Archive for New Natures

This is a series of studies produced in 2010-2011 belonging to the Quasi-Objects cycle. All works are printed using pigment-based inks on Hahnemühle archival paper, variable dimensions, edition of 3+1 ap. Quasi-Objects is an art project consisting of 3d generated videos and prints, a practice…

The Natures project consists in a series of multi-screen installation pieces and a live audio-visual performance in collaboration with musician Mira Calix and cellist Oliver Coates. Natures explores the dialogue between “the natural” and “the artificial”, creating a world where these two elements coexist harmoniously….

The word “artifact” comes from the Latin root “actum” (effect) and “ars” (artificial). The word originally defines a phenomenon entirely created by experimental conditions, an unwanted effect, a parasite. “Random effects resulting from the material used should be allowed to develop and appear”  (Jean Dubuffet)…

AUJIK are an esoteric group who believes in animism and worships nature. They divide nature into: Refined: robotics artificial intelligence nano technology dna manipulation augmented reality body enhancements carbon nano tubes synthetic photosynthesis Primitive: trees plants soil organism stones metals minerals foliage AUJIK states that:…

“Polymorphism is the state of being made of many different elements, forms, kinds or individuals. In biology it refers to the occurrence of different forms, stages or types in individual organisms or in organisms of the same species.” (Michael Hensel) Polymorphic Systems Studies is a…

The birth of this project is due to the discovery of the Altiplano region in Chile. Symbol of isolation, doubled by the sublime landscape and the complex spiritual background, this region is the main character in the film. It represents a self-sufficient being, and the…

On 29 January 2009 at 2.25 in the afternoon Michael Najjar stood on the summit of Mount Aconcagua, at 6,962 meters in the highest mountain on the American continent and the highest mountain in the world outside of the Himalayas. The photographic material gathered in…

The DareDroid is a biomechanic cocktail making dress that uses medical technology, customized hardware and human temperament to provide you with a freshly made cocktail. The human host and robotic dress work together to provide you with a cocktail in exchange for a game of “Truth or…

In his own way, Jens Lüstraeten re-interprets Andy Warhol’s quote of the “fifteen minutes of fame”. Instead of granting a human being fifteen minutes of fame, the work turns to the world of plants. Fifteen plants that are not native to Nevada were each filmed…

The film features a Phacellophora Camtscatica (egg-yolk jelly), as it drifts in its tank home at the Monterey Bay Aquarium. A voice-over informs the viewer of its baroque but literally brainless anatomy, its voracious cannibalism and its classical forebears. It compiles an extended description of…