Public Lectures

2022

  • 2.12. Buffalo State College, Conservation Issues in literally alive art
  • 5.11. MIT Cambridge, Syn / \ Sym: Biology in Art & Design
  • 18.10. University of Applied Arts Vienna, Co-Corporeality in Art and Architecture
  • 28.9. Cité des Arts Paris, Open Source Body: Art 4 Med
  • 16.9. Jerusalem Contemporary Arts Festival, On Microperformativity in the Arts
  • 25.8. Chart Art Fair/French Embassy Copenhagen, ORLAN, a biography
  • 22.6. EU Joint Research Center Ispra, Towards a General Chlorophobia
  • 17.6. Basel ‘What the Lab’, Fruitful Misunderstandings between Art and Science (Keynote)
  • 20.5. Meta.Morf Biennale Trondheim, On Ecophilia (Keynote)
  • 6.5. University of Applied Arts Vienna, Passenger Diaries: Hunting for Green
  • 19.4. Michigan State University, Microperformativitity and Macro Effects
  • 22.4. University at Buffalo, Alternative Animated Agencies in Art
  • 19.4. Michigan State University, Microperformativitity and Macro Effects
  • 14.4. Michigan State University, Unpacking ‘Green’ Paradoxes & Contradictions of More-Than-A-Color
  • 12.4. MIT Cambridge, On Microperformativity: Alternative Animated Agencies in Art
  • 17.2. Kersnikova Ljubljana, ArcHive EU conference, Archiving Biomedia - Defining the field

2021

  • 17.12. Ogaki Biennale/IAMAS, The partially living, extreme biologies and weird life (Keynote)
  • 26.11. Museum of Contemporary Art Perm, Strange practices of ecological interaction
  • 18.11. Université de Toulouse, Concrete Jungle: Art et environnement dans l’espace urbain
  • 4.11. OsloMet University, Futures of Living Technologies: UN/GREEN and (OU \ / ERT) –  Inverting and Opening in Curatorial Strategy
  • 21.10. Université de Limoges, Designer l’innovation. De-verdir le vert, approches mésologiques
  • 24.9. Symbiont Art Space Basel: Disentangling Aliveness, Greennes and Naturalness
  • 23.9. Club 44 La Chaux-de-Fonds, Art et vivant
  • 23.9. RIXC Open Fields conference Riga, Encountering Emerging NatureCultures (online)
  • 16.9. Goethe Institut Oslo/Stockholm/Glasgow: Crystal Ball or Weather Glass (online)
  • 12.9. Ars Electronica Linz, Im/Material Infrastructures
  • 11.9. Muffathalle München & Ars Electronica: gReen – Sampling Colour/Farbe Vermessen
  • 21.5. Open Body Conference ‘Art4Med’ Paris, Cité des Arts, Healthy Green
  • 15.4. Université de Haute-Alsace Mulhouse & Universität Basel, Colors and Cultures (Keynote)
  • 12.4. Aalto University Helsinki/Aalborg University, Erasmus Lecture: Anarchy, Art and Anachrony 

2020

  • 3.11. IOTA Institute Halifax, Epistemological challenges in ‘microperformativity’
  • 10.10. RIXC Open Fields conference Riga, Un-Greening Ecodata (Keynote)
  • 28.8. Goethe Institut Cluj-Napoca & Reactor, Microperformativity and Biomediality
  • 24.6. Angewandte Festival Vienna, Alien Life: between brains, bacteria and matter (Keynote)
  • 23.5. (postponed) Kulturværftet Helsingør/Click Festival: Wabi-Sabi, Kintsugi & Microperformativity 

2019

  • 14.12. Biotopia Munich Schloss Nymphenburg: Un-Greening Greenness
  • 03.12. Université Paris 1 Panthéon-La Sorbonne, Microperformativity in the Arts
  • 26.11. Université Paris 1 Panthéon-La Sorbonne, Why ‘Greenness Studies’?
  • 14.11. École nationale supérieure d’art Bourges, Phytophilia, Chlorophobia, Situated Knowledges
  • 26.10. Biennale de Lyon, From metaphors to metabols, in conversation with Thomas Feuerstein
  • 19.9. Dansehallerne/Medical Museion Copenhagen, Objectivity in Art and Dance
  • 14.9. Ural Industrial Biennial Ekaterinburg, Immortality and Aliveness
  • 11.9. École Polytechnique Paris, Useful Fictions,‘Green’ – a metaphoric proxy?
  • 8.9. Ars Electronica Linz, Paradoxes and obstacles in maintaining and staging alive biomedia art
  • 11.7. PACT Zollverein Essen, Atomised Bodies, Permeated Life: Microperformativity
  • 4.7. National Museum of Art Riga, Un-Greening Greenness (Keynote)
  • 21.6. Schering Foundation Berlin, Hybrid Encounters: Art & Science Collaborations
  • 7.6. Tama Art University Tokyo, Matter(s) in motion: Art & Self-organizing Matter
  • 3.6. Museo Universitario Arte Contemporaneo (MUAC) at UNAM Mexico/Getty Research Institute: Living Matter: The Preservation of Biological Materials Used in Contemporary Art
  • 10.4. La Gaité Lyrique Paris, Décoloniser la pensée et les savoirs
  • 29.3. Centre Georges Pompidou Paris, La Fabrique du Vivant
  • 12.3. École Supérieure d’Art & Design Le Havre/Rouen, A(rt) – M(edia) – E(nvironment)
  • 8.3.  Centre Culturel Suisse Paris, Seeds & Soil 

