art & science

Art & Science is the field where art and science interact. Within our projects, this mainly involves scientists and research engineers who collaborate with artists on common projects resulting in both scientific discoveries as well as the production of art works.

 

Article

11-09-2021

Robots are people, too

Robots are broken, but we can take care of them. The role of artists in this, is both urgent and unique.

 

Article

20-08-2021

Arts of Noticing | Fieldnote #2 — street interviews

The Amsterdam Urban Ecology Pilot explores the Amsterdam Science Park to better understand all living creatures that use it.

 

Event

16-08-2021

Abnormal Automation: a Speculative Workshop

Conceptualising new artistic interventions in AI: Mushon Zer-Aviv is hosting a workshop as part of Waag's Expedition: future.

 

Article

3-08-2021

Waag Technology & Society Awards 2021: the winners

The Waag Technology Awards for promising KABK students has been awarded to the projects Basketology and Beyond Taxonomic Narratives.

 

Event

2-08-2021

Ars Electronica 2021: A New Digital Deal

This year's edition of the Ars Electronica Festival addresses one of today's most pressing matters: How do we deal with the problems of the digital world?

 

Article

12-07-2021

Grandmom Mom: Speculating the Future of Human Reproduction

If your mom could bear your child, would you do it? The speculative artwork ‘Grandmom Mom’ raises ethical questions.

 

Article

6-07-2021

Learning outside the classroom makes science education more accessible

The SySTEM 2020 final publication shares recommendations and methods to stimulate non-formal and informal STEAM education.

 

Article

16-06-2021

STARTS Prize: Winners of 2021

Remix el Barrio and Oceans in Transformation are the 2021 STARTS Prize Winners. Waag congratulates the winners!

 

Article

15-06-2021

Let's start a Zoöp! For more biodiversity

Is a so-called Zoöp a way to embed ecology into urban development? Waag spoke to Klaas Kuitenbrouwer (Het Nieuwe Instituut) about this.

 

Article

15-06-2021

Waag congratulates the winners of 2021 Prix Ars Electronica

We are excited that some our partnering artists have been awarded in the category of Artificial Intelligence & Life Art. 

 

Article

14-06-2021

Waag: Annual report of 2020

Waag is publishing her annual report for 2020: a year of working from home in the public stack, hacking the green city, and more. (Dutch)

 

Article

16-05-2021

Het Parool on Waag Poort

The Amsterdam newspaper 'Het Parool' wrote about Waag's plans to open up her ground floor for the general public.

 

Article

11-05-2021

The Amsterdam Science Park Field Notes #1

Waag went on a field trip to see which plants, humans, animals, buildings and life-forms are to be found at Amsterdam Science Park.

 

Event

15-04-2021

The Building as Being Symposium Part 3: Matter

Esmee Geerken and Waag invite you to the Symposium series Building as Being. Here, we discuss new ways of urban design strategies.

 

Article

22-03-2021

Esmee Geerken's research into building in funny and absurd ways

Esmee Geerken wants to discover how we can build in harmony with our surroundings and other living species. Walk along with her and artist collective De Onkruidenier, and visit the online symposium Building as Being!

 

Event

15-03-2021

The Building as Being Symposium part 2: The Mind

Esmee Geerken and Waag invite you to the Symposium series Building as Being. Here, we discuss new ways of urban design strategies.

 

Article

26-02-2021

Dr. Adriana Knouf aims for transgender space travelling

Interview | Dr. Adriana Knouf is one of Waag’s artist in residences. Who is she, where did she come from and what is she planning to do at Waag?

 

Event

4-02-2021

Vojext: Two-Day Co-Creation Robotics and Art Session

A two-day co-creation session for artists and designers, with tech partners from advanced robotic industries. Join us!

 

Article

14-01-2021

Apply now: S+T+ARTS Prize 2021

The S+T+ARTS Prize 2021 is open for calls! The winners will receive each €20.000 and will be featured at Ars Electronica, BOZAR and Waag.

 

Article

13-01-2021

Waag: Future Lab for design and technology

Starting in 2021, Waag will be the Future Lab for design and technology in the Netherlands.

 

Event

13-01-2021

Inauguration Marleen Stikker as professor of practice HvA

On Thursday 28 January 2021, Marleen Stikker's inauguration as professor of practice at the University of Applied Sciences in Amsterdam (HvA) will take place.

 

Article

29-12-2020

Waag in 2020

The (strange) year that was 2020 in highlights for Waag: the academies, the maker movement in action, the public stack, and many more.

 

Article

14-12-2020

Nature’s tools for architecture

A reflection on the works of Andrea Ling and dr. Brenda Parker, who investigate using natural, biodegradable materials for building and architecture.

 

Project

9-12-2020

Art4Med

Art4Med builds towards stable relationships between artists and medical researchers, incorporating open science and technology.

 

Event

3-12-2020

‘Building as Being': walk with Esmee Geerken

How can we build harmonious relations with our surroundings and ecology? Join artistic researcher Esmee Geerken and De Onkruidenier at Amsterdam Science Park (programme in Dutch).

 

Event

30-11-2020

S+T+ARTS Talk: Robots are people too

Robots are people too. Join our online S+T+ARTS talk on collaborative learning between humans and technology on December 8th.

 

Event

28-11-2020

Lunch meetup: Tomo Kihara presents TheirTube

During this lunch meetup, artist Tomo Kihara will present his project TheirTube: a playful research into the biases we encounter on YouTube.

