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Lecture of Praeter Naturam: Beyond Nature

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Praeter Naturam: Beyond Nature

Bio­lo­gist and ar­tist, Brandon Ballengée crea­tes trans­di­sci­pli­na­ry art­works in­spi­red by his eco­lo­gi­cal field and la­bo­ra­to­ry re­se­arch into am­phi­bi­ans, birds, fish and in­sect spe­cies found in to­day’s ‘pre­ter­na­tu­ral’ en­vi­ron­ments. Bal­lengée uses art in or­der to rea­li­ze sci­en­ti­fic re­se­arch, and sci­ence in or­der to rea­li­ze art. He is a sys­te­mic prac­ti­tio­ner and an “eco­sys­tem ac­tivist” who stres­ses pu­blic in­vol­ve­ment through par­ti­ci­pa­to­ry bio­lo­gy, field in­ves­ti­ga­ti­ons and la­bo­ra­to­ry pro­grams. Sin­ce 1996, Bal­lengée’s pri­ma­ry sci­en­ti­fic re­se­arch and much of his art has fo­cu­sed on the oc­cur­rence of de­ve­lop­men­tal de­for­mi­ties and po­pu­la­ti­on de­cli­nes among am­phi­bi­ans.

Bran­don Bal­lengée’s work has been ex­hi­bi­ted in­ter­na­tio­nal­ly, incl. solo ex­hi­bi­ti­ons at Mu­se­um Het Dom­ein (Sit­tard, Nether­lands: 2014), the Schuyl­kill Cen­ter for En­vi­ron­men­tal Edu­ca­ti­on (Phil­adel­phia, USA: 2013), Lon­gue Vue Hou­se and Gar­dens (New Or­leans, USA; 2011); Pe­abo­dy Mu­se­um of Na­tu­ral His­to­ry (Yale Uni­ver­si­ty, New Ha­ven, USA: 2007); and a.o. Do­cu­men­ta 13 (Ger­ma­ny: 2012); 3rd Moscow Bi­en­na­le (Rus­sia: 2009); Ve­nice Bi­en­na­le (Ita­ly: 2005); Ge­um­gang Na­tu­re Art Bi­en­na­le (South Ko­rea: 2004). In 2011 he was awar­ded a con­ser­va­ti­on lea­dership fel­lowship from the Na­tio­nal Au­du­bon So­cie­ty’s To­ge­ther­Green Pro­gram (USA).

Dr. Brandon Ballengée's lecture is followed by an open discussion, moderated by Dr. Sacha Kagan (Leuphana University, ISKO / Cultura21).

The lec­tu­re in Lüne­burg is or­ga­nis­ed by the In­no­va­ti­on In­cu­ba­tor and the Cent­re for Di­gi­tal Cul­tu­res at Leu­pha­na Uni­ver­si­ty of Lüne­burg, in col­la­bo­ra­ti­on with the Leu­pha­na Arts Pro­gram and Cul­tu­ra21. The In­no­va­ti­on In­cu­ba­tor Lüne­burg is an EU ma­jor pro­ject sup­por­ted by the Eu­ro­pean Re­gio­nal De­ve­lop­ment Fund and the fe­deral sta­te of Lo­wer Sa­x­o­ny.
Period03.06.2014
Event typeOther
Organisers, Centre for Digital Cultures
Sponsor
LocationLüneburg, GermanyShow on map
Degree of RecognitionRegional

Research areas and keywords

  • Transdisciplinary studies
  • citizen science
  • Science of art
  • bio-art
  • eco-art
  • ecological art
  • Biology
  • developmental deformities and population declines among amphibians

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