Life Is Other presents artistic
and theoretical positions that deal with the dynamics of and points of transition between animate and inanimate matter. Following
on from the exhibition Holobiont: Life Is Other (Bregenz/Vienna, 2021/2022), it explores how art, philosophy, and
the technological sciences destabilize and expand the concept of living things. How do biological entities, machines, media,
architectures, networks develop symbiotically in the context of biotechnological possibilities and ecological challenges?
The
Holobiont theory of biologist Lynn Margulis opens up new perspectives on life as a cooperative, holistic system: The "other"
is not assimilated, integrated; instead it is preserved in its unavailability and peculiarity as new connections emerge.
With contributions by Bruno Clarke, Monika Bakke, Eduardo Kac, Dorion Sagan, Astrid Schrader, Paul Vanouse, and others.
Lucie Strecker, Department of Kunst und Kommunikative Praxis at the Institute of Studies in
Art and Art Education, and Angewandte Performance Laboratory (APL), University of Applied Arts Vienna
Thomas
Feuerstein, art historian, philosopher
Jens Hauser, curator, media/art scholar