 

Event

15-11-2020

The Building as Being Symposium part 1: The City

Op dit driedelige symposium bespreken we nieuwe stedelijke ontwerp-strategieën vanuit verrassende invalshoeken: biologie, levende materie en sociologie.

 

Article

11-10-2020

Tricks for human robots to fit into society - wanted or unwanted?

A reflection on ‘Cyberspecies Proximity’, an artwork by Anna Dumitriu and Alex May in collaboration with the Schindler group.

 

Article

22-09-2020

Leyla-Nour Benouniche winner of Waag Technology Award

Each year, Waag awards the most promising graduate of KABK with the Waag Technology Award.

 

Article

12-08-2020

How can we build nature-inclusive?

An interview with Esmee Geerken, artist in residence at planet B.

 

Article

10-08-2020

S+T+ARTS Prize: winners of 2020

Andrea Ling and Olga Kisseleva win S+T+ARTS Prize 2020 with their projects Design by Decay, Decay by Design and EDEN.

 

Article

30-07-2020

Watch: Decay by design, Andrea Ling's S+T+ARTS Talk

On 7 July, S+T+ARTS Prize 2020 winner Andrea Ling talked about her artwork Design by Decay, Decay by Design with Lucas Evers from Waag.

 

Event

28-07-2020

Ars Electronica 2020: In Kepler's Gardens

As part of Ars Electronica 2020, Waag is organising an expedition to the gardens of planet B. Will you join us on 11 or 12 September for our nightly conversations?

 

Article

29-06-2020

Annual report: Waag in 2019

Our annual report for 2019 is now online! Waag took important steps last year, both on the substantial and the organisational level.

 

Project

27-05-2020

Smart Hybrid Forms

Addressing ecological challenges by blurring the lines between biology and technology: together with artists, we are working on Smart Hybrid Forms.

 

Project

26-05-2020

Better Factory

Better Factory will provide methodology and opportunities for manufacturers to collaborate with artists at developing new and personalized products.

 

Project

25-05-2020

Vojext

Technology is not neutral, so neither are robots. We offer three residencies addressing human-machine relations in manufacturing environments.

 

Project

25-05-2020

T-Factor

Within T-Factor, Waag will help enrich and steer the Amsterdam Science Park masterplan towards urban ecology-related innovation and enterprise.

 

Project

28-04-2020

Artsformation

Mobilising the arts for an inclusive digital transformation: a response to societal challenges proposed by the fast-pacing digital transformation.

 

Event

26-04-2020

S+T+ARTS Talk: Cyberspecies Proximity

Artists Anna Dumitriu and Alex May present their research and robotic works on the sociability of robots.

 

Event

25-04-2020

S+T+ARTS Talk: Decay by Design

Andrea Ling, S+T+ARTS Prize winner of 2020 in the category Artistic Exploration, presents her work.

 

Event

10-04-2020

ONLINE MEETUP - planet B expedition meetup #8

This meetup will take place online. We welcome Brussels-based duo LarbitsSisters to planet B.

 

Event

10-04-2020

(Postponed) planet B expedition meetup #9

During our planet B meetings, scientists, artists and citizens are invited for a dialogue about the social and ecological challenges of our time.

 

Article

26-03-2020

Bots with an Attitude

Planet B research new applications of AI. This time: a chat environment with humans and robots as participants.

 

Event

18-03-2020

ONLINE planet B expedition meetup #7

Our first online meetup is coming on Thursday night! Artistic researcher Tomo Kihara will discuss his project 'Swap the curators behind the Tube' with us during planet B expedition meetup #7.

 

Article

5-03-2020

Open call: S+T+ARTS Prize 2020

Submissions for S+T+ARTS Prize 2020 are open. The deadline has been extended until March 16th.

 

Event

20-02-2020

Art-Science Residencies - international symposium

In relation to the S+T+ARTS Residencies program, Lucas Evers will represent Waag at the international symposium on art-science residencies, organised by IRCAM-Centre Pompidou in Paris.

 

Article

20-02-2020

Artist Femke Herregraven embarks on Creator Doctus programme

A collaboration between the Sandberg Instituut and Waag gives Herregraven the opportunity to develop work in a programme that is comparable to a PhD.

 

Article

14-01-2020

Waag in 2019

We look back on 2019, the year in which Waag celebrated its 25th anniversary. An overview of our highlights.

 

Event

13-01-2020

planet B expedition meetup #5

During the monthly planet B meetings, scientists, artists and citizens are invited.

 

Article

8-01-2020

(Algorithmic) Fairness

What is fairness and how can we make automatic systems fairer? An essay by Stefano Bocconi.

 

Event

5-01-2020

planet B expedition meetup #6

Scientists, artists and citizens are invited to have a dialogue about the social and ecological challenges of our time.

 

Article

19-12-2019

There is no planet B

But what if we imagine one? Findings of the first 6 months of our mission.

 

Project

16-12-2019

Supre:organism

With Supre:organism, Waag sets out to establish a contemporary artistic understanding of life in outer space.

 

Event

8-11-2019

Planet B: MoonMars workshop

Planet B is part of the MoonMars workshop organised by ESA/ESTEC in Noordwijk.

 

Event

28-10-2019

Symposium: Environmental Intelligence

Waag’s AI Culture Lab organises a symposium at planet B about environmental intelligence.

 

Event

20-10-2019

Museumnacht Amsterdam

During Museumnacht Amsterdam we will search for answers to the social and ecological challenges of our time, with performances, lectures and an exhibition. What would your planet B look like?

