The art of co-existence

What do David Bowie, lab rats, our gut, and Queer Ecologies have in common? More than you’d think, and Kathy High is the thread that ties them all together. 👩🏻‍🎤 Kathy is a BioArtist, educator, and activist whose work reminds us that everything is connected. Our gut is our “second brain.” Rats share how we show our joy through their joyful giggles. And queer ecologies reveal that non-binary thinking is everywhere. This conversation will spark your curiosity about biology, bo...

This is a clip from our conversation with Evgenia Emets. Like to know more? Find the full episode here at The art of co-existence podcast. Hosted by: Daphne Frühmann Editing: Axel Frühmann Music: Mark Oomen Instagram: @theartofcoexistence An Ourcelium Publishers podcast

Musician and friend of the podcast Mark Oomen makes music. But that's not really what this episode is about. You might know his work from the soundtrack of this podcast, but Mark's world stretches much further than that. We talk about his creative, musical and social projects. Mark makes a pretty compelling case that musicians might just be some of the most important people in the room right now. Not because music is beautiful, but because it can also be political. And connects people. It tel...

For episode #5 we invited Evgenia Emets: a visual artist and founder of Eternal Forest, who believes the land is a sentient being with its own dream. And that if we learn to listen, it will tell us exactly what it needs. 🪨 Her starting point is deep time. In her latest artwork a fossilized tree inspired the question: if forests once covered this land, what stops us from dreaming them back into existence? Evgenia explains how art can play an important role in exploring and understa...

We invited Andrew Carnie: a British artist whose work explores the science of our bodies and what it means to be human. 🦠 Andrew is inspired by the notion that 38 trillion bacterial cells live inside us, outnumbering our own human cells. So where does You actually end? His art doesn't depict the scientific specifics. It captures the mood of something much bigger: the invisible connections between our bodies, other living beings, and the world around us. 🫧 We explore how we continuously exch...

🌊 Heaven is a place on Earth - it’s in the Ocean George Birch from Oyster Heaven enlightens us with all the benefits oyster reefs have to offer us. Oyster Heaven is on a mission to regenerate oyster reefs on a large scale, with a vision that this will positively impact societies on different levels. We learn about the creation of a Mother Reef from start to successful (and continuing) finish, and we dive into the meaning of ecosystem services. It seems that our current (capitalist...

Marta de Menezes is a Portuguese artist who works at the intersection of art and biology. Here, she explores how biological sciences offer us conceptual and aesthetic opportunities. She is named one of the pioneers of BioArt, but calls herself an artist first; she makes art, and sometimes that art belongs into the field of BioArt, sometimes it doesn't. 🧬 In her work she questions the concept of identity in a material and philosophical way. Marta keeps you on your toes as this conversat...

How exciting that you found us, welcome! Here you'll find deep conversations with artists, designers, philosophers, and thinkers who share their wildest ideas and projects of a more symbiotic future. A future where we see, understand and co-exist with nature. You are invited to the art of co-existence. We'll share a new episode on your favourite podcast-app every two weeks. Hosted by: Daphne Frühmann Editing: Axel Frühmann Music: Mark Oomen Instagram: @theartofcoexistence An Ourcelium P...