Oct 11. Practices of Abstraction / Flat Octopus + Cluster 8
Practices of Abstraction
a meeting point for Art & Science
This will be a kind of experiment. Let us think of the actual practice of artists and scientists! What is similar and what is different? We hope that this will allow us to let go of our old preconceptions and theories and find a common meeting point.
Two artists and two researchers have been invited. They are both similar and different. Each has been asked to prepare a 15-minute presentation about their practice. We hope that this generous contribution and an equally generous listening will lead to a discussion with all participants.
Organismo vivo/Levande organism is a 8’ video performance by the Spanish artist Marta Pinilla in collaboration with the Catalonian dancer Mireia Piñol that took place at Naturhistoriska riksmuseet during COVID-19 pandemic. Supported by the Spanish Embassy and produced by Flat Octopus.
After the film, presentations and discussion there will be live music by Rasmus A Danneholt and drinks by Katerina Lukoshkova specially made for this evening.
Wednesday October 11 at 6pm
Doors open from 5.30pm
Weld
Norrtullsgatan 7
Free admission
Book at: book.weld.se
MARTA PINILLA
is a Spanish multidisciplinary artist who has two degrees: Biology and Fine Arts (Complutense University, Madrid) and a master’s degree in Art and Sciences
(Central Saint Martins; London): She merges both knowledge into performances and art installations.
martapinilla.com
JESPER O. T. ANDERSSON
works with sculpture and drawing in the expanded field focussing on plasticity as a starting point. He obtained his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in fine arts from the Royal Institute of Art in 2020.
jesperoscarthomasandersson.com
DONGLEI CHEN
reconstructs the cellular-scale 3D architecture of fossilized skin, teeth, and body armor to reverse-engineer the development of animals living 500-300 million years ago to tell stories on the rise of fish and their conquest of land.
researchgate.net/profile/Donglei-Chen
AMANDA SELINDER
is a bioart and textile artist living and working in Uppsala. She explores living organisms such as fungi, and their ability to produce pigments depending on the surrounding environment.
amandaselinder.com
JULIA HANNUKAINEN
is a PhD student in theoretical physics previously working as a dancer. Searching for new ways of telling stories lead to their current interest in topological quantum phenomena.
kth.se/profile/julhan
RASMUS A DANNEHOLT
has been producing and performing electronic music since 2008. ORIGINS PROGRAM is an electronic live act from stockholm, addressing the origins of the universe, various astronomical bodies, and life.
originsprogram.bandcamp.com
EKATERINA LUKOSHKOVA
is a visual artist who works with photography, writing, and video. Her artistic interest is the human body in contemporary value’s systems and the possibilities that come with it.
lukoshkova.com
FLAT OCTOPUS
is an international artist- and curator-run collective in Stockholm, Sweden, started in 2019. Our name derives from our focus: curating exhibitions in flats, alongside collaborations with other artist-run initiatives. Flat Octopus are: Alice Máselníková, Amr Hamid, Edit Fándly, Erik Wijkström, Juanma González and Paulina Granat
flatoctopus.com
CLUSTER 8
is an interdisciplinary art collective that brings together artistic creation, curatorial practice, art history and quantum physics. The collective consists of Isabelle Ribe, curator; Sara Ekholm Eriksson, artist; Lior Nønne Malue Hansen, artist; Axel Gagge, artist and researcher in quantum physics; and Otto Ruin, art critic and writer.
cluster8.org
Curated by Juanma González (Flat Octopus) and Axel Gagge & Lior Nønne Malue Hansen (Cluster 8) with support of Anna Koch (Weld)
Produced by Flat Octopus with support by Spanish Embassy, the Swedish Arts Council and Stockholms stad.