2018

  • 15.12. Angewandte Innovation Lab Vienna, Leonardo Laser Talk, Shenzen Molecular Speed
  • 14.12. University of Applied Arts Vienna, AIL, Applied Microperformativity
  • 10.12. University of Applied Arts Vienna, Department for Art & Science, Greenness Studies
  • 30.11. Museum of Contemporary Art Perm, Deep Media – The Deep State of the Living (Keynote)
  • 15.11. Universität Wien, Diagnose Performing Art
  • 26.10. Michigan State University/Broad Art Museum, Bridge: MATTER/S matter/s
  • 4.10. École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs de Paris, Behavioral Matter
  • 24.9. École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs de Paris, Bamboo for Paris
  • 21.9. Universität Basel/Eikones, Schnittmengen: Art & Ecology
  • 13.9. RIXC Riga, Global Control (Keynote)
  • 2.9. Muffathalle Munich, Micro Performance & Macro Matters
  • 13.6. University of Copenhagen, SLSAeu
  • 13.5. IKT Congress Gdańsk, The Common Grounds  (Keynote)
  • 7.5. Kunsthal Charlottenborg Copenhagen, Choreography in Action
  • 20.3. University of Applied Arts Vienna,  Zentrum Fokus Forschung
  • 9.1. Centre Universitaire de Norvège Paris, Forms of life: Vitalisms, bio-politics & new ecologies (Keynote) 

2017

  • 28.11. Kunstakademie Münster (Keynote)
  • 27.11. MPI Potsdam-Golm, KLAS, Aesthetics get Synthetic: Fruitful misunderstandings (Keynote)
  • 23.11. Media Art History Conference Krems, RE:TRACE
  • 7.11.  Reaktor Vienna, The Future of Demonstration: Biomedialität denken
  • 24.10. Köln International School of Design (Keynote)
  • 11.10. École Nationale Supérieure Paris/École Polytechnique, Devenir Plante
  • 27.9. Institut Pasteur Paris, La Chaire Arts & Sciences, an Inauguration (Keynote)
  • 12.7. Heinrich Heine Universität Düsseldorf, Ringvorlesung Kunst und Anthropozän
  • 10.7. CIID Summer Academy Copenhagen
  • 24.6. Universität Basel, SLSAeu, Empathy: Entanglements
  • 13.6. International Symposium on Electronic Art Manizales, Wetware Art & Greenness Studies (Keynote)
  • 21.4. Vartovs Videnskab Copenhagen
  • 9.2. Heinrich Heine Universität Düsseldorf, Graduiertenkolleg Materialität und Produktion 

2016

  • 26.11. Laznia Centre for Contemporary Art Gdańsk, Art and Science as the Conjectured Possible
  • 25.11. Theater Academy Helsinki, Hybrid Matters
  • 13.11. Centre d'art Transpalette Bourges (Keynote)
  • 10.11. University of Copenhagen, Tracing the Animation of Matter in Art and Visual Culture
  • 27.10. LMU München, Mimesis: Schnittstellen von Kunst und Wissenschaft (Keynote)
  • 12.9. University at Buffalo, The New Green? (Keynote)
  • 3.8. Casa Hoffmann Bogotá
  • 13.7. Platohedro Medellín, Más allá de lo humano
  • 6.7. Den Haag, Border Sessions
  • 25.6. Northeastern University Boston, Indexical Design (Keynote)
  • 15.6. University of Stockholm, SLSAeu, Control
  • 12.5. Zeppelin Museum Friedrichshafen, Möglichkeit Mensch
  • 9.5. Universität Wien, Mediologie
  • 9.2. Central Trak University of Texas at Dallas Artist Residency, Gut Instinct: Art & Bacteria
  • 9.2. UT Dallas, ATEC, Art & Biomedia

