CALL: TABOO – TRANSGRESSION – TRANSCENDENCE in Art & Science
Applications are now open for TTTlabs and TTTfellows, both co-funded by the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union and the Ionian University within the Feral Labs Network. Dedicated to issues related to new reproductive technologies, TTTfellows: Art and Science Residency series taking place on 17-30 April (online) and 1-16 May 2023 on the island of Corfu. Running in parallel, TTTlabs BioFeral.BeachCamp (BFBC) kicks off with its first theme, New Repro-Rebirthing Retreat (NR-RR) – Gestalt Bioart/Bodyart on the Beach (GBBB) in Corfu on 5-14 May 2023.
TTTlabs BioFeral.BeachCamp
TTTlabs BioFeral.BeachCamp (BFBC) is a nine day highly speculative autonomous skill-share event of intense co-creation, co-education and co-development. Exploring advances in new reproductive technology through informal bridging of art and science through DIY (do-it-youself), DIWO (do-it-with-others), DITO (do-it-together) culture methodologies, TTTlabs BFBC NR-RR focuses on understanding ovum and sperm collection, cryogenic storage and speculative artificial womb apparatus design while performing Gestalt Bioart/Bodyart on the Beach (GBBB).
TTTlabs BFBC NR-RR GBBB will take place on 5-14 May 2023 on the island of Corfu. The organization offers workshops, as well as accommodation and food, free of charge to a limited number of participants (max 8). Applications are open for the following fields of expertise: Bioartists, Performance Artists, Gynecologists (ovum and sperm collection/preservation), Animal Studies Ethnographers/Scientists of Animal Behavior, Biologists (Developmental), Video Jockeys (VJs), Biohackers/Makers, Body-Horror/Science-Fiction Writers, Science Technology Studies Scholars, New Reproductive Technology Specialist (ovum and sperm collection/preservation), Body Artists/Performance Artists, Psychologists and Genetic Counselors.
Deadline for applications: 28 February 2023
Results announcement: 15 March 2023
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TTTfellows: Art and Science Residency
TTTfellows: Art and Science Residency is a hybrid artist and academic experimental project to be organized in three different seasons aiming to bring together one artist and one scientist for 30 days of interdisciplinary friction and Ionian environmental immersion. The organization offers accommodation in Corfu and a fee of approx. 1000 euros to cover expenses related with traveling and research.
The first TTTfellows is taking place on 17-30 April (online) and 1-16 May 2023 on the island of Corfu including taking part in the activities of TTTlabs. The call proposes the collaborative development of an Art&Science workshop / lecture performance and draft of a speculative piece proposal for publication / exhibit related to informal surgical training for artists, philosophers and social theorists on the topic of human oocyte collection and sperm/ovum banking.
Applicants should be willing to contribute to the development of a local Feral Labs DIY Bio Hub i.e. presentation for graduate students at the AV-school workshops-seminars cycle of the Audiovisual Arts Festival; and drafting a speculative piece proposal for publication / exhibit to be included in the archive of the Ionian University.
Deadline for applications: 28 February 2023
Results announcement: 15 March 2023
Apply here
Inspired by the thematic of the conference Taboo-Transgression-Transcendence in Art & Science, these activities are organized as part of the project Rewilding Cultures which is coordinated by Projekt Atol (Slovenia) with partners Makery (France), Catch (Denmark), Schmiede (Austria), Bioart Society (Finland), Cultivamos Cultura (Portugal), Ionian University (Greece) and Radiona (Croatia).