Natural Technology Podcast | The Exhibition Concept with Wende Wallert

April 13 - November 17, 2022

During the Covid pandemic, the VU ART SCIENCE gallery developed a series of podcasts.

In this first episode, Wende Waller, Art curator of the VU and director of the VU ART SCIENCE Gallery, talks to Sem Bannenberg about the new exhibition on show Natural Technology. Welcome to the Symbiocene. This podcast elaborates on the exhibition concept and how artists were selected for this exhibition.

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.