 

Article

1-10-2019

Between action and imagination: getting onto middle ground

Research director Chris Julien gave a talk about planet B and the future relationship of humanity with nature at ITGWO.

 

Event

12-09-2019

Cartographies of the Vanishing Now talks & open lab

On Friday 13 September FIBER invites you to an evening about new stories, maps and sensory experiences that capture the ongoing ecological crisis through other perspectives.

 

Article

12-09-2019

What space travels teach us about being human

What does it mean to be human in space? An interview with Antti Tenetz, artist in residence at planet B, who investigates this question in his speculative research projects.

 

Article

10-09-2019

Supre:organism shows new visions on humans in space

In the Supre:organism exhibition, artists such as Antti Tenetz reflect on human expeditions to outer space.

 

Article

9-09-2019

Legal insights from S+T+ARTS Collaborations

Things are often being made in projects we do at Waag. But if things are finally done, who owns them?

 

Article

9-09-2019

Practices of S+T+ARTS Collaborations

These are some of the take-aways from the session about Practices and Impacts of S+T+ARTS Collaborations that was moderated by our very own Lucas Evers at Ars Electronica 2019.

 

Event

2-09-2019

Planet B expedition meetup #4

The fourth meetup of planet B is dedicated to gentrification in Amsterdam and the work of Aesthetics of Exclusion.

 

Event

21-08-2019

S+T+ARTS Day @ Ars Electronica Festival

Lucas Evers of Waag will moderate two sessions during S+T+ARTS Day at the Ars Electronica Festival on Friday 6 September 2019.

 

Article

16-08-2019

Our brain in the highest possible resolution

You can probably imagine our brain. But never before have there been images available at such a high resolution.

 

Event

12-08-2019

Planet B expedition meetup #3

The third meetup of planet B is dedicated to human presence in outer space and the work of Antti Tenetz.

 

Event

1-08-2019

Opening Supre:organism exhibition

Waag & Kunstfort bij Vijfhuizen present the opening of the Supre:organism exihibition.

 

Event

1-08-2019

Supre:organism exhibition

Waag & Kunstfort bij Vijfhuizen present: Supre:organism, with alternative, critical perspectives on human space efforts.

 

Event

1-08-2019

Planet B expedition meetup #2

The second meetup of planet B is dedicated to the work of artists operating at the intersection of games and machine learning.

 

Article

23-06-2019

Waag @ WeMakeThe.City 2019

The WeMakeThe.City festival was held for the second time in the Amsterdam Metropolitan Area. Where could you find Waag?

 

Article

22-05-2019

Award of distinction for Špela Petrič

Špela Petrič is one of this year's winners of an Award of Distinction at the Prix Ars Electronica for her project Confronting Vegetal Otherness.

 

Article

20-05-2019

S+T+ARTS Prize 2019 for two innovative projects

In 2019 the S+T+ARTS Prize goes to an innovation agency from Barcelona and two artists who work with AI and machine learning.

 

Article

3-05-2019

The Wandering Mind - AI residency

The artists duo Xin Liu and Gershon Dublon (slow immediate) gained a residency to create their project "The wandering mind".

 

Article

19-04-2019

Supre:organism residency by Antti Tenetz

Waag is pleased to announce Antti Tenetz as the recipient of the Supre:organism residency as part of our AI Lab.

 

Event

20-03-2019

Experiment Zukunft

On Sunday 24 March, Lucas Evers van Waag will talk to artists about art science at the 'Experiment Zukunft' exhibition.

 

Event

11-02-2019

Supre:organism – Open Call AI Lab residency

The Supre:organism residency of Waag’s AI Lab aims to engage artistic perspectives on understanding living materiality in outer space with use of emerging AI technologies.

 

Event

28-01-2019

Data Union Fork: Tools for a data strike!

This workshop by artist Larisa Blazic explores the concepts of unions and strikes in relation to the data use and abuse of users online.

 

Event

18-01-2019

The risks and benefits of AI

Lucas Evers of Waag will participate in a panel at the event 'Future Digital Life: A World Without Us?' organised by Impakt in Utrecht.

 

Event

10-01-2019

Open call S+T+ARTS Prize 2019

Until March 1st, one can submit projects for the S+T+ARTS Prize 2019. Two prizes to honour innovative projects at the intersection of science, technology and the arts.

 

Article

2-01-2019

FEAT residency featured in science magazine

The Emerging Infectious Diseases Journal recently published an element of Anna Dumitriu's FEAT residency outcome on its cover.

 

Event

21-12-2018

The Beauty Kit presentation

On Friday, December 28th, at 4.30 pm Isabel Burr Raty will present her ongoing research project The Beauty Kit at M4gastatelier.

 

Project

17-12-2018

European ARTificial Intelligence Lab

The European ARTificial Intelligence Lab brings AI related scientific and technological topics to general citizens and art audiences.

 

Event

29-10-2018

Art & Ethics workshop in Taiwan

Lucas Evers of Waag visits Taiwan and will give a workshop on 5 November at Taipei National University of Arts.

 

Article

26-10-2018

Chronic Health at DDW 2018

The Embassy of Health at the Dutch Design Week in Eindhoven showed how we can shape care together.

 

Event

15-10-2018

The Beauty Kit Focus Group

In this participatory lecture performance by Isabel Burr Raty displays the beauty bio-products that she manufactures with genital female fluids.

