The “AESTHETICS get SYNTHETIC” workshop will take place in the Main hall of the Max Planck Campus in Potsdam-Golm the afternoon on November 27-28, 2017.

This workshop is an opportunity to bring together scholars and practitioners to jointly discuss and reflect on contents, approaches and methodologies that draw the link between synthetic biology and artistic research and how those can synergically interact by mutually interrogating and reconsidering their methodologies and modes of operation in an Artist in Residence program like KLAS. In this workshop we are particularly interested in discussions and perspectives that explore how different institutions, organizations and interest groups with relevant expertise and knowledge of research, innovation and education address contemporary challenges of future developments in and beyond their respective knowledge silos.

Artistic practices and scientific research – how can they benefit one from the other?

What is the benefit of art-science collaboration – is it about the outcome, the process, can we frame or justify its utility or usefulness. What are the personal experiences in relation to the knowledge / conceptual / methodological exchange between art and science? What are the current trends and what are the expectations for the near future in Synthetic Biology? and in Art?

This workshop is chaired by Prof. Lipowsky (MPIKG) and Prof. Wilmitzer (MPIMP)
Co-chairs: Caterina Benincasa, Arnau Horta and Rodrigo Perez Garcia

Registration is necessary! https://klas-reg.mpikg.mpg.de/

Read more at https://klas.mpikg.mpg.de/workshop/