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2020 Art & Science Node





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CONTENTS ART & SCIENCE NODE . Statement 06 Our purpose 08 . Mission Ambitions, aims & activities 10 . Timeline 18 20 . Projects 22 Projects’ Network 38 56 . CHIC 86 . Rhizosphere 96 . Capture the Future(s) . Art & Innovation 110 . EpiMimesis 118 . People – Biograms . Index ASSET = ART, SCIENCE, SOCIETY, EDUCATION, TECHNOLOGY

6-7 Statement STATEMENT ART & SCIENCE NODE HOW CAN ARTISTS AND ART PLAY A ROLE IN THE INTERACTION BETWEEN SCIENTISTS AND THE PUBLIC? Art has multiple functions in society. It challenges the assumptions, it questions the existing orders and status quo, provokes discussions and interventions. Art imagines the futures. It enables the emergence of various meanings and interpretations, thus helping to develop public debates. Consider the role of art in the interaction between science and the public. Perception and understanding of science and scientific facts through the eyes of art & culture can greatly benefit our evolving society of knowledge. Art creates social and cultural cohesion between science and the public. Not only are the artistic experimentation & performance one of the multiple tools of communication, but also an innovative and unique instrument for disseminating knowledge. Artistic exploration can and should raise awareness about the challenges of 21st century, the impact and importance of the scientific research. A scientific discovery presented with the language of art is often better perceived by the public. Thus, it may be worthwhile to produce artistic messages containing scientific input – for the better understanding and acceptance by the general public. Artists have the privilege to enjoy more freedom in their work and language forms than the scientists. Thanks to this, they can play the ambassador role, becoming a mediator between the scientists and the public. Through the creative and unique communication strategies, through bridging various areas of human experience and research – artists can help people to see the layers of the perception of the world, previously unnoticed. Their job is to make us think out of the box and experience things out of the ordinary. Prof. Dr hab, Joanna Hoffmann ASN Chair, University of Arts in Poznań Art & Science Node

THE QUESTIONS WE ASK WHAT IS OUR PURPOSE? Art Science Node (ASN) is a creative & innovative community, a place, and a network. Based in Berlin, it has successfully established itself as a platform for sharing knowledge, ideas and experience since 2015. Art Science Node brings together people from both the scientific and artistic milieus. Art Science Node aims at and is committed to the creation of the synergy between art, science and technology. It provides a platform for the scientists, inventors and artists to share knowledge, ideas and experience. Public engagement and education are one of the most important challenges for the art and science communities. That is why Art Science Node develops innovative communication strategies for the benefit of the society of knowledge. ASSET: THE KEY FACTORS OF OUR ACTIVITIES We summarized our goals and ambitions in the ASSET concept, where each letter stands for the leading characteristic & aims of the activities led by ASN. A stands for art and artistic ways of exploring and interpreting the human and non-human realitites. First S explores the world of scientific discoveries and novelties, and uses them as the tools to understand, describe and create our world. The second S stands for the society of knowledge, which constitutes ASN’s stakaholders. E represents the educational aspect of all of the ASN’s projects – we perceive education as one of the most important role of our organization. At last, T symbolizes the technological innovation and input for the creation of better future. Having those factors in mind, ASN leads all of its projects with a motto stating it strives for “Capturing the future(s)” in the today’s world. SCIENCE SYNERGY ASSET ART ART SCIENCE SOCIETY EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY ASSET = ART, SCIENCE, SOCIETY, EDUCATION, TECHNOLOGY

8-9 Mission MISSION ART & SCIENCE NODE AMBITIONS ASN is a platform for sharing knowledge, ideas and experience between scientific and artistic milieus: – we challenge and promote interdisciplinary excellence in art and science – we bolster the synergy between art and science for innovation and creativity – we define and strengthen the role and place of art in the society of knowledge – we develop an artistic/scientific/research community and network as a source of valuable knowledge, based on individual and interdisciplinary studies, on openness and cooperation – we dare to create our futures. AIMS ASN is committed to the sustainability of synergy between Art, Science and Technology: – we create opportunities for the powerful exchange of ideas between theorists and practitioners in the art, science and technology – we bring people from diverse backgrounds together in order to explore and generate new ideas and alternative perspectives on science and culture – we mobilize and stimulate the domains of art, science and technology in order to meet the challenges of the 21st century – we offer international and multidisciplinary platform to artists and scientists for the self- exhibition of their outstanding works ACTIVITIES All activities comply with the stated ambitions and aims such as art & science events, presentations, lectures, workshops, exhibitions and symposia. We enforce: – information flow in the area of art & science – networking and mentoring artists and scientists – cooperation with artists and scientists, with universities/academic institutions, with research institutes and with industry partners – cooperation with institutions and organizations – cooperation with existing venues in art & science – assisting orphans through community engagement & STEAM educational opportunities Art & Science Node

AMBITIONS, AIMS, ACTIVITIES ASSET = ART, SCIENCE, SOCIETY, EDUCATION, TECHNOLOGY ASN projects, events & people A collection of photos presenting various ASN activities and projects, presence at conferences and symposia, art installations of its members and exhibitions (various years).

Timeline 2015 TIMELINE Capture the Future(s): ART & SCIENCE NODE Opening established in 2015 Capture the Future(s): Evolution I 10 - 11 EXHIBITION + FORUM ART & SCIENCE FORUM 25 Jan – 01 Feb 2015 29 Oct 2015 – 14 Jan 2016 . Art & Science Node, Berlin, DE . Collegium Biologicum, UAM, PL An exhibition comprising BIO·FICTION @ A forum comprising an ongoing art/ Berlin – ASN selection of short films from science film program, an exhibition the second BIO·FICTION Science Art & Film exploring various art/ science themes Festival (2014) screenings, exhibition; and and scientific debates and discussions ASN Forum. organized at the opening and closing days. ORGANIZAERS & PARTNERS INFLUENTIAL EVETNS & CLUB FOR SCIENCE & ART DISCOVERIES ESTABLISHED IN POZNAŃ FIRST EVER IMAGE OF LIGHT AS BOTH A PARTICLE AND A WAVE RESEARCH ON MAGNETIC RECYCLABLE PHOTO-CATALYST TO REFINE DIRTY WATER ATMOSPHERIC CO2 LEVEL ABOVE 400 PPM NEW CHEETAH ROBOT WITH THE ABILITY TO JUMP OVER OBSTACLES WHILE RUNNING BREAKTHROUGH IN THE MANUFACTURE OF 7 NM COMPUTER CHIPS THIRD GLOBAL CORAL BLEACHING SELF-HEALING, FLEXIBLE SENSOR DEVELOPMENT 2015 PARIS AGREEMENT Art & Science Node

2016 Art & Innovation I Micro E-motions Long Night of Science 2016 @ STATE Festival World Water Day ONLINE EXHIBITION & SYMPOSIUM EXHIBITION + TALKS EXHIBITION 21-22 Mar 2016 11 Jun 2016 3-5 Nov 2016 . online + Collegium Biologicum, UAM, PL . German Patent & Trademark Office, DE . Art & Science Node, Berlin, DE A World Water Day 2016 celebration with Long Night of Sciences 2016 – exhibition Artists get involved with the Crick’s an online exhibition made in cooperation and talks at German Patent and Trademark molecular revolution, providing it with with Water Works (completed in course of Office – Information & Service Centre another dimension – human emotions. the Water Works 2) and an art & science Berlin (DPMA-IDZ): Art Meets Science at They pose a question: what kind of tools, Symposium orgnized at the Collegium the DPMA-IDZ. One week long exhibition scientific and cultural, do we have or must Biologicum, UAM Poznań (Poland). provided an opportunity to experience develop to apprehend the invisible? how technical and scientific innovations inspire contemporary artists. QUANTUM TUNNELING OF WATER MOLECULES REPORTED FIRST BACTERIA TO BE ABLE TO DEGRAE PET DESCRIBED SCIENTISTS REVEAL NEW TREE OF LIFE BASED ON GENETIC FINDINGS COOPERATION WITH DPMA-IDZ INITIATED SET OF 355 GENES FROM THE LAST UNIVERSAL COMMON ANCESTOR OF ALL ORGANISMS ON EARTH IDENTIFIED MERCURY OUND TO BE TECTONICALLY ACTIVE THE MAXIMUM HUMAN LIFESPAN IDENTIFIED AS 115 YEARS PARTICULATE MATTER POLLUTION BELIEVED TO BE REDUCED 7-24% NEAR TREES IN THE CITIES GENE THERAPY PROVEN TO PARTIALLY REVERSE MICE AGING CAUSAL LINK BETWEEN RNA SPLICING AND AGING DISCOVERED ASSET = ART, SCIENCE, SOCIETY, EDUCATION, TECHNOLOGY