 

Event

10-10-2018

Blockchain: reimagine family and marriage

Artists Yin Aiwen and Jelena Viskovic propose an interpersonal contract platform based on blockchain technology.

 

Event

13-09-2018

Ars Electronica Festival 2018

Exhibitions, conferences, speeches, presentations, workshops, open labs, galleries, performances, interventions, screenings, concerts—the Ars Electronica Festival offers something for everyone.

 

Article

18-08-2018

Zomergasten special: bioart and science

Kuang-Yi Ku is a Taiwanese practising dentist, bio-artist, social designer and co-founder of TW BioArt. In 2018, he is working as artist in residence at Waag.

 

Event

17-08-2018

The body as sensor: fortune telling by pulse

During this event we will examine our own bodies as sensors with the help of artist Kuang-Yi Ku.

 

Event

6-08-2018

Opening Art Enlightening Immunology exhibition

Join us for the opening on 30 August 20:00 when the artists Marta de Menezes, Herwig Turk and Andrew Carnie present their work.

 

Event

6-08-2018

Art Enlightening Immunology exhibition

Three art-science works by Marta de Menezes, Herwig Turk and Andrew Carnie are on display at the Waag from 31 August until 5 September 2018.

 

Event

1-08-2018

Critical Making: DIY cardiac muscle cells

Can we grow our own brain or muscles in a petri dish? Guy Ben-Ary will show and tell us how he was able to make living cells in the lab.

 

Article

27-06-2018

What art can do?

On 22 June, during the WeMakeThe.City festival in Amsterdam, another STARTS Talk was organised. Lucas Evers reports.

 

Event

25-06-2018

The Creative Democracy @ SNET Annual meeting

Lucas Evers of Waag will join an interactive session titled 'The Creative Democracy' at the SNET Annual meeting in Maastricht.

 

Article

22-06-2018

STARTS Talks with Giulia Tomasello in Amsterdam and Hannover

As part of the START initiative we hosted STARTS Talks with winner Giulia Tomasello. Lucas Evers moderated both in Hannover and Amsterdam.

 

Article

13-06-2018

Dutch 3-D printed steel bridge wins STARTS Prize

A Dutch 3D-printed steel bridge, by MX3D en Joris Laarman Lab, will receive the STARTS Prize. Visit their studio during the WeMakeThe.City.

 

Article

4-06-2018

2018 STARTS Prize winners

The 2018 STARTS Prize is for MX3D & Joris Laarman Lab (NL) and Giulia Tomasello (IT).

 

Event

29-05-2018

STARTS Talk at WeMakeThe.City

How can the arts make technology more human, citizens more smart and societies more inclusive? STARTS Talk on the role of art in city innovation.

 

Article

24-05-2018

Cooking with viruses?

Hannah took place at the dinner prepared by artist Pei-Ying Lin. About inventive recipes, raw eggs and the future of food.

 

Article

24-05-2018

2018 STARTS Prize jury and trends

An interview with two of the STARTS Prize 2018 jurors, Francesca Bria and Seiichi Saito, on trends amongst the 2018 applications.

 

Event

17-04-2018

Cooking with viruses workshop

During this workshop we explore incorporating viruses into our cooking practices with 3Package Deal artist Pei-Ying Lin. What will our viral future look like?

 

Article

4-04-2018

The role that art can play in BNCI technology

An article about the role that art can play in ethical reflection on risky and controversial technologies.

 

Event

8-03-2018

STARTS Talk at Milano Digital Week

The STARTS programme supporting innovation through science, technology and arts, has been invited to the Milano Digital Week.

 

Event

15-02-2018

ArtScience Forum

With this meeting ArtScience Forum connects the ArtScience research community to kickstart a collaborative project. Miha Turšič from Waag is one of the key speakers.

 

Event

8-02-2018

Trust Me, I’m an Artist: DNA Ancestry Testing with Larry Achiampong and David Blandy

As part of Trust Me, I'm an Artist, artists Larry Achiampong and David Blandy are each taking multiple Ancestry DNA tests. During this event, the artists will present their findings and discuss the bioethical issues with a specially convened ethics committee.

 

Event

8-02-2018

Trust me, I’m an artist: symposium and performance by Maja Smrekar

On Thursday 16 November the performance from artist Maja Smrekar with ethics panel takes place. Followed the next day by the conclusive symposium of ‘Trust me, I’m an artist’ during which artists, ethicists, scientists and representatives of the institutions involved will present their vision and thought.

 

Event

8-02-2018

Experiments in artistic making

Four artists who had a Mondriaan funded artist-in-residency at AGA LAB and Waag will show their work at Urban Resort LELY (opposite Lelylaan train station) from 6-13 May 2017: Kaleb de Groot, Claudia Doms and Eva Pel and Debra Solomon.

 

Event

8-02-2018

Future Emerging Art and Technology exhibition

Future Emerging Art and Technology, an exhibition of artworks created by internationally acclaimed artists working in collaboration with cutting edge European Union research projects, exploring gene regulation, quantum physics, underwater robotics, carbon capture, and exascale computing.

 

Event

8-02-2018

Trust me I'm an artist: Heirloom

In "Heirloom", Gina Czarnecki grows skin portraits of her daughters from their own cells onto glass casts. The growing portraits are bathed in a liquid that feeds them and prevents infection. When the growing cells reach the thickness of tissue paper they are removed, preserved, and displayed.

