hermaphroditus, the flower of youth

hermaphroditus, the flower of youth, 2019

photography, video, fungi, molecular cuisine, exhibition at SVA/ NYC, BFA – fine arts, bio art lab

The School of Visual Arts (SVA) presents a group exhibition highlighting the work of eight artists and scientists, produced at sva’s bio art lab. Entitled, Sympoiesis, this exhibition speaks to Donna Haraway’s concept of boundaryless systems. Like complex, self-organizing, and collectively produced networks, the works in the exhibition range from video, installation, photography, sculpture, 3d printing, and living matter. both materials and processes speak through the biological world as a matrix of metaphor. materials include bacteria, fungi, plant and marine life, fish skins, as well as found artifacts and technologically driven programs. Cristine de Bem e Canto (Brazil) inquires into the photography as a conceptual and aesthetic language while exploring the morphology, physiology and reproductive mechanisms of plant and fungi, confronting sexuality across social and political systems.