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URL:https://www.artinliverpool.com/events/fact-cosmotechnics/
SUMMARY:FACT: FACT: Cosmotechnics
DESCRIPTION:\n\n\nCosmotechnics\n\n\nDiscover immersive installations that 
 reveal how plants can transform technology into an ally for resistance\, r
 esilience\, and growth.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis winter\, you are invit
 ed to explore the worlds of Cosmotechnics\, a new exhibition that delves 
 into the relationship between culture and technology through the lens of f
 our Latin American artists and collectives. Atractor Studio + Semantica\, 
 Patricia Domínguez and Rebeca Romero challenge the idea that technology i
 s the same everywhere and across all cultures. Using sculpture\, video\, a
 nd sound to create immersive installations\, their works reveal how local 
 ways of thinking and sensing can lead to new ways of embracing art and cul
 ture and offer multiple perspectives of technology.\n\nCurated by our Cura
 tor-in-Residence\, Beatrice Zaidenberg\, each artwork becomes a portal to 
 rethink our relationship with technology\, using plants as a guide.\n\n\n\
 n\n\n\n\nAtractor Studio + Semantica present their award-winning video and
  sound works\, A Tale of Two Seeds\, On Vegetal Politics and Botánica
  Transgénica. Based in Colombia and the UK\, both collectives create artw
 orks to visualise natural events and scientific ideas. These works focus o
 n the problems caused by industrial farming: specifically\, how companies 
 change plant genes (genetic modification) and take control of seeds and la
 nd in Colombia\, leading to colonisation and exploitation of native plants
  and local knowledge. In 2023\, the presented works received the coveted G
 olden Nica at The Prix Ars Electronica\, the world’s longest-running med
 ia art competition.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPatricia Domínguez\, born and based 
 in Chile\, combines her research on plants\, resource extraction\, and hea
 ling practices to create sculptures\, videos\, and writings that imagine m
 ore sustainable and compassionate ways of living. In Cosmotechnics\, Patr
 icia presents two works side by side for the first time\, developed durin
 g her dual residency between CERN in Switzerland and the European Southern
  Observatory (ESO) astronomy facilities in Chile. Tres Lunas Más Abajo (
 Three Moons Below) (2024) and Matrix Vegetal (2022) reflect Patricia’
 s ongoing exploration of the energy that connects all living things and ob
 jects on Earth.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRebeca Romero presents a newly commission
 ed installation for Cosmotechnics. Born in Peru and based in London\, her
  work blends pre-Columbian iconography with modern technology to ask how n
 ew technologies can revive ancient belief systems erased from history. In 
 Rebeca’s futuristic sculpture\, Chrysalis (2024)\, she combines ancien
 t wisdom with video mapping\, 3D scanning and printing to form a speculati
 ve allyship between plants and humans. Rebeca was selected for Bloomberg 
 New Contemporaries 2021. More recently\, she was awarded the OGR Award fo
 r effectively conveying complex relationships between art\, technology\, a
 nd innovation.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHeader image: Patricia Domínguez\, Tres Lu
 nas más Abajo (Three moons Below) (2024). Analog picture captured by Emi
 lia Martín\, 2024. Commissioned by Arts at CERN with the support of Beca 
 de Arte Botín and Cecilia Brunson Projects.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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