2015

  • 11.12. Laboratorio Arte Alameda Mexico DF
  • 28.11. National Centre for Contemporary Arts Moscow - Limits of the Human
  • 5.11. Concordia University/Université du Québec/Hexagram Montréal, RE-CREATE 2015  Conference on the Histories of Media, Art, Science and Technology
  • 27.10. Masaryk University & Mendel Museum Brno
  • 5.9. Ars Electronica Linz
  • 27.8. Corner College Zürich
  • 27.5. University of Copenhagen. Dead and Alive, Department for Arts and Cultural Studies
  • 8.5. Rijksakademie Amsterdam (Keynote)
  • 25.3. Advances in Systems & Synthetic Biology Conference Strasbourg (Keynote)
  • 13.3. Leopoldina German National Academy of Science / Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Science
  • 12.3. Aarhus University, Posthuman Aesthetics
  • 29.1. Haus der Kulturen der Welt Berlin, Transmediale
  • 22.1. Schering Foundation Berlin 

2014

  • 4.12. Trinity College/Science Gallery Dublin
  • 29.10. Copenhagen Business School, CBS Arts Initiative
  • 23.10. Naturhistorisches Museum Vienna, Biofiction
  • 28.6. Pera Museum Istanbul, Transdisciplinary Imaging Conference
  • 13.6. University of Copenhagen, Department for Arts and Cultural Studies
  • 31.5. Universität Basel. Microtransplantations, microperformativité, plantamorphisations
  • 5.3.  University of Copenhagen, Department for Arts and Cultural Studies
  • 1.2.  Universität Hamburg, Forschungsstelle Naturbilder 

2013

  • 12.12. Norwegian University of Life Sciences Ås
  • 2.12. Michigan State University East Lansing
  • 8.11. Universität der Künste Berlin
  • 11.10. Ecole Dupperré Paris
  • 3.10. Medical Museion Copenhagen
  • 2.10. University of Copenhagen, Department for Arts and Cultural Studies
  • 26.9. British Council México, Contemporary Art Curators
  • 26.9. Centro Nacional de las Artes México
  • 6.5. University of Applied Arts Vienna
  • 1.2. University at Buffalo
  • 28.1. Michigan State University East Lansing
  • 16.1. Leuphana Universität Lüneburg 

2012

  • 28.11. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
  • 23.11. Centro Nacional de las Artes México
  • 16.11. Fundación Telefónica Madrid
  • 2.11. China Science and Technology Museum & Tsinghua University Bejing
  • 1.9. Ars Electronica Linz.
  • 29.8. Ars Electronica Center Linz
  • 29.5. La Gaîté Lyrique Paris
  • 23.5. Colloque de Cerisy, Les questions de la transplantation
  • 24.1. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy/New York
  • 20.1. Concordia University/Hexagram Montréal 

2011

  • 9.12. Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities
  • 26.11. BAC/GRÜ Geneva, Transthéâtre
  • 17.11. Leuphana University Lüneburg
  • 17.7.  ZKM Karlsruhe
  • 28.6. Academy of Media Arts Cologne
  • 28.5. Finnish Academy of Fine Arts Helsinki
  • 13.5. Natural History Museum Vienna
  • 24.3. Ernst Schering Foundation Berlin
  • 4.2. Transmediale Berlin
  • 12.1. Université Paris 1 Panthéon-La Sorbonne 

2010

  • 15.12. Université Paris 1 Panthéon-La Sorbonne
  • 5.11. University of New South Wales Sydney, Transdisciplinary Imaging at the Intersections between Art, Science and Culture. (Keynote)
  • 28.10. Ruhr University Bochum
  • 3.9. Ars Electronica Linz
  • 24.8. ISEA Ruhr Dortmund
  • 21.8. ISEA Ruhr Essen
  • 5.7. Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali/Parco Arte Vivente
  • 24.6. Centre Georges Pompidou Metz
  • 16.6. Stockholm School of Economics Riga, SLSAeu, TEXTURES,
  • 30.4. Royal University College of Fine Arts Stockholm 

2009

  • 27.11. Media Art History Conference Melbourne, RE:LIFE
  • 25.11. Australian Centre for the Moving Image, Melbourne, Super Human
  • 4.9. Ars Electronica Linz
  • 20.4. Kunstuniversität Linz. Interface Culture Lab 

