Evaporation of Things Symposium

Maria Grade Godinho and I have worked up this event:

The Evaporation of Things

13th & 14th March 2013, 12:30pm.
Inspace, 1 Crichton Street, Edinburgh EH8 9AB

The Evaporation of Things symposium will explore the increasingly digital interface to biological ‘things’. From the phylogenetic analysis of plants, to the data representation of the human genome project, studying the subject on a screen has replaced the study of the material artefact. For the general public, astronomy remains a question of looking at the stars in the night sky, whereas for astronomers the use of optical telescopes is a thing of the past – so the question emerges “where is the thing?” Invited speakers, artists and delegates will explore the increasing condition of knowing ‘things’ in two places: the material artifact in your hand and it’s instance in a database. Through three themes of Data, Flesh and Interstices, pairs of protagonists across the fields of Computational Systems Biology, Digital Arts, Science, Technology and Innovation Studies, Image Analysis and Clinical Neurosciences will present narratives that describe their relationship with material/immaterial biological things. The event also includes an exhibition of artworks which propose possibilities and create oddities relating to the living and life-related artefacts, and a participatory “Show & Tell” workshop for delegates to reveal their own ‘things’ that slip between material and immaterial forms. www.evaporationofthings.com

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