 

Event

8-02-2018

Innovation at the intersection of Arts, Sciences and Technology

Marleen Stikker will attend the session 'Success stories from industry and regional development' at the meeting 'Innovation at the intersection of Arts, Sciences and Technology' on December 1st, 2015 in Brussels.

 

Event

8-02-2018

Trust Me I'm an Artist - Ivor Diosi

CIANT Prague is organizing another installment of the Trust me, I’m an Artist series.

 

Event

8-02-2018

Gare du Nord exhibition

Gard du Nord is primarily a show about the body: its shape, its membrane, and its boundaries. The sentence written along the walls of the theatre (a quote by the humanist Caspar Barlaeus) has been interpreted by the three artists in different ways. In their works, these artists have chosen different scales of perception, touch, and sight. All the works are new, site-specific commissions.

 

Event

7-02-2018

FASC lectures: Jens Hauser and Frank Theys

This evening will be the concluding event of The Future of Art and Science Collaborations, a project started in the Fall of 2013, set out to investigate the collaborative aspects of the interactions between the arts and sciences.

 

Event

6-02-2018

FEAT Workshop @ Ars Electronica Festival

The next FEAT Workshop will be held at Ars Electronica Festival in Linz on September 8th 2016. It is open to the public and will not only provide great insight into the work done so far by the FEAT teams and art/science collaborations in general.

 

Event

6-02-2018

Gare de l'est

or the first time ever, works by Alberto Burri (Città di Castello, 1915 – Nice, 1995) from the Fondazione Palazzo Albizzini Collezione Burri will be shown alongside pieces by Nicola Samorì (Forlì, 1977) and Gustave Joseph Witkowski (Nevers, 1844 – Paris, 1922) at the University of Padua’s Anatomical theatre and the Cucina Anatomica, where students once prepared the corpses for anatomy lessons.

 

Event

4-02-2018

Bio art and Science

What do the emerging field of bio art and science have in common? Artist Charlotte Jarvis, professor of Molecular Genetics Hans Clevers (Hubrecht Institute) and writer Bas Heijne discuss societal, scientific and ethical questions regarding a challenging and innovative bio art project, designed to raise awareness and understanding of colon cancer.

 

Event

4-02-2018

The Romantic Disease exhibition

'The Romantic Disease' exhibition by Anna Dumitriu explores the history of tuberculosis (TB) from artistic, social and scientific perspectives and covers subjects such as superstition, TB's literary and romantic associations, the development of antibiotics and the latest research into whole-genome sequencing of mycobacteria. From 21 June to 27 July (Thursday to Sunday 11.00 – 17.00).

 

Event

4-02-2018

KiiCS & ICT Art Connect @ Ars Electronica

During Ars Electronica 2014 you can join the BIO KiiCS Open Training presentations and discussion, and get an exclusive preview to the ICT ART CONNECT.study.

 

Event

4-02-2018

Naturally Hypernatural

Lucas Evers (Head of Open Wetlab) will be one of the speakers at the international conference 'Naturally Hypernatural: Visions of Nature' at the School of Visual Arts in New York (USA).

 

Event

4-02-2018

ICT Art Connect 2013

ICT Art Connect 2013 is a 3-day event at the European Parliament, BOZAR, iMAL, HLP Gallery, and Hotel Bloom in Brussels, that will explore crossings of ICT and art as a promising path for new technology-based creative responses to contemporary societal challenges.

 

Event

4-02-2018

Gustatory Semantics

Who, what and why we eat, or not, are no longer just matters of personal preference; it is no longer a neutral topic of small talk as nowadays food is deeply marked by ethics, politics, economy and health issues. What is it going to look like in the future?

 

Event

4-02-2018

ICT & Art Connect: elements to orient the future

ICT & Art Connect sets out to bring together artists and technologists to explore new ways of working. Collaborative acts of co-creation, together with an open and multidisciplinary discussion will foster the blending of Art and Technology.

 

Event

4-02-2018

ICT and Art Connect: Economies of Art and Technology Collaboration

Discuss, experience and co-create with leading artists, technologists and thought leaders during our ICT and Art Connect event: Economies of Art and Technology Collaboration: Politics, Ethics, Power and Propaganda. We will critically interrogate the assumptions around the market potential and value of artists. And look at ways in which artists and technologists can develop successful collaborations which are viable and sustainable.

 

Event

4-02-2018

(Per)Formativity of BioArt

The performative turn in humanities strongly influences the way we analyze reality. It does not only concern performance art but also social and political aspects of modernity. The key features of performativity are agency and embodied experience, which are also crucial in bioartistic practices. What are the contexts of our encounters with a living, artistic medium and how it impacts the way we perceive Life?

 

Event

4-02-2018

Hybrids, Chimeras and Other Monsters

Hybridity is one of the most fashionable words in modern society; it is used to describe culture, architecture, media, medicine and even car engines. Thinking about mythological creatures such as the centaur and Cyclops, and the fears and anxieties those represented and tried to exorcise, hybridity shows a long and fascinating history.

 

Event

4-02-2018

Bioart, Biodesign : Journée d’études

Lucas Evers of Waag's Open Wetlab will speak at a BioArt & BioDesign meeting in Paris, France on 6 March 2014.

 

Event

4-02-2018

Opening Gluon

Lucas Evers (Head of Programme Open Wetlab) will give a presentation at the opening of Gluon - platform for art, science and technology in Brussels, Belgium.

 

Event

4-02-2018

Communicating art, communicating science

The Future of Art & Science Collaborations is a series of double lectures by eminent international researchers and practitioners from the field where art and science interact.