2008

  • 9.12. Schering Foundation Berlin
  • 25.11. Muffathalle Munich
  • 29.10. Le Fresnoy Studio National des Arts Contemporain Tourcoing
  • 18.10. International Festival for New Media Culture RIXC, Riga
  • 4.9. Fondation Brocher Geneva
  • 2.6. Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência Lissabon – Ectopia
  • 31.5. Museu Nacional de Soares dos Reis Porto
  • 12.5. Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia Madrid, Arte Digital y Nuevos Medios
  • 30.4. Università degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza
  • 29.4. Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa Venezia
  • 28.4. Nuova Accademia Di Belle Arti Milano.
  • 8.4. École Nationale Supérieure d'Arts de Paris Cergy
  • 7.3. Musée d’Art Moderne et d’Art Contemporain Nice
  • 12.2. Royal College of Art Londo
  • 5.2.  Musée des Confluences Lyon 

2007

  • 7.12. Galerie Rachel Haferkamp Köln
  • 4.12. Tanzquartier Wien
  • 9.11. Institut Supérieur des Arts et métiers de l'Université du Sud Gabès
  • 6.11. Ecole Supérieure d'Art d'Aix-en-Provence
  • 19.10. Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle Warschau
  • 22.9. Manning Clark House Perth. (Keynote)
  • 9.9.  Ars Electronica Linz
  • 17.6. Whitechappel Art Gallery London/Goldsmiths College University of London
  • 17.4. Medical Museion Copenhagen
  • 14.4. New York Academy of Sciences, Biology and Art - Two Worlds or One? (Keynote)
  • 16.2. Universität Bayreuth. Re-reading McLuhan
  • 20.1. Galleria Civica D'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea/Centro d’Arte Contemporanea Torino, Dalla Land Art Alla Bio Arte 

2006

  • 12.12. Collège International de Philosophie Paris
  • 10.11. CIANT International Centre for Art and New Technologies Prag
  • 26.10. Liverpool Biennial
  • 20.10. Quadriennale Düsseldorf, Der Körper im Blick
  • 14.10. Festival de Montaury/Biarritz
  • 22.9.  La Centrale Electrique European Centre for Contemporary Art Brussels, ZOO Le Colloque
  • 6.9. Donau Universität Krems, Danube Tele-Lectures\
  • 20.6.  Bauhaus Universität Weimar
  • 14.6.  European Conference of the Society for Science, Literature and the Arts Amsterdam
  • 10.5.  Lancaster University
  • 17.2. Centre d’Art Santa Mònica Barcelona, Días de Bioarte
  • 10.2. ARCO International Contemporary Art Experts Forum Madrid
  • 4.2. Transmediale Berlin
  • 29.1. V2 Institute for the Unstable Media Rotterdam

2005

  • 4.12. Tanzquartier Wien
  • 17.11. Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles
  • 12.11. Conference of the Society for Literature, Science, and the Arts Chicago
  • 8.11. BREAK Festival Ljubljana
  • 18.10. University of California Los Angeles
  • 17.10. University of California Irvine
  • 11.10. School of Visual Arts New York
  • 14.9.  Kontejner + Multimedia Institute Zagreb – Touch Me
  • 3.09. Ars Electronica Linz
  • 25.6. Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen Amsterdam Launch of the Arts & Genomics Centre (Keynote)
  • 3.6.   Hochschule für Gestaltung und Kunst Zürich
  • 22.5. Universität Basel, Kunsthistorisches Seminar/Festival Science et Cité
  • 9.3.  Université de Paris 3 Sorbonne Nouvelle, Organismes: écriture et représentation du corps interne
  • 25.2. Hochschule für Gestaltung und Kunst Zürich
  • 13.2. Goldsmiths College University of London, Creative Evolution  

2004

  • 10.12. Université de Paris 3 Sorbonne Nouvelle
  • 20.11. Novart Festival Bordeaux
  • 23.10. Katholische Akademie Schwerte
  • 8.10.  Musée d'art contemporain Montréal
  • 6.9.  Association Internationale des Amis de Nicolas Schoeffer Paris
  • 3.4. Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art Edinburg
  • 22.3. Université de Bordeaux 1 

2003

  • 15.7. Université europeenne d'été des philosophes Nice
  • 19.6. Pôle d'enseignement supérieur et de recherche en agronomie Rennes
  • 10.5. University Babes-Bolyai Cluj-Napoca
  • 8.5. Centrul International de Arta Contemporana Bucarest
  • 11.4. Agora des Sciences Marseille
  • 14.3. Centre Culturel Franco-Allemand Nantes
  • 25.2. IRCAM Institut des Recherches et de Coordination Acoustique/Musique Paris. RE/Mix02.
  • 16.1. Agora des Sciences Marseille 

2002

  • 15.12. MoCA Skopje Museum of Contemporary Arts
  • 23.11. Galerie der Stadt Sindelfingen, 1 Site – 2 Places (Keynote)
  • 9.11. Festival Invideo Milano
  • 27.4.  European Media Art Festival Osnabrück 

2001

  • 21.10. Cinemedia Bremen