Timeline 2017 2018 Capture the Future(s): Art & Innovation II EpiMimesis Evolution II @ Transmediale Long Night of Science 2017 12 - 13 EXHIBITION + DISCUSSION EXHIBITIONS + WORKSHOP INTERDISCIPLINARY PROJECT 28 Jan – 03 Feb 2017 24 Jun 2017 from 2018 . German Patent & Trademark Office, DE . German Patent & Trademark Office, DE . various Event completed within Transmediale Art Long Night of Sciences 2017 – an An artistic project realised in the & Ditigal Culture 2017 Festival. It comprised exhibition and workshop at German interactive immersive environment three elements: Elusive Identity exhibition Patent and Trademark Office (DPMA- being developed by EpiLab Team lead combined with a panel discussion IDZ): Art Meets Science at the DPMA-IDZ. by Joanna Hoffmann. EpiMimesis is an and workshop, and was hosted at the O ne week long exhibition provided an artistic team project referring to the German Patent and Trademark Office opportunity to experience how technical perpetual human ambition to gain – Information & Service Center Berlin and scientific innovations inspire knowledge over ‘Big Data’ for tailoring (DPMA-IDZ). contemporary artists. a better future. AN AI SYSTEM PERFORMING AT HUMAN LEVELS ON A STANDARD VISUAL INTELLIGENCE TEST PROTOTYPE OF 3D PRINTER THAT WILL PRINT FULLY FUNCTIONAL HUMAN SKIN 1ST PRACTICAL BLUEPRINT OF A QUANTUM COMPUTER AI BEATS THE HUMAN WORLD CHAMPION AT THE GAME GO CREATION OF LARGEST VIRTUAL UNIVERSE EVER SIMULATED CLUB FOR SCIENCE & ART ESTABLISHED IN POZNAŃ CRISPR GENE-EDITING SYSTEM USED TO STORE A GIF ANIMATION IN BACTERIAL DNA A DEEP LEARNING ALGORITHM REPORTED TO BE CAPABLE OF VISUALLY IDENTIFYING THOUSANDS OF PLANT SPECIES STUDY SUGGESTED LIFE ON EARTH MAY HAVE ORIGINATED FROM BIOLOGICAL PARTICLES CARRIED BY SPACE DUST EPILAB TEAM ESTABLISHMENT DISCOVERY OF THE INTERSTITIUM AI WITH BETTER PERFORMANCE ON A STANFORD UNIVERSITY READING AND COMPREHENSION TEST THAN HUMAN BEINGS THE FIRST 3D PRINTED HUMAN CORNEAS Art & Science Node

CHIC Rhizosphere: The Big Network World Computer Congress Chicory Innovation Consortium of the Small Worlds RESEARCH PROJECT INTERDISCIPLINARY PROJECT KEYNOTE SPEACH from 2018 from 2018 17-21 Sep 2018 . various . various . University of Technology, Poznań, PL A research and innovation project An innovative program in the field of ASN representation by the organisation’s supported through the EU Horizon science art and art-science education, Chair – prof. Joanna Hoffmann, with 2020 funding programme. It aims at the serving as a response to changes taking a speach on Shifting Identities. What can establishment of an innovation pathway place in the contemporary culture. we say about the uniqueness of human life for the development and application of Science-art projects aimed at the and experience in the universe of dynamic New Plant Breeding Techniques for root research of the horizontal network of the data which are never ever independent, chicory. ASN communicates the research rhizosphere in the context of the dynamic free, but always in interaction between through artistic residencies. networks elsewhere. other data or sets of data? CHICORY CONSORTIUM ESTABLISHMENT STUDY ON POSSIBLE DAMAGE OR DESTRUCTION OF BURIED INTERNET INFRASTRUCTURE BY THE RISING SEA LEVELS WITHIN 15 YEARS COMPLETE FRUIT FLY CONNECTOME MAPPED AT NANOSCALE RESOLUTION FOR THE FIRST TIME LAB-GROWN LUNGS ARE SUCCESSFULLY TRANSPLANTED INTO PIGS FOR THE FIRST TIME THE WHEAT GENOME FULLY SEQUENCED FIRST TIME IDENTIFICATION OF HUMAN SKELETAL STEM CELLS PHYSICISTS REPORT QUANTUM BEHAVIOR CAN BE EXPLAINED WITH CLASSICAL PHYSICS FOR A SINGLE PARTICLE THE FIRST HUMAN OESOPHAGEAL TISSUE GROWN ENTIRELY FROM PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS EVIDENCE PHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS FOUND TO BE GENERATED IN OUTER SPACE & DELIVERED TO EARLY EARTH SPECIAL REPORT ON GLOBAL WARMING OF 1.5ºC BY IPCC REPORT ON POSSIBLE TRANSGENERATIONAL EPIGENETIC INHERITANCE IN THE FORM OF PATERNAL TRANSMISSION OF EPIGENETIC MEMORY VIA SPERM CHROMOSOMES ASSET = ART, SCIENCE, SOCIETY, EDUCATION, TECHNOLOGY

Timeline 2019 VII Saint Petersburg EpiMimesis – EpiZone[NULL] EpiMimesis – EpiZone V: Shifting International Cultural Forum @ Transmediale Identities @ Vertigo Forum 14 - 15 CULTURAL FORUM EXHIBITION SPEACH 12-14 Nov 2018 26 Jan 2019 27-29 Mar 2019 . International Cultural Forum, RU . Art Science Node, Berlin, DE . VERTIGO FORUM Centre Pompidou, FR ASN representation by the artist Nina An incredibly immersive digital ASN representation by the organisation’s Czegledy at the Saint Petersburg experience, the exhibition invited the Chair – prof. Joanna Hoffmann, with International Cultural Forum – a meeting viewer to enter a poetic audio-visual a speach on EpiMimesis, EpiZone V: with an aim to form the key vectors environment, in which ephemeral traces Shifting Identities made at the STARTS of the development of the culture as of elementary particles, become scraps Residencies Days 2019. The project is a progressive force that brings the of personal memory, where virtual semi- a poetic immersive labyrinth of our constructive origin into the global biological network blurs the boundaries shifting identities within a dynamic community. between micro and macro systems. scientific data environment. ORGANIZAERS & PARTNERS INFLUENTIAL EVETNS & STUDY SHOWS USE OF VIRTUAL REPORT OF BIRTH OF WORLD’S REPORT OF CROP ENGINEERING REPORT ON THE CREATION DISCOVERIES REALITY MAY INDUCE GREATER FIRST GENETICALLY EDITED WITH PHOTORESPIRATORY OF MICE WITH INFRARED COMPASSION IN PEOPLE THAN HUMANS IN CHINA „SHORTCUT” TO BOOST PLANT VISION, USING NANOPARTICLES OTHER FORMS OF MEDIA GROWTH BY 40% INJECTED INTO THEIR EYES LANUCHING OF THE EARTH IBM Q SYSTEM ONE, FIRST THE LASER OF ELI-NP IN BIOGENOME PROJECT INTEGRATED QUANTUM MĂGURELE TO BECOME MOST THE VOYAGER 2 PROBE HAS COMPUTING SYSTEM FOR POWERFUL LASER SYSTEM EVER REACHED THE INTERSTELLAR COMMERCIAL USE UNVEILED MADE MEDIUM FIRST EVER „IN BODY” HUMAN REPORT ON EARTH LIFE-FORMS GENE EDITING THERAPY TO SURVIVAL FOR 18 MONTHS IN ALTER DNA IN PATIENT WITH OUTER SPACE OUTSIDE THE ISS HUNTER SYNDROME THE FIRST IMAGE OF A BLACK HOLE Art & Science Node

