachers and students.
WHAT FOR:
This tool can be used to present projects and installations about gene editing, with special focus on the use of CRISPR in art or design. The talk raises questions on the ethics, promises and implications of what may be the defining technological revolution of the XXI century.
WHERE TO APPLY IT: This tool can be used as an introductory resource for STEAM students to showcase works that are the fruit of collaboration between artists/designers and science researchers.
Discussion: Why more CRISPR art?
VIDEO
Discussion: Why more CRISPR art? in the context of Hybrid Lab Network LTTA2 "Return to Dilmun fragments'"
FOR WHOM:
This tool is targeted at the general public, Higher Education teachers and students.
WHAT FOR:
This tool can be used to promote discussion on the importance / relevance of art-science collaborations, particularly on the subject of gene editing and CRISPR technology.
WHERE TO APPLY IT: This tool can be used to promote a debate on the relevance of CRISP art, why artists explore this subject and why and how it is a useful collaboration for scientists.
Ethology 101 – critical questions in field, by Anna Olsson
VIDEO
Anna Olsson, an i3S researcher and leader of the Laboratory Animal Science group, presents an introduction to ethology as a research discipline in biology.
FOR WHOM:
This can be used by the general public or Higher Education students, to explore human/animal relationships across Art, Science and Ethics.
WHAT FOR:
This tool is useful to:
- introduce key concepts in ethology
- understand critical ethological research and ethical questions
WHERE TO APPLY IT: This tool can be used by teachers/educators creating STEAM courses to teach basic ethology principles and introduce some questions on animal behaviour.
Of Algos, Plants and the Vegetariat, by Špela Petrič
VIDEO
The artist Špela Petrič explores the relationship and communication between humans and other living creatures, particularly using AI (Artificial Intelligence).
FOR WHOM:
This is a tool for the general public or Higher Education teachers and students.
WHAT FOR:
This tool is useful:
- to understand and discuss the relationship between art and technology
- as an example of AI in art
- to discuss the relationship between humans and other living creatures (especially plants)
- critically examine the limits of anthropocentrism via multi-species
endeavour
WHERE TO APPLY IT: This tool can be used to: - introduce students to AI in art - promote dialogue and reflection on the relationship between humans and other living creatures
Endemic Robots: Theory and Practice, by David Kadish
VIDEO
David Kadish (PhD candidate, Copenhagen) presents his work that explores the behaviours of robotics and intelligent agents in complex ecosystems and seeks to integrate them into existing biological communities.
FOR WHOM:
This is a tool for the general public or Higher Education teachers and students.
WHAT FOR:
This tool is useful: to understand and discuss the relationship between art and technology; as an example of AI in art; to discuss the relationship between humans and other living creatures; critically examine the limits of anthropocentrism via multi-species
endeavours;
WHERE TO APPLY IT: This tool can be used to: introduce students to AI in art; promote dialogue/reflection on the relationship between humans and other living creatures;