DIY Science, from the Maker Scene to Biopunk and Beyond
Event Information
Description
Join Digitalis artist in residence Andy Gracie for his second talk as he discusses the complex relationships between art, DIY culture, maker culture and hobbyism reflected in artistic practice past and present.
This event is free but booking is advised.
This free talk is part of Digitalis, a season of digital adventures in Milton Keynes. Digitalis is a partnership between Threshold Studios, Milton Keynes Libraries and Milton Keynes Council and is supported using public funding by Arts Council England.
About Andy Gracie:
London-born, and now based in Spain, Andy Gracie is a digital artist who is fascinated by space, scientific experiments and ecosystems. Using data from NASA’s deep space probes, his large installations replicate the conditions for life on other planets using tiny organisms that are currently used in space research.
His live experiment Deep Data Prototype_3 will be on display at Milton Keynes Central Library from March to June 2017. The installation will ask us to consider whether we will ever discover life on other planets and whether these planets might ever be colonised by humans. Originally commissioned by the Trondheim biennale for art & technology, Meta.Morf 2016, this is the UK premiere of the work.
Andy will be the Digitalis Artist in Residence in Milton Keynes Central Library throughout Spring and Summer 2017, creating a newly commissioned piece for the Library to be launched in August.
An exhibition of the new work produced during his residency will take place throughout August and September 2017.