Rhizosphere Fieldworks Art in the Society of Knowledge A Breath of Leonardo @ Białowieża Forest @ XLIV FEBS Congress @ VII Eurobiotech Congress FIELDWORKS KEYNOTE SPEACH ART INSTALLATION 24-28 Apr 2019 6-11 Jul 2019 23-25 Sep 2019 . Białowieża Forest National Park, PL . FEBS, Kraków, PL . Eurobiotech, Kraków, PL An intensive Rhizosphere workshop at ASN representation by the organisation’s An immersive VR art installation – the Białowieża Forest National Park, a Chair – prof. Joanna Hoffmann, with A Breath of Leonardo – presented at UNESCO World Heritage site. Working a keynote speach on Art in the Society of the 7th Central European Congress from the Białowieża Geobotanical Station Knowledge: New Challenges. The FEBS of Life Sciences (Eurobiotech). The of Warsaw University the interdisciplinary Congress aims to be an exemplary cross- 7th Eurobiotech Congress was part working group immersed itself in the discipline gathering in the molecular of the European Biotech Week and most natural forest ecosystem within the life sciences for research presentation, focused on Agrobiotechnology and temperature zone of Europe. discussion, learning and inspiration. Personalized Medicine. REPORT ON VERY LARGE MEDUSAVIRUS POSSIBLY RESPONSIBLE, AT LEAST IN PART, FOR THE EVOLUTIONARY EMERGENCE OF COMPLEX EUKARYOTIC CELLS IPBES WARNING ON THE ACCELERATION OF THE BIODIVERSITY LOSS REPORT ON 1ST PATIENT TO RECEIVE GENETICALLY MODIFIED PHAGE THERAPY TO TREAT DRUG-RESISTANT INFECTION ATMOSPHERIC CO2, AS MEASURED BY THE MAUNA LOA OBSERVATORY REACHING 415 PPM, THE HIGHEST LEVEL FOR 2.5 MILLION YEARS REPORT ON FOSSILIZED FUNGUS POSSIBLE GROWTH ON LAND A BILLION YEARS AGO, WELL BEFORE PLANTS ON LAND FIRST-TIME SINGLE-STEP LASER TEXTURING PROCESS FOR FABRICATION OF ANTI- REFLECTIVE TRANSPARENT SURFACES BASED ON BIOMIMICRY REPORTED MRI SCANS PERFORMED ON INDIVIDUAL ATOMS DETAIL ON NEW TECHNIQUE FOR 3D BIOPRINTING OF TISSUE SCAFFOLDS MADE FROM COLLAGEN PUBLISHED 1ST HIGH-RES. MEASUREMENTS OF AN INTERPLANETARY SHOCK WAVE FROM THE SUN REPORT SHOWING „RNA-DNA CHIMERAS” MAY BE A MORE EFFECTIVE WAY OF PRODUCING PRECURSOR LIFE BIOCHEMICALS, THAN THE MORE LINEAR APPROACHES ASSET = ART, SCIENCE, SOCIETY, EDUCATION, TECHNOLOGY

Timeline 2020 FUTURE(S) EpiZone V: Shifting Identities ASN Cafe – talks Capture the Future(s): Our Bio- @ Florence Biennale Tech Planet @ World Bio Markets 16 - 17 EXHIBITION ONLINE DEBATES EXHIBITION 18-27 Oct 2019 from May 2020 2-4 Nov 2020 . Florence Biennale, IT . online . World Bio Markets, Amstedam, NL EpiMimesis, Epizone V: Shifting Identities A series of online meetings initiated Exhibition CAPTURE THE FUTURE(S): our presented at the XIIth Florence Biennale due to the Coronavirus pandemic and BIO-TECH PLANET. The Routes to Root was developed by Joanna Hoffmann the limitations it imposed on physycial Networks and Beyond combining CHIC together with Epilab Team – artists, contats. A platform for knowledge sharing Innovation Consortium artistic residencies scientists and engineers. They were between scientists and artists was created projects and Rhizosphere: The Big awarded by Magnus Laurentius Medices, in order to broaden perspectives on the Network of the Small Worlds projects, to Biennale Internazionale dell Arte topics of bioeconomy, rhizopshere, AI, be presented at the XV Annual World Bio Contemporanea, Cita de Firenze. collapsology, thermodynamics and other. Markets Congress: Grow Together. FIRST TIME DETECTION OF SUGAR MOLECULES, INCLUDING RIBOSE, IN METEORITES, SUGGESTING CHEMICAL PROCESSES ON ASTEROIDS CAN PRODUCE ESSENTIAL BIO-INGREDIENTS IMPORTANT TO LIFE 11,000 SCIENTISTS PUBLISH A STUDY WARNING ABOUT THE CLIMATE EMERGENCY CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC REPORT ON AI SYSTEM BASED ON A GOOGLE DEEPMIND ALGORITHM TO BE CAPABLE OF SURPASSING HUMAN EXPERTS IN BREAST CANCER DETECTION QUANTUM ENGINEERS REPORT THAT THEY HAVE CREATED ARTIFICIAL ATOMS IN SILICON QUANTUM DOTS FOR QUANTUM COMPUTING REPORT ON COLLECTIVES OF BACTERIA HAVING A MEMBRANE POTENTIAL-BASED FORM OF COLLECTIVE WORKING MEMORY Art & Science Node

PARTNERS PARTNERS German Patent and University of Arts, Poznań Studio for Adam Mickiewicz Trademark Office Faculty of Art Education Transdisciplinary Projects University, Poznań and Research Bio Markets Insights CLub for Sciences & Art, International Institute Institute of Bioorganic Poznań of Molecular and Cell Chemistry, Polish Academy Biology of Sciences RNA Research Centre, KNOW – Leading National Fraunhofer Institut for 3IT – Innovation Center Poznań Research Centre, Poznań Telecommunications for Immersive Imaging Technologies Biofaction SymbioticA Transmediale The Arts Catalyst WRO Art Center Artists-in-labs CSW Łaźnia Center for STATE Contemporary Art ASSET = ART, SCIENCE, SOCIETY, EDUCATION, TECHNOLOGY

PROJECTS’ NETWORK Opening Evolution II CAPTURE THE CAPTURE THE FUTURE(S): FUTURE(S) OUR BIO-TECH PLANET The Routes to Roots Networks and Beyond Evolution I 18 - 19 Art & Innovation I artistic animation ART & Chicory Innovation INNOVATION Consortium Art & Innovation II CHIC AIR art exhibitions Aftertaste Biotechnology from the Blue Flower

A Breath OUR MAIN PROJECTS for Leonardo CHIC INNOVATION CONSORTIUM EpiMimesis EpiZones EpiZone [NULL] EU Research and Innovation Program, which embraces 11 EpiZoneV: institutions and organizations from Shifting Identities EU, Serbia and New Zealand under the Horizon 2020 Program. Science research & education RHIZOSPHERE An innovative program in the field Art of science art and art-science & art exhibitions education, serving as a response to changes taking place in the STEAM Art research contemporary culture. eTwinning & education EPIMIMESIS long-term project Project receiving EU recognition with Mikoryzator Vertigo S+T+ARTS Residency status, realised as an interactive immersive environment. CAPTURE THE FUTURE(S) Both the ASN’s motto and a series of events focused on various aspects of evolution, that influence not only biological sciences but the changing perception of ourselves and our relationship to the natural, social and technological environments. ART & INNOVATION The series of exhibitions organized in the course of the Long Night of Sciences in Berlin, in cooperation with German Patent and Trademark Office – Information & Service Centre Berlin (DPMA-IDZ).