 

Event

4-02-2018

Art, Science and DIY

The Future of Art & Science Collaborations is a series of double lectures by eminent international researchers and practitioners from the field where art and science interact.

 

Event

4-02-2018

Art, science and the future of medical collections

The Future of Art & Science Collaborations is a series of double lectures by eminent international researchers and practitioners from the field where art and science interact.

 

Event

4-02-2018

Positivist arts, fundamental innovation

The Future of Art & Science Collaborations is a series of double lectures by eminent international researchers and practitioners from the field where art and science interact.

 

Article

16-01-2018

Open call STARTS Prize 2018

20,000 euros await the winners of the STARTS Prize 2018. The international STARTS Prize is launched to select the most pioneering collaborations and results in the field of creativity and innovation at the crossings of science and technology with the arts.

 

Event

20-12-2017

The Power of Arts and Technology Collaboration

Lucas Evers of the Open Wetlab of Waag participates in the webinar 'The Power of Arts and Technology Collaboration' on Thursday 14th, December, 2017.

 

Article

9-11-2017

Artist Maja Smrekar presents controversial hybrid-artwork at Waag

On Thursday 16 November a performance by award-winning Slovenian artist Maja Smrekar will take place at Waag. Smrekar challenges us to rethink our attitude and relationships with other species.

 

Article

2-11-2017

STARTS Talk on art-science-technology collaborations at DDW

During the second STARTS Talk the advantages and challenges of collaborations between science, technology and arts were discussed during Dutch Design Week in Eindhoven, focus specifically on the healthcare industry.

 

Article

26-10-2017

Art-science-technology collaborations in STARTS Talks

Artist-designer Garnet Hertz, designer-strategist Heinrich Eisele, psychologist-artist Philippe Bertrand and media-theorist Kristoffer Gansing were invited to Drive Volkswagen Forum in Berlin to discuss the advantages and challenges of collaborations between sciences, technology and the arts in the first STARTS Talks in Berlin.

 

Article

10-10-2017

STARTS Talks kick off in Berlin and Eindhoven

Waag is initiating a brand-new format of inspiring talks this autumn and taking it on the road through Europe. How can science, technology and art interact more tightly, and how do they benefit from each other?

 

Event

3-10-2017

STARTS Talks #2 at Dutch Design Week

In this edition of the STARTS Talks the focus is on artistic research and the relevance for industry and science.

 

Article

29-09-2017

FEAT catalogue of art-science collaborations

The 'Future and Emergent Art and Technology' project has resulted in the publication of an illustrated catalogue, that documents the processes and outcomes of unique and in depth collaborations between artists and scientists.

 

Event

28-09-2017

STARTS Talks #1 in Berlin

STARTS Talks is a series of presentations and discussions that bring together prominent practitioners and speakers to present their work and vision on the interactions between Science, Technology and the ARTS.

 

Article

20-09-2017

Frank Kolkman’s ‘Outrospectre’ experiment launched at Waag

On Tuesday the 19th of September, Frank Kolkman performed the first of a series of public experiments called ‘Outrospectre’ at Waag

 

Event

31-08-2017

FEAT expo in Brussels

The FEAT project – Future Emerging Art and Technology – has paired artists with FET research consortia across Europe.

 

Event

31-08-2017

Art, Science & Technology collaborations in Europe

During this symposium, artists and researchers from different fields will briefly present what they have achieved within STARTS and other similar research programs.

 

Article

22-06-2017

Ethical trilemmas

In Trust Me, I'm An Artist, artists explore the ethical limits of upcoming (bio)technologies. New is the fact that they, as is practice for scientists, need to justify themselves for an ethics committee.

 

Event

2-06-2017

Ars Electronica Festival 2017

The program of every Ars Electronica Festival is an extraordinary mix of diverse formats and features.

 

Article

22-05-2017

Winners Bio Art & Design Award 2017

De biokunstenaars Xandra van der Eijk met ‘Seasynthesis’, Cheng Guo met ‘Anon. - An intervention in the Anthropocene’ en Jiwon Woo (USA) met ‘Mother's Hand Taste (Son-mat)’ zijn op vrijdag 19 mei uitgeroepen tot de winnaars van de Bio Art & Design Award 2017 (BAD Award).

 

Article

9-05-2017

The winners of the 2017 STARTS Prize

This year’s STARTS PRIZE recipients come from Japan and Switzerland. “I’m Humanity” garnered the Grand Prize for Artistic Exploration for Etsuko Yakushimaru; the Grand Prize for Innovative Collaboration goes to Gramazio Kohler Research at ETH–Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich and the Self-Assembly Lab at MIT for their “Rock Print” installation.

 

Event

24-04-2017

Trust Me, I’m an Artist - group exhibition

A group exhibition as a result of Trust Me, I'm an Artist at Zone2Source with art works on the ethical complexities of emerging (bio)technologies. Until June 25th at Het Glazen Huis, Amstelpark.

 

Article

18-04-2017

Parting the Waves

The work 'Parting the waves' of Semiconductor (artist duo Ruth Jarman and Joe Gerhardt) is part of the exhibition 'Future Emerging Art and Technology' .

 

Project

13-02-2017

S+T+ARTS Prize

The STARTS Prize is an annual recognition of two innovative projects at the interface of science, technology and art.

 

Article

6-02-2017

Art and Science live together in leading-edge collaboration project

Internationally renowned artists and Future and Emerging Technology researchers team up and work for 9 months together in the cross-disciplinary FEAT initiative.

