Natural Technology Podcast | Photosynthesis, ARTSCIENCE & the Hypergravity Bioportal with Raoul Frese
During the Covid pandemic, the VU ART SCIENCE gallery developed a series of podcasts.
In this episode, the guest is Raoul Frese, biophysicist and director of the VU ARTSCIENCE Hybrid forms Laboratory. In conversation with Sem Bannenberg, Frese talks about his research on how this is influenced by working with artists and why the VU ARTSCIENCE Laboratory and initiatives like Studiotopia help scientists go beyond borders they have never crossed before. Furthermore, Frese reflects on Hypergravity Bio Portal, a work realized with his Laboratory by artist Christiaan Zwanikken.
Natural Technology. Welcome to the Symbiocene. featured artworks by Jelle Korevaar, Tabita Rezaire, Wanda Tuerlinckx and Christiaan Zwanikken. These artists with different practices and mediums present a new way to interpret nature, the environment, and technology’s role on Earth.
This podcast and exhibition are made with the support of partners Clue+ and Studiotopia, and the conversations with scientists and scholars were hosted by the VU Library. The interviewer is assistant curator Sem Bannenberg. Recording and editing by Harm Rieske.