FIRST DIGITAL EDITION
Each year in October, Dutch Design Week (DDW) takes place in the city of light: Eindhoven, the Netherlands. Despite the uncertain restrictions, COVID-19 brought along for public exhibitions, design lovers were still able to catch up with the latest design trends and developments. In previous years, BioArt Laboratories opened up BioArt Village to facilitate a platform for a generation of makers. We proudly reflect on DDW 2020, an innovative edition where our society was pushed beyond spatial boundaries, innovating towards the first fully digital DDW.
DIGITAL EDITION
DDW ’20
SYMBIOCENE PROGRAM LINE
After successfully completing the ‘Talent Pressure Cooker Programm’ eleven artists showcased their artwork during the virtual exhibition at BioArt Laboratories. All works are inspired either intertwined with the role of bio-art in the transition to the Symbiocene: the era after the Anthropocene, in which man is no longer the center, but lives in symbiosis with nature, culture, and technology. At BioArt-Laboratories we are committed to the need for a new system, a new world, a new economy, and a new language to make this happen.
ARTISTS
Every year a selection of top talents from all over the world gets access to the unique working environment of BioArt Laboratories by submitting a promising project proposal. During our intensive talent development program, the Talent Pressure Cooker, talents are offered professional guidance in transforming their idea or prototype into a tangible concept or product. There is a strong focus on process and research. Dutch Design Week 2020 offered the artists an opportunity to profile themselves and communicate their message with a broad, international general public.
Shaakira Jassat (South Africa). Shaakira redefines materials and purposes of architectural elements by making them more circular and symbiotic with nature. After her Aquatecture project, in which water is extracted by means of compact building panels, she is now looking for ways to develop a circular building block.
Romy Snijders (The Netherlands). Romy explores the language of trees through fungi, where understanding the communication between trees can help us protect the forest and improve the health of the environment.
Kim van den Belt (The Netherlands). Kim is developing new sustainable CO2 filters made out of a stone type olivine and photosynthetic algae to create bicarbonate solutions. Exploring a circular solution with natural and local ingredients.
Elina Hadjinicola (Cyprus). Elina focuses on exploratory research with beeswax as an important component in her environmentally conscious designs and projects.
Ewelina Kaczmarska (Poland). In her research, Ewelina explores upcycling solutions for disposable products with coffee grounds and the multi-sensory possibilities that this entails.
Ashley Zhang (The Netherlands). Ashley uses her knowledge from nanobiology to show the interconnectedness of humans with all other living organisms in the world with a new perspective.
Julia Borovaya (Russia). Julia draws attention to the problem of global warming and melting glaciers. Her work offers a new perspective on the continual transformation and distortion to capitivate the moment.
Guoda Treciokaite (Lithuania). Guoda develops a durable protective face mask with a biomaterial that can be further developed into textile. This material serves as an alternative to the current textile materials used in the fashion industry.
Daphne Kusters (The Netherlands). As a transformation designer she is always looking for sustainable change in individuals, systems and organizations. She is currently researching the possibilities to redesign a sustainable gas station.
SAVE (Russia). With the work Crystal, Anastasia Krasev, Julia Borovaya and Edward Rakhmanov investigate the interaction between the human body and substance, hypersensitivity, consciousness and subconsciousness with matter.
Valentine Maurice (France). Valentine explores the relationship between health and light, as well as how we can create a balance between our light consumption and biological rhythms.
MORE INFORMATION
If you are interested to learn more about a specific project or artist mentioned above, we kindly refer to our ‘Talent Development’ page where all individual artists showcase their artwork. This includes an in-depth exploration of their multidisciplinary vision, professional experiences, and educational background that had led to the tangible development of their project.
Watch the Youtube vide below for a dynamic overview of one exhibition hall:
Date
November 11, 2020
Category
Events, Exhibitions