Projects This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 760891 Aftertaste Biotechnology from by Jill Scott the Blue Flower & Marille Hahne by Anna Dumitriu CHIC & Alex May Artists in Residence 20 - 21 Chicory Innovation art exhibitions Consortium organization CHIC Project art animation THE ROLE OF ART & SCIENCE NODE IN THE CHIC INNOVATIVE CONSORTIUM ART & SCIENCE NODE CONTRIBUTES TO THE CHIC PROJECT THROUGH AN INNOVATIVE COMMUNICATION STRATEGY OF ART AND SCIENCE SYNERGY, GIVING ARTISTS AND CULTURAL ACTORS AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK AT THE FOREFRONT OF SCIENCE AND INNOVATION. THE ASN PROGRAM AIMS TO LINK SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND IDEAS WITH APPROACHES USED IN DIGITAL ART, FOSTERING INTERDISCIPLINARY WORK TOWARDS AN EXCHANGE OF CULTURES AND MILIEUS. Art & Science Node

CHIC: CHICORY INNOVATION CONSORTIUM CHIC Chicory Innovation Consortium (Horizon 2020) CONSORTIUM AIM PROJECT COORDINATOR CHIC is a research and innovation project. It aims at the establishment Stichting Wageningen Research of a responsible innovation pathway for the development and application of New Plant Breeding Techniques (NPBTs) for root chicory CONSORTIUM PARTNERS as a multipurpose crop for the production of high-value consumer Université des Sciences et products, in line with societal needs and concerns. Technologies de Lille Leibniz – Institut fur CHIC is supported through the EU Horizon 2020 funding programme. Pflanzenbiochemie The New Zealand Institute for Plant OBJECTIVES and Food Research Limited Wageningen University I. Implementation of new plant breeding techniques (NPBTs) Fondazione Edmund Mach in chicory (Cichorium intybus L.) Teknologian Tutkimuskeskus VTT Oy Institut za Biološka istraživanja Siniša Consortium aims at developing four different new plant breeding Stankovi techniques. They are supposed to be used to steer bioprocesses in Julius Kuhn-Institut chicory and mobilize its under-explored potential to produce dietary Bundesforschungsinstitut fur prebiotics that stimulate gut health (inulin) and medicinal terpenes Kulturpflanzen from chicory. Graz University of Technology Art & Science Synergy Foundation II. Development of co-innovation pathways with stakeholders for (ASSF) / Art & Science Node (ASN) game-changing technologies, such as new plant breeding techniques European Plant Science Organization E.P.S.O. Four different new plant breeding technologies are being assessed with respect to technological potential, risks, regulatory framework Sensus b.v. and socio-economic impacts. This is done via consultation with different industry and society stakeholders. Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica III. Implementation of innovative communication tools and JOANNEUM RESEARCH means to improve interaction with the public Forschungsgesellschaft mbH KeyGene nv A set of innovative communication tools including cultural communication and linking art to science are used to improve IDConsortium communication and understanding of NPBTs by the stakeholders, policymakers as well as the public at large. This in effect will enable informed decision making. ASSET = ART, SCIENCE, SOCIETY, EDUCATION, TECHNOLOGY

Projects WHAT IS CHIC? 22 - 23 Root chicory is an under-utilized crop. It is currently cultivated for the commercial production of inulin, which is added to many food products as a dietary fibre and sweetener. Pictures above show form & inner structure of the chicory root. CHIC Consortium includes seventeen In the course of the development of chicory varieties which produce partners – SMEs, an industrial partner, prebiotic and immunomodulatory dietary fibres (inulin) and bioactive terpenes, non-profit organizations and research CHIC Consortium will provide a socio- economic analysis of the impact of NPBTs institutes from eleven European on the chicory value chain and develop risk assessment protocols for NPBTs in countries and New Zealand. It aims chicory. Its goal is additionally to monitor at development of new breeding regulatory and policy developments tools for chicory in order to provide – relevant for the implementation of in the effect of their implementation – NPBTs in plant breeding, and to provide health benefits for the consumers. At the a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of the same time, consortium develops a set environmental impacts of the novel of innovative, art-based communication chicory varieties and products throughout tools to stimulate the interaction with the the whole value chain. Two business public and increase their awareness on cases are being developed to initiate commercialization of the results. the subject matter. It is crucial to identify and investigate societal concerns and needs by publicy adressing & involving stakeholders and considering all of their views. Art & Science Node

CHIC: CHICORY INNOVATION CONSORTIUM WORK PACKAGES (WP’s) WITHIN THE PROJECT WP1 Development of four conceptually different NPBTs WP2 Implementation of NPBTs in Chicory for dietary inulin WP3 Implementation of NPBTs in Chicory for bioactive terpenes WP4 Technical and Risk assessment of NPBTs WP5 Socio-economic and environmental impacts on the whole value chain WP6 Stakeholder engagement WP7 Exploitation, dissemination and communication WP8 Commercial exploitation of chicory as a multipurpose crop WP9 Management OBJECTIVE III. IMPLEMENTATION OF INNOVATIVE COMMUNICATION TOOLS AND MEANS TO IMPROVE INTERACTION WITH THE PUBLIC TRADITIONAL CHANNELS TO DISSEMINATE ART & CULTURAL PROGRAMMATION PUBLISHABLE DATA presentation at symposia & journal conferences Aftertaste publications by Jill Scott & Marille Hahne social media CHIC Days communication at schools Interactive demos ACTIVITIES AIMED AT & games (apps) ARTISTS IN CHILDREN, HOUSEHOLDS RESIDENCIES & GENERAL PUBLIC CHIC’S INNOVATIVE COMMUNICATION & STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT SHCs (Stakeholder in-depth art animation Consultations) interviews of the CHIC SAG (Stakeholder open days for Project Biotechnology Adivsory Group) farmers, growers From the Blue Flower ENGAGING THE STAKEHOLDERS by Anna Dumitriu & breeders & Alex May organization of art exhibitions ASSET = ART, SCIENCE, SOCIETY, EDUCATION, TECHNOLOGY

Projects ASN & THE CHIC CONSORTIUM SCIENCE DISSEMINATION THROUGH ARTISTIC INTERVENTIONS & PROJECTS 24 - 25 BOTH SCIENCE AND ART ARE HUMAN ATTEMPTS TO UNDERSTAND AND DESCRIBE THE WORLD AROUND US. ART CAN NOT ONLY PROVIDE THE AUDIENCE WITH INFORMATION, BUT ALSO ELICIT VISCERAL, EMOTIONAL RESPONSES AND ENGAGE THE IMAGINATION IN WAYS THAT PROMPT ACTION AND A POSITIVE ATTITUDE TOWARDS COMPLEX TOPICS THAT COULD BE DIFFICULT TO EXPLAIN WITH SCIENTIFIC NOTIONS. Macarena Sanz CHIC Dissemination and Communication Manager Consider the role of art in the interaction between science and the public. Perception and understanding of science and scientific facts through the eyes of art & culture can greatly benefit our evolving society of knowledge. Art creates social and cultural cohesion between science and the public. Not only is the artistic experimentation & performance one of the multiple tools of communication, but also an innovative and unique instrument for disseminating knowledge. Thus Art & Science Node (ASN) as the executive organ of the Art & Science Synergy Foundation (ASSF) has joined CHIC Consortium and works on development of the CHIC Projetc’s innovative, art & culture based communication strategy, in order to reach all of the types of audience: researchers, industry and farmers, policy makers and consumers. Jakub Kaczmarek for Art & Science Node Art animation prepared for the CHIC research & innovation project (stills) Art & Science Node

CHIC: CHICORY INNOVATION CONSORTIUM CHIC – ARTISTS IN RESIDENCIES AFTERTASTE / BIOTECHNOLOGY FROM THE BLUE FLOWER In addition to the animation prepared by Jakub Kaczmarek, made to introduce the artistic input to the CHIC Consortium communication strategy, two artistic residencies at partners research institutes/ organizations were foreseen to be performed for the whole period of the project’s implementation. For that purpose ASN/ ASSF has selected artists who applied through a competitive application process. Artists were selected based on the detailed descriptions & sketches of their proposed artworks, and their experience and engagement within the art-science environment. These artists – the artistic duets of Jill Scott & Marille Hahne and Anna Dumitriu & Alex May are all deeply committed to the aims of linking scientific research and ideas with approaches used in digital art, fostering interdisciplinary work towards an exchange of cultures and milieus. The projects and their authors are: by Jill Scott & Marille Hahne AFTERTASTE by Anna Dumitriu & Alex May BIOTECHNOLOGY FROM THE BLUE FLOWER