 

Event

15-09-2016

Nacht van Kunst & Kennis

Lucas Evers is a guest in the programme of Museum Boerhaave during the Nacht van Kunst & Kennis in Leiden. The information about this event is only available in Dutch.

 

Article

7-09-2016

The future anatomical lesson with Agi Haines

In the weekend of 24 - 25 September the interactive exhibition ‘The anatomical lesson: dissecting medical futures’ by Agi Haines takes place in the Theatrum Anatomicum, in which historical anatomical lessons are linked to 3D printing and human modification.

 

Article

11-06-2016

Meet the FEAT artists and projects

We have created a booklet to present the participating artists and scientific projects of FEAT.

 

Article

15-05-2016

Sculptures made of skin

Heirloom is a project by artist Gina Czarnecki. The Heirloom project involves growing “skin portraits” of Czarnecki’s daughters.

 

Article

25-03-2016

Six FEAT funded artists-in-residence

Future and Emerging Art and Technologies (FEAT) has paired six artists with scientists running research projects in the context of the EU backed programme, Future and Emerging Technologies (FET).

 

Article

2-02-2016

Cellular propeller at transmediale in Berlin

The next performance in the Trust Me, I'm an Artist (TMIAA) project will take place at the transmediale festival in Berlin. TMIAA focuses on the ethical issues that occur at the intersection of art, biotechnology, and biomedicine. Waag is a lead partner within the TMIAA project and Lucas Evers, head of our Open Wetlab, works closely with our artists in residence. Because Lucas has such a unique perspective on the initiative, I recently decided to interview him. The following is a condensed account of our conversation.

 

Article

28-12-2015

National Science quiz 2015

Marleen Stikker participated in the Dutch Nationale Wetenschapsquiz 2015 (national science quiz), in the (winning!) team of 'inventors'.

 

Project

18-12-2015

Future Emerging Art and Technology

Six leading international artists were hosted within FET projects through fully funded embedded residencies.

 

Event

30-10-2015

InScience: Bio•Fiction special

Lucas Evers of our Open Wetlab will speak at a BIO·FICTION special on 7 November of the InScience festival in Nijmegen.

 

Article

6-08-2015

'Expanded self' returned to its maker

“Larger processes of cultural significance”: this is what of the brochure of Gare du Nord contained and released in reference to the piece of Sonja Bäumel. This statement gained more significance from the second week of the exhibition period onwards as the artwork has indeed faced a growth that challenged its own structure, materials, its author, its environment, the other pieces in the show and all the different individuals related to it, such as the curator and all the visitors.

 

Project

5-06-2015

Gare du Nord

Gare du Nord was an exhibition that explored the nature of men inside the Theatrum Anatomicum of the Waag in Amsterdam and questions the identity of the building as a space in the past as well as the present. In the Waag building, the visual arts and medical sciences continue to mingle in collaborations that provide novel insights into bodies and technology.

 

Article

26-03-2015

Dreaming of a microbial perfume

Marit Mihklepp (Estonia) was one of the students that followed the 'Life Live, Live Life' bio art course that we gave at the ArtScience Interfaculty of the Royal Academy of Visual Art and the Royal Conservatory at The Hague. She wrote this contribution about microbial perfumes.

 

Project

30-12-2014

Trust Me, I'm an Artist

Developing ethical frameworks for artists, cultural institutions and audiences engaged in the challenges of creating and experiencing new art forms in biotechnology and biomedicine in Europe.

 

Article

2-12-2014

Live Life – Life Live course

The Open Wetlab was asked to organize a course on biotechnology at the Art Science Interfaculty, an interdisciplinary bachelor and master programme that fosters curiosity driven research as approach for the making of art.

 

Article

2-12-2014

Matter of Life exposition in Eindhoven

Pigeons, human stem cells, fungi, cut-flowers – about anything that lives can serve as working material for bio art and design. In Matter of Life, Mu and guest curator William Myers present nine much-discussed research projects at the intersection of life sciences, art and design.

 

Article

14-07-2014

Unexpected connections

Louise Whiteley - Talk for opening of ‘The Romantic Disease’ at the Waag. As The Romantic Disease shows, bringing different eras together helps to reveal unexpected connections, confront alternative histories, show how our present perspectives could have been otherwise, and also to raise new possibilities for the future.

 

Article

13-06-2014

The Romantic Disease at the Waag

Waag presented the exhibition and workshop 'The Romantic Disease: An Artistic Investigation of Tuberculosis'.

 

Article

4-06-2014

Terrifying and beautiful

We visited Mandy Smith, paper artist, in her Amsterdam workspace. Amongst Random Studio's 3D designers, tech equipment and hip studio space the designer stands out.

 

Event

18-03-2014

Art and Innovation: The Future of Interdisciplinarity

Lucas Evers of Waag participates in the joint symposium Art and Innovation: The Future of Interdisciplinarity on 19 March, organized by Het Nieuwe Instituut and The Netherlands Study Centre for Technology Trends (STT).

 

Article

3-03-2014

A personal romance between science and BioArt

I think that BioArt can be seen as the significant other of both scientists and artists. A menáge-a-trois between love for the rational and explainable, and the form and aesthetic of living organisms.

 

Article

14-02-2014

BioArt: From Frankenstein With Love

In ‘Hybrids, Chimeras and other Monsters’ the goal was to step away from the yuk-factor, and to take a closer look at BioArt from artists like Guy Ben-Ary.

