Salon Universitas // Biological Design
an evening of art-science conversations
with presentations by:
Martin Böhnert Jaroslaw Czarnecki Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Nellen
Kunsthochschule Kassel
25th November 2014
Our presenters:
Martin Böhnert is a research fellow at the Institute for Philosophy, Universität Kassel and a member of the LOEWE programme: Tier-Mensch-Gesellschaft
Jaroslaw Czarnecki (Dr.) / Elvin Flamingo (PhD) is an artist based in Gdansk who is working on the long-term project “The Symbiosity of Creation”.
Prof. Dr. Nellen is Director of the Department for Biology and Genetics at the Universität Kassel. He is active in numerous national and international societies for genetics, biochemistry and molecular biology.
Our guests:
Prof. Joel Baumann is a professor for New Media and Dean of the Kunsthochschule Kassel. He is also founder of the new-media collective tomato interactive in London.
Prof. Jens Brand is an artist and professor at the Kunsthochschule Kassel.
Martin Henniger studies Geography, History and Biology and is a research fellow for Modern History at the Universität Kassel.
Charlotte Hermann studies Art at the Kunsthochschule Kassel and Philosophy at the Universität Kassel.
Amelie Jakubek studies Art at the Kunsthochschule Kassel and Sociology at the Universität Kassel.
Rudi Meyer studied Sport Science at the Philipps-Universität Marburg and studies Art at the Kunsthochschule Kassel.
Dr. Francesca Michelini is a research fellow at the Institute of Philosophy, Universität Kassel and a member of the LOEWE programme: Tier-Mensch-Gesellschaft.
Rüdiger Trojok is developing a citizen science biolab in Berlin and supports open source biotechnology in art, politics and the public sphere.
SALON UNIVERSITAS // BIOLOGICAL DESIGN is brought to you by:
Jana Buchmann, who studies Art at the Kunsthochschule Kassel and Biology at the Universität Kassel.
Prof. Ella Ziegler, an artist and professor at the Kunsthochschule Kassel.
Lucy Powell, an artist and initiator of the Satellite Salon for art science conversations in Berlin.
Prof. Heike Klussmann, an artist and Professor for Art and Architecture at the Universität Kassel.
Image © Elvin Flamingo. Photograph:Marek Frankowski
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