26 - 27 Projects AFTERTASTE BY JILL SCOTT & MARILLE HAHNE Aftertaste is based on the research about the flavor, molecular behavior and health benefits of the chicory plant. It aims at helping the public to discover the primary and secondary compounds of chicory and the specific healing properties of its roots, seeds and leaves in a new and engaging way. The three parts of the project are being designed to open up public education about the future of food production and cause more reflective discourses about the ethical side of the relationship between technology and agriculture. The work consists of three parts: the main artwork – installation titled Aftertaste; the public event – Quantifying Chicory and the documentary – Chicory Unpacked. Artist – JILL SCOTT Dr. Jill Scott is Professor for Art and Science Research at the Institute of Cultural Studies in the Arts, Zürich University of the Arts. She is also founder of the Artists-in-Labs Program, and Vice Director of the Z-Node PhD program on art and science at the University of Plymouth, UK. Her artwork spans 38 years of media art production about the human body, behavior, and body politics, and recently on neuroscience, ecology, and sensory perception. www.jillscott.org Artist – MARILLE HAHNE Marille Hahne is Professor in Filmmaking at the University of the Arts (ZHDK) in Zürich, Switzerland and Documentary Filmmaker. She is the ZHdK director of the Master’s education program. She also lectured at the HFF, Munich and at the Goethe Institute, India. Since 1983, she has directed documentaries in Germany, the US and Australia. Hahne now specializes in films about Art and Science Collaborations (AIL Productions and Neuromedia). www.marillehahne.com Art & Science Node

CHIC: CHICORY INNOVATION CONSORTIUM PART I: the main installation: Aftertaste an interactive media artwork based on the way we perceive flavour, a combination of smell, taste and texture by Jill Scott Through interaction with three sculptural models, the audience can explore the health benefits of terpenes and inulin in chicory. This interaction will “biomimic” the sensations of flavour with images, sound compositions, film loops and additional layers of testimonies and sonifications in real-time. Additional layers can be explored, that contemplate food production of the chicory plant and its health benefits from various methods like organic growing, new breeding plant technology and plant cell cultures. molecular compounds tongue with taste buds The visitor takes one molecule from olfactory the olfactory bulb representing bulb model a compound from the chicory root. This movement creates an initial sound and one can also perceive a smell from it. When he or she screws the molecule into a taste bud on the tongue, this action triggers projected films with soundcompositions to occur. Each molecule tells a different story about the health benefits of a specific compound. When several molecules are used, more triggered film and sound loops will appear and more information will unfold. ASSET = ART, SCIENCE, SOCIETY, EDUCATION, TECHNOLOGY

Projects PART II: the public event: Quantifying Chicory PART III: the documentary: Chicory Unpacked citizen science project about chicorys‘s sensory documentary short film based on the Chic Research characteristics by Jill Scott & Marille Hahne processes and how the collection of robust knowledge is made by Marille Hahne It will take the form of an event that will explore what happens to chicory once it is eaten. How does This documentary will highlight research results and chicory affect your health or well-being? How does compare conclusions that are traceable for others the sensation of chicory linger in the mouth so one and the personal experiences of the artist-in-the-lab can smell it and register a flavour out of it? How can residency and feature the know-how transfer from the taste and smell of chicory combine to register art-science-art. flavour in the brain? What about its texture and its terpenes? Here the audience will have the chance to taste various inulin to give the scientists valuable feedback. 28 - 29 Art & Science Node

CHIC: CHICORY INNOVATION CONSORTIUM Progress In 2019, Jill Scott and Marille Hahne visited five CHIC research labs and partners: 7-8.03.2019 Institute for Plant & Food Research Limited (Auckland, New Zealand) 18-30.08.2019 Industrial Biotechnology and Food Solutions, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd. (Espoo, Finland) 20-21.09.2019 Wageningen University and Research (Wageningen, the Netherlands) 23-25.09.2019 KeyGene (Wageningen, the Netherlands) 26-29.09.2019 Sensus (Roosendaal, the Netherlands) The main labs of focus in 2019 were VTT, the lab of Wageningen University and Research and Keygene. In 2020 all the information is brought together and all of the components for the sculpture are built. The video will be finished in 2021 after more interviews and postproduction. Photos taken at various research labs and CHIC Consortium Partners 2019 2020 Stills from the presentation movie, as of May 2020 ASSET = ART, SCIENCE, SOCIETY, EDUCATION, TECHNOLOGY

Projects BIOTECHNOLOGY FROM THE BLUE FLOWER Chicory Plants grown from Protoplasts BY ANNA DUMITRIU & ALEX MAY Biotechnology from the Blue Flower is a project of a new sculptural bio- digital installation which can exist across both real and virtual spaces, with a focus on the areas of the use of chicory for dietary fibre and its impact on human health and the human microbiome. The artists work with the plants themselves: the roots, chicory flour and chicory inulin and terpenes, as well as other potential materials that might be discovered. Both artists have extensive experience in working with biological media including medicines and genetically modified materials and therefore have a good understanding of health and safety, ethical and biocontainment issues. These sculptural, physical materials will be fused with video footage from the laboratory and data visualisations derived from the research processed through 3D scanning and modelling techniques to create a dramatic interactive artwork that will be brought to life using digital technologies such as video-mapping and sensor technology. 30 - 31 Artist – ANNA DUMITRIU British artist working with BioArt, sculpture, installation & digital media to explore our relationship to infectious diseases, synthetic biology and robotics. She has an extensive international exhibition profile including ZKM, Ars Electronica, BOZAR, The Picasso Museum, The V&A Museum Philadelphia Science Center, The Museum of Contemporary Art Taipei LABoral, Art Laboratory Berlin, and The Museum of the History of Science. She was the 2018 President of the Science and the Arts section of the British Science Association. Her work is held in several major public collections. www.annadumitriu.co.uk Artist – ALEX MAY British artist whose practice forges links between art, science, and technology through a wide range of digital new media, including virtual reality, photogrammetry, robotics, video projection mapping, interactive installations, algorithmic photography, video and sound art. Alex has exhibited internationally including at the Francis Crick Institute, Eden Project, Tate Modern, Ars Electronica, LABoral, the Museum of Contemporary Art Caracas, the Science Gallery Dublin and the Beall Center for Art + Technology. He is a Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Hertfordshire. www.alexmayarts.co.uk Art & Science Node

CHIC: CHICORY INNOVATION CONSORTIUM CHIC & the NPBTs The artists are keen to explore the morphology of the chicory plants in the work as well as the history and cultural impacts of the plants throughout history, for example as an ancient remedy or a coffee additive in times of crisis, and then draw a thread between those histories and cutting edge contemporary research in the field and the potential future benefits of working with techniques such as CRISPR to provide healthcare and food benefits. Outreach to the audience The 3D scanning and modelling techniques may also be used to generate either augmented reality (AR) experiences or virtual reality (VR) 3D video content uploaded to YouTube, accessible via low-cost cardboard VR headsets and Smartphones – the aim is to reach out to large audiences and provide a wide range of potential ways of interaction. For example an AR experience that can be triggered by paper models that can be printed and made at home. The final artwork would also be accompanied by a participatory drop-in workshop activity using materials and techniques to create a forum for dialogue and discussion, as well as an events programme. Anna Dumitriu & Alex May Stills from a video presenting the ongoing process of 3D scanning of the chicory plant. The two pictures at the top present printscreens from the 3D scans. ASSET = ART, SCIENCE, SOCIETY, EDUCATION, TECHNOLOGY

Projects BIOTECHNOLOGY FROM THE BLUE FLOWER BY ANNA DUMITRIU & ALEX MAY Progress In 2019, Anna Dumitriu and Alex May visited Sensus b.v. – the industrial partner engaged in the CHIC Consortium. They 3D scanned several roots of the Chicorium intybus specimens provided by the Consortium partners. In 2020, artists made progress on the experimentation on the structures of the plant and its roots & are now preparing the first version of the video footage. 2019 Anna & Alex’s visit Root chicory plant to Sensus b.v. growing in the laboratory conditions 32 - 33 3D scanning of the pla 2020 Art & Science Node

CHIC: CHICORY INNOVATION CONSORTIUM Experimentation on the internal structure of the Chicory Protoplasts modified by roots using various slicing and dying techniques Anna Dumitriu using CRISPR/Cas9 ants Stills from the early stage of the movie, as of May 2020 ASSET = ART, SCIENCE, SOCIETY, EDUCATION, TECHNOLOGY

Projects CHIC PROJECT – PEOPLE CHIC Project’s kick-off meeting at European Commission Covent Garden in Brusells, Belgium – 1wt CHIC General A ssembly (02/2018) 34 - 35 CHIC Consortium consists of tens of researchers, subject SHORT QUOTATION ON THE PEOPLE matter experts and artists, all involved in development & broad FORMING CHIC INNOVATION dissemination of the research on the root chicory. With each CONSORTIUM, SHORT QUOTATION meeting we share our knowledge & experience and are learning ON THE PEOPLE FORMING CHIC from each other, all in effort to advance toward the goal of INNOVATION CONSORTIUM. implementing New Plant Breeding Techniques in chicory, in order to establish it as a multipurpose crop for sustainable Macarena Sans molecular farming of products with consumer benefits. CHIC Dissemination and Communication Manager 2nd CHIC General A ssembly at KeyGene in Wageningen, the Netherlands (11/2018), where Jill Scott & Marille Hahne presented the Aftertaste art residency project 3rd CHIC General A ssembly in Madrid, Spain (05/2019), where Anna Dumitriu & Alex May presented Biotechnology from the Blue Flower art residency project Art & Science Node

CHIC: CHICORY INNOVATION CONSORTIUM CHIC PROJECT – PROGRESS 6-7.02.2018 1st CHIC General Assembly – kick-off meeting in Brussels 11-13.06.2018 CHIC @ 3rd International Society of Plant Molecular Farming Conference (ISPMF), 14-15.06.2018 Helsinki, Finland (hosted by VTT) 28-29.09.2018 CHIC @ Food 2030 Conference: Research & Innovation for Food and Nutrition Security 28-29.09.2018 – Transforming our food systems (Plovdiv, Bulgaria) 15.11.2018 CHIC @ The European Researchers’ Night in Madrid, Spain (by IDConsortium) 18.05.2019 21-24.05.2019 CHIC @ The European Researchers’ Night in Belgrade, Serbia (by The Institute for Biological Research “Siniša Stanković”) 27-28.05.2019 20-21.06.2019 2nd CHIC General Assembly @ KeyGene in Wageningen, the Netherlands 11.09.2019 CHIC @ Fascination of Plants Day International Biennale (EPSO) 27.09.2019 27.09.2019 CHIC @ 63rd International Fair of Technics and Technical Achievements (UFI) (by The 14.10.2019 Institute for Biological Research “Siniša Stanković”) 5-7.11.2019 3rd CHIC General Assembly @ IDConsortium in Madrid 22-24.01.2020 2-4.11.2020 CHIC @ the CRISPRcon Conference in Wageningen, the Netherlands Michiel de Both (KeyGene) @ VIKKI Plant Science Centre of the University of Helsinki, Finland CHIC @ The European Researchers’ Night in Trento, Italy (by Fondazione Edmund Munch) CHIC @ The European Researchers’ Night in Indjija, Serbia (by IBISS) Euronews Science Program Futuris: a documentary about the CHIC project aired on the science programme FUTURIS (Euronews) CHIC @ PlantEd Conference in Novi Sad, Serbia CHIC @ Central European Biomass Conference in Graz, Austria CHIC @ Capture the Future(s): OUR BIO-TECH PLANET. The Routes to Root Networks and Beyond @ World Bio Markets, Amsterdam, the Netherlands CHIC at 3rd International Society of Plant Molecular Farming Conference in Helsinki, Finland (06/2018) CHIC at The European Researchers’ Night in Madrid, Spain (28-29/09/2018) ASSET = ART, SCIENCE, SOCIETY, EDUCATION, TECHNOLOGY

Projects fieldworks symposia/ seminars workshops 36 - 37 Art research Science research & education & education Art & art exhibitions STEAM eTwinning long-term project Mikoryzator IN NATURE, THERE ARE NO MORE IMPORTANT AND LESS IMPORTANT, USEFUL AND HARMFUL. OUR EARTH MAINTAINS A BALANCE IN WHICH EVERY BEING PLAYS ITS ROLE AND LIVES ONLY THROUGH OTHER BEINGS. WE ARE PART OF THE NETWORK, ONE OF ITS THREADS. Prof. Piotr Skubała University of Silesia Art & Science Node

RHIZOSPHERE: THE BIG NETWORK OF SMALL WORLDS RHIZOSPHERE The Big Network of the Small Worlds PARTNERS AIM Art & Science Node Rhizosphere: The Big Network of Small Worlds project is an innovative Studio for Transdisciplinary Projects and Research and comprehensive program in the field of art-science education. at Faculty of Artistic Education and Curatorial It serves as a response to changes taking place in the contemporary Studies of the University of Arts (UAP) in Poznań culture. The intention of its creators is to become part of avant-garde Faculty of Biology of the Adam Mickiewicz and increasingly developing trends based on mutual relations of University (UAM) in Poznań art, science and technology. It constitutes a manifestation of higher education strategies aiming at raising the level of artistic education LEAD TEAM and mutual openness of the academic, research and creative environments, giving students access to interdisciplinary knowledge From UAP: and experience. For us, public engagement and education are one of Prof UAP, Dr hab. Joanna Hoffmann the most important challenges for the art & science community. Ph.D. candidate, Piotr Słomczewski OBJECTIVES From UAM: Prof UAM. Dr hab. Marlena Lembicz Research Prof UAM, Dr hab. Władysław Polcyn The team researches the plant network strategies (Wood Wide Web) Ph.D. candidate, Martyna Dominiak and the potential of the gained knowledge to impact a change in the cultural paradigms, ecological awareness and the development of COOPERATION social ecosystems. Art Geobotanical Station of Warsaw University, ASN foresees and implements science-art projects aimed at the Białowieża Forest National Park research of the horizontal network of the soil environment – Botanical Garden of the Adam Mickiewicz rhizosphere – in the context of the dynamic networks elsewhere, University in Poznań i.e. the society, economics, culture and more. Research Station of the Faculty of Biology, Adam Education Mickiewicz University (UAM), Radojewo The team aims at learning and passing on the knowledge on the Kazimierz Nowak Primary School in Dąbrówka complexity of different relationship forms from the interconnections formed by plants and other organisms in the rhizosphere. ASSET = ART, SCIENCE, SOCIETY, EDUCATION, TECHNOLOGY

Projects PROJECT’S CHRONICLE RHIZOSPHERE: THE BIG NETWORK OF THE SMALL WORLDS 2017 2018 2019 SCIENCE 4 Dec 2017 19 Nov 2018 Grassroots Communities – Radical Botany Seminar @ the Botanical Garden in Poznań lessons or the power of connections in small worlds networks - lecture A small network of one of the worlds by prof. dr hab. Marlena Lembicz guest lecture @ UAP by prof. Władysław Polcyn - lecture Root Networks by dr Karol Węglarski & dr Jolanta Jańczyk Węglarska 23 Apr 2018 - presentation of Fortunata Obrąpalska’s archival Fieldwork @ Research Station of the Faculty drawings by mgr Małgorzata Kalinowska of Biology UAM, Radojewo 38 - 39 prepared for UAP students by prof. Marlena Lembicz, prof. Władysława Polcyn, dr. Martyna Dominiak and students of the Faculty of Biology, UAM EDUCATION 12 Feb 2018 12-13 Oct 2018 Root networks Rhizosphere: Fungi and Bacteria in the Network of Art and Culture guest lecture at UAP by Prof. Marlena Lembicz & Martyna Dominiak intercollegiate scientific seminar organized by prof. Marta Smolińska @ Faculty of Art Education and Curatorial Studies, UAP 12 Jan 2018 Mikoryzator – installation + workshop @ Night of Biologists, Poznań workshop conducted by Piotr Słomczewski & Maria Subczyńska; prepared by Studio for Transdisciplinary Projects and Research, UAP 25 Apr 2018 Mikoryzator – interactive installation + workshop @ Poznań Festival of Science and Art workshop conducted by Piotr Słomczewski & Maria Subczyńska; prepared by Studio for Transdisciplinary Projects and Research, UAP ART Art & Science Node

RHIZOSPHERE: THE BIG NETWORK OF SMALL WORLDS 2020 5 Feb 2019 17 Dec 2019 Exercises @ the Laboratory of Electron & Mushrooms will save the world from global Confocal Microscopy warming – Oxford Debate workshop led by dr hab. Sławomir Samardakiewicz prepared by the 2nd year students of Bioinformatics as & dr hab. Zbigniew Adamski part of the Diversity of plants and fungi classes @ UAM 24-28 Apr 2019 Fieldwork @ Geobotanical Station of Warsaw University, Białowieża Forest National Park workshop led by dr hab. Bogdan Jaroszewicz (director of the station) 25 Feb 2019 from Sep 2020 Metaphor of the network – challenges for Rhizosphere as an education topic ecology and art. Does anthropocentrism @ EU eTwinnig program for schools harm the web? art & science teaching programm prepared and led by open debate led by prof. Joanna Hoffmann the cooperation of UAP & AUM Rhizosphere lead team & prof. Władysław Polcyn 1 Feb 2019 2-30 Oct 2019 2-4 Nov 2020 Mikoryzator presented as “The best lesson Rhizosphere: the Big Network of Small CAPTURE THE FUTURE(S): our BIO-TECH EVER! – Biology” @ Tour Salon 2019, Poznań Worlds project exhibition @ Collegium PLANET. The Routes to Roots Networks International Fairs Biologicum, UAM and Beyond exhibition @ World Bio Markets education project carried by the Laboratory of Biotic lead team: prof. dr hab. Joanna Hoffmann, Piotr joint exhibition of two interdisciplinary ASSET Interactions, UAM & the Studio for Transdisciplinary Słomczewski, prof. dr hab. Marlena Lembicz, prof. (Art/ Science/ Society/ Education/ Technology = Projects & Research, UAP Władysław Polcyn Innovation) projects: CHIC & Rhizosphere 11 Jan 2019 Mikoryzator – interactive installation + workshop @ Night of Biologists, Poznań workshop conducted by Piotr Słomczewski & Maria Subczyńska; prepared by Studio for Transdisciplinary Projects and Research, UAP, with additional exhibition of students’ works ASSET = ART, SCIENCE, SOCIETY, EDUCATION, TECHNOLOGY

40 - 41 Projects In the interactive networks When we look at the starry sky at night, it is difficult for us to imagine the galaxies in the form of the spider webs. Nevertheless, we know that even the smallest unit of information, a single photon born in the nucleus of a distant star disturbs the peace of our rods and cones, mobilizing our visual perception. Looking at three-dimensional simulations of the structure of the universe, fractal systems of neural networks or visualizations of the internet connections network, we wonder if there aren’t actually more links than divisions in the micro- and macroworlds; in biological and technological structures of our existence. Thanks to the progress of science and technology, we are increasingly aware that the structure of our reality is based on dynamic, interactive networks of constantly processed data: from neural networks to the World Wide Web, circulatory system or vast river basins to social, economic and cultural phenomena. Every nanosecond there is a tremendous amount of interactions connecting all levels of our networked reality. Wood Wide Web Thanks to the latest technologies, soil environment research reveals a horizontal network of signaling and redistribution of resources, the area in which an extremely extensive root zone occurs, and the local networks of microorganisms and mycorrhizal fungi participate in. Because of its integrity, the obligatory nature of plant communities and the impressive cooperation abilities, this newly discovered underground world has been termed the Wood Wide Web. A platform for interdisciplinary & creative cooperation In accordance with the strategies of the small worlds, Rhizosphere: The Big Network of Small Worlds is a platform for interdisciplinary & creative cooperation. It includes individual projects and artistic quests, joint activities, inter- regional workshops, and scientific experiments. The structure of the rhizosphere network is open. The implementation of the program is based on exploration and experiment; on inter- environmental cooperation; on knowledge and experience sharing. It comprises innovative educational, artistic and research practices that cover practical classes, workshops, consultations, lectures, seminars, discussions, fieldwork, work in the laboratory, public presentations in the form of symposia and exhibitions. Art & Science Node

RHIZOSPHERE: THE BIG NETWORK OF SMALL WORLDS BECAUSE OF ITS INTEGRITY, THE OBLIGATORY NATURE OF PLANT COMMUNITIES AND THE IMPRESSIVE COOPERATION ABILITIES, THIS NEWLY DISCOVERED UNDERGROUND WORLD HAS BEEN TERMED THE “WOOD WIDE WEB”. ASSET = ART, SCIENCE, SOCIETY, EDUCATION, TECHNOLOGY

Projects PROJECT’S ELEMENTS MIKORYZATOR BY MARIA SUBCZYŃSKA, IN FURTHER COOPERATION WITH PIOTR SŁOMCZEWSKI art installation, workshop, art education tool In further cooperation with Piotr Słomczewski, from 2014 onwards the project has become the basis of various workshops and activities, stimulating cognitive Today, various forms of mycorrhiza ensure the and creative processes, as well as supporting existence of 85% higher plants around the world. interpersonal communication and teamwork. This fact inspired a creation of a project on work about the communication of plants with humans. Inspired by an unusual underground world of root It was initiated in 2014 by the former UAP student plant and mushroom networks, an interactive art Maria Subczyńska, who was fascinated by the installation reflects on the uniqueness of natural discovery of information on the existence of forms. It has been continuously growing into connections of the mycorrhizal network in the various forms of interactions with its creators and context of the Wood Wide Web. viewers or participants. 42 - 43 Art & Science Node

RHIZOSPHERE: THE BIG NETWORK OF SMALL WORLDS Arbuscular mycorrhiza as an artistic inspiration Four hundred years ago, arbuscular mycorrhiza allowed plants to leave the aquatic environment and colonize land, and today it ensures the existence of 85% of higher plants on all the earth. Its name comes from tree-branched hyphae called arbuscules, which are formed by the mycelium when penetrating into the root cells. It is difficult to imagine the potential of the influence that fungi have on the general condition of plants as well as their resistance to adverse environmental changes: mycorrhizal symbiosis supplies the fungi with organic compounds produced by photosynthesis. In return, arbuscules provide plants with minerals and microelements. The hormones produced by fungi regulate plants’ development, and antibiotic substances secreted into the soil protect them from pathogens. In return, phytohormones secreted by the plants’ roots stimulate the growth of hyphae in fungi. On the other hand, extracellular mycelium creates connections between the roots of nearby plants, and not only of the same species. The resulting structures, called mycorrhizal networks, enable the transfer of nutrients and chemical information between plants, and also bind soil particles into aggregates, stimulating soil-forming processes. ASSET = ART, SCIENCE, SOCIETY, EDUCATION, TECHNOLOGY

Projects 44 - 45 Mikoryzator – where the story began Mikoryzator installation + workshop @ Night of Biologists, Poznań; Conversations with UAM lecturers and visits to laboratories allowed the 1 1 . 01 . 2 017 student of undergraduate studies at the Studio for Transdisciplinary Mikoryzator installation @ Poznań Projects and Research – Maria Subczyńska – to develop an interest in Festival of Science and Art, Poznań; mushrooms and mycorrhizal networks and to begin an artistic project 25.04.2018 titled Mikoryzator. Her dream was to use mycorrhizal networks to Mikoryzator interactive & workshop make a bond between human Internet and the “internet” of plants, installation @ Night of Biologists, so that humans could participate or even become one of the links in Poznań; 11.01.2019 the extensive communication plants/ fungi networks. Although today Mikoryzator as The best lesson EVER! this idea seems to be an artistic utopia, it stimulates the imagination – Biology @ Tour Salon, Poznań and cognitive processes, encouraging us to explore the limits of our International Fair; 01.02.2019 perception and communication abilities. The artist used the strategy of the growing mycelium in her own creative processes. She started drawing an enormous mind map on the walls of a room she lived in: “EVERY DAY I DRAW A FRAGMENT OF MY THOUGHTS. BY CREATING INDIVIDUAL ELEMENTS, I AM INTERACTING WITH THE CONCEPT’S CONSTANT GROWTH.” Mikoryzator has evolved into an intermedia project including drawings, graphics, art book, videos, and performance. The axis of the project was the constantly growing installation – a network that acquired a specific autonomy. Mikoryzator – development Mikoryzator network, developed in cooperation with Piotr Słomczewski, has become the basis of many workshops and activities, stimulating cognitive and creative processes, as well as supporting interpersonal communication and teamwork. One of them was the educational & artistic workshop titled Journey to the Underground prepared together with prof. Marlena Lembicz and PhD student Martyna Dominiak from UAM, with the support of the Poznań Supercomputing and Networking Center (Program: School of the Future). It was awarded the title of “The best lesson EVER! – Biology” at the Trade Fair of Regions: Meet the World, in February 2019 in Poznań. Mysterious world of plants and fungi Immersing the artistic strategies into the mysterious world of plants and fungi has opened the way to rebuild the links between man and his natural environment, that were broken in the course of the civilization processes. In her multimedia and multi-sensual installations, video works and performances, the artist takes on the role of a shaman. It provokes unexpected tensions, creates symbolic spaces and rituals, drawing the viewer into a situation of non-verbal, intuitive dialogue with the mysterious world of nature, in which each of us has our own individual role to play. Art & Science Node

RHIZOSPHERE: THE BIG NETWORK OF SMALL WORLDS PROJECT’S ELEMENTS RESEARCH FIELDTRIPS 23.04.2018 fieldtrip at the Research Station of the Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University (UAM), Radojewo 24-28.04.2019 fieldtrip at the Geobotanical Station of Warsaw University, Białowieża Forest National Park It is best to get inspiration from the Small Worlds Network in direct Fieldwork Research Station of the contact with it. The first fieldwork prepared and led by prof. Marlena Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz Lembicz and prof. Władysław Polcyn together with students of the University (UAM), Radojewo Faculty of Biology of UAM, organized especially for students of the Studio for Transdisciplinary Projects and Research, took place in Fieldwork at the Geobotanical Station the research area of the Faculty of Biology of the Adam Mickiewicz of Warsaw University, Białowieża University in Radojewo in April of 2018. Late spring is a particularly Forest National Park intense growing season for the lower parts of the forest, before the Photo. Jadwiga Subczyńska leaves of the trees will limit the inflow of sunlight. Joint workshops allowed to see the diversity of phenomena that elude the layman’s eyes and stimulated reflection on the consequences of the green blidness, which is a reapidly progressing process among the urban society. At the end of April 2019 a fieldwork at the Geobotanical Station of the University of Warsaw in Białowieża took place. It was organized by prof. Marlena Lembicz in cooperation with the station’s director, dr Bogdan Jaroszewicz. The biological, historical and cultural significance of this ancient forest cannot be preaised enough. Experiencing it had a significant impact on the awareness and imagination of all participants. Białowieża Forest is a unique place, where the cycle of life and death takes on another dimension, where what seems dead is in fact a lively link in a larger dynamic system. Spending time experiencing it reveals man’s true place in a huge network of beings, evokes respect for the forces of nature. The multi- sensory, emotional experience of the forest environment, enriched with scientific lectures and open discussions, allowed for a deeper insight into the complexity and scale of ecological problems and challenges. It also showed a need for communication between various research environments and creation of interdisciplinary, comprehensive projects that allow sharing knowledge and experience. Art can play a unique role in the communication, dissemination and democratization of knowledge, activating cognitive processes, stimulating awareness and breaking patterns of thinking. ASSET = ART, SCIENCE, SOCIETY, EDUCATION, TECHNOLOGY

Projects PROJECT’S ELEMENTS RHIZOSPHERE : THE BIG NETWORK OF SMALL WORLDS – EXHIBITION 46 - 47 Type: EXHIBTION Dates: 2-10.10.2019 Location: Small Aula Gallery & CSA Gallery, Collegium Biologicum, UAM Poznań (PL) Artists: Marta Bączyk Piotr Słomczewski with drawings by Description: Joanna Hoffmann Jadwiga Subczyńska Fortunata Obrąpalska Małgorzata Kaczmarek Maria Subczyńska Larys Lubowicki Dziyana Taukin Marika Opas Beata Tyrcha The exhibition presented the development of the project. The works of students and teachers of the Transdisciplinary Design and Research Studio, and the drawings of Fortunata Obrąpalska from the collection of the Botanical Garden in Poznań were gathered in Collegium Biologicum at UAM, Poznań. The search for new forms of expression and dialogue with the “other”, which may be a plant organism and another human being, encourages to undertake research on various media and forms of creative expression. Art & Science Node

RHIZOSPHERE: THE BIG NETWORK OF SMALL WORLDS EXHIBITION: THE ARTWORK Fortunata Obrąpalska | Drawings made for the Botanical Garden of the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań Around 600 drawings of root systems made with ink by the famous artist-photographer under the supervision of prof. Łukasiewicz from the Botanical Garden in Poznań were waiting to be discovered and published. Obrąpalska’s drawings have an unquestionable scientific and artistic value. In the context of the Rhizosphere: The Big World of The Small Worlds project, they gained additional significance, becoming part of a common interdisciplinary narrative and inter-environmental history. ASSET = ART, SCIENCE, SOCIETY, EDUCATION, TECHNOLOGY

48 - 49 Projects Marta Bączyk | Morphism, 2019 animation, 02:20 While experimenting with silhouettes created by drawing over photos of people who are close to the artist, the spatiality of the layers of tracing paper showed her the biomorphic potential of the emerging work. As a last resort, the drawings acquired smooth transformations, relationships, and variability. The artist was accompanied by reflection on the relationships between nature and man, as well as on how we create a network of social relations, what get us interdependent. Joanna Hoffmann | Enter [NULL], 2013 3D video (anaglif) Enter [NULL] invites the viewer to enter an immersive audio-visual narrative in which ephemeral traces of elementary particles become scraps of personal memory, where a virtual semi-biological network blurs the boundaries between micro and macro systems, between “internal” and “external” processing data, in a space where ALL is Data, where ‘there are_noDreams; [and] Thought * _is _not born | yet |} “. The video work presented at the exhibition is a fragment of VR 360o video enviroment. Małgorzata Kaczmarek | The Law of Relationship and Interdependence, 2017 photography, performance Everything in the Universe is connected, it results from each other, it is a process. The work is a performance inspired by discussions with biologists; reflection on the interdependence of man and plant at a time when one is strictly dependent on the other. The idea behind the performance is to emphasize the relationship between man and plant – man provides the plant with heat, moisture and CO2 from his body, while plant provides man with oxygen. Art & Science Node

RHIZOSPHERE: THE BIG NETWORK OF SMALL WORLDS Larys Lubowicki | Autopsy, 2019 Larys Lubowicki | I Dream About the Wildlife, 2019 photographic series A series of photographs depicting terrariums and museum dioramas is a question about the definition of the natural environment in the modern world. Naturalness remains an idea that arouses longing. At the same time, it is an unreachable longing. Did we not condemn ourselves to a postnatural age, to a life in fact limited by the glass of the terrarium, filled with objects and ideas that only resemble a lost paradise. Marika Opas | Relations Game game Arthur Aaron’s 36 Love Questions are designed to narrow the gap between two strangers. Scientists say that by adding a few minutes of looking into each other’s eyes, you can achieve a state similar to falling in love. However, can an ordinary game evoke such deep feelings in us? The “Relations” card game is an attempt to answer this question. It contains several dozen questions inspired by Aaron’s famous research. They help establish a closer relationship between the two participants of the game, and thus strengthen the bond between them. However, both the form of the questions and the graphic elements used do not impose the participants on the form of building relationships. It is players who decide how their game will end. Piotr Słomczewski | Contactless Root Interface interactive computer work/ installation The artist builds simple algorithms with the help of which he can create a new situation to interact with other people. Contactless Root Interface was inspired by drawings of root networks by Fortunata Obrąpalska. A simple application using geometric forms constantly draws a dynamic and ever-changing graphic network that records the movement of people in the room. ASSET = ART, SCIENCE, SOCIETY, EDUCATION, TECHNOLOGY