 

Article

20-01-2014

Living tissues and living issues

In February 2014, Waag's Wetlab brings a new series of three lectures by Joanna Jeśman at the Waag titled 'Living tissues and living issues', as a continuation of the series The Future of Art & Science Collaborations we started last year in October.

 

Event

15-01-2014

Public Engagement in Science through Art

Is art the ultimate tool to make science attractive and understandable for a wide range of audiences? Join our discussion at this ICT and Art Connect event.

 

Project

9-12-2013

ICT & Art Connect

ICT & Art Connect sets out to bring together artists and technologists to explore new ways of working.

 

Article

22-11-2013

New Narrative for Europe

On November 9, 10 and 11 Waag participated in the ICT&ART Connect 2013 workshop. The goal of the workshop aimed to bring technologists and artists together to collaboratively work on new themes, ideas, practices and technologies.

 

Project

4-09-2013

The Future of Art & Science collaborations

The Future of Art & Science Collaborations was a series of lectures by eminent international researchers and practitioners in the field where art and science interact.

 

Article

18-08-2013

Artwork by Adam Zaretsky causes embarrassment at ministry

Genetically modified embryos of Zebrafish injected with GMO algae are playing an important role in the artwork Errorarium by Adam Zaretsky.

 

Article

12-08-2013

Living cell interactive installation

Three years ago the project called 'Cell explorer' was amongst the finalists of the first edition of the DA4GA (2010/2011). Unfortunately they didn't win but did succeed in finding partners (the UMCG and RUG) that supported them to realize the project.

 

Event

8-07-2013

Opening DA4GA exhibition

DA4GA stands for Designers & Artists for Genomics Award. This unique Dutch contest brings art, design and life sciences together. Teams of scientists and artists are working with living material in their projects. This year, three projects were awarded: Living Mirror, Fish Bone Chapel and Ergo Sum.

 

Article

21-03-2013

The City as Interface

The Dutch edition of the book 'The City as interface' by Martijn de Waal was published on 2 April 2013 with a book launch that day at Pakhuis de Zwijger. The English edition will be ready at the end of May 2013.

 

Article

11-12-2012

Versatile living art awarded

The antlers on the wall on either side of the hall come from all over the world. The same thing goes for the audience - young men and women with fast glasses or flashy lipstick are sitting beside men in suit or a casual sweater. There is tension in the air. We are in the ‘Pesthuis’ at Naturalis for the announcement of the winners of the third edition of the Designers & Artists for Genomics Award, which rewards leading bio-art initiatives.

 

Article

4-12-2012

PhDO 7: Theo’s trip

On November 30, visitors of the seventh edition of PhDO could test the Labyrinth Psyhotica and the Wearable that are both created by scientist and artist Jennifer Kanary. Next to this, Jennifer presented here taboo-breaking research on psychosis.

 

Event

28-08-2012

Exhibition PostNatural Organisms of the European Union

The Center for PostNatural History and Waag present: PostNatural Organisms of the European Union. A 21st Century Wunderkammer in the tradition of anatomist Frederik Ruysch back in the Waag, featuring altered life forms.

 

Article

27-08-2012

What is 'postnatural'?

Last Friday the premiere of ‘PostNatural Organisms of the European Union’ took place in Amsterdam at Waag.

 

Event

6-07-2012

Finissage PostNatural Organisms of the European Union

or the exhibition 'PostNatural Organisms of the European Union' at the Theatrum Anatomicum of the Waag the Center for PostNatural History and Waag organize a suiting finnisage. This exhibit featured 11 preserved specimens of life forms that were intentionally altered by humans using the processes of domestication, selective breeding and genetic engineering. With Rich Pell (director Center for Postnatural History) and Paul van Krimpenfort (scientist, creator of the first transgenic bull Herman).

 

Event

3-05-2012

Trust me, I'm an artist 4

The performance Que le cheval vive en moi (May the horse live in me) is an extreme, medical self-experiment with a blood-brotherhood beyond species boundaries. With this performance the French duo Art Orienté objet calls for greater ecological responsibility from humans, whose technologies increasingly instrumentalize other animals and plants.

 

Article

23-03-2012

COMMIT research project

On 20 and 21 March 2012 we started the COMMIT research programme. This blogpost is only available in Dutch.

 

Project

8-03-2012

Designers & Artists 4 Genomics Award

The Designers & Artists 4 Genomics Award (DA4GA) highlighted and explored the exciting and novel possibilities between design, artistic practice and Life Sciences.

 

Project

8-03-2012

Sentient Creatures lectures

Between 2003 to 2009, three series of Sentient Creatures lectures were organized by Waag and Canadian artist Graham Smith.

 

Project

8-03-2012

Theatrum Anatomicum

The Waag's Theatrum Anatomicum was built in 1691 as a space dedicated to advanced experimenting.

 

Project

8-03-2012

Vanitas

Vanitas was an art installation at the Theatrum Anatomicum of the Waag by Karen Ingham in April 2005.

 

Project

8-03-2012

Corpus

Corpus was a series of lectures held in the Theatrum Anatomicum in 2005 on the subject of anatomy in the arts and the anatomy of the web.

 

Project

8-03-2012

Liveform Telekinetics

Liveform Telekinetics, LF:TK, was a project by artists Jeff Mann & Michelle Teran. LFTK was an experiment in networked social spaces - kinetic LiveArt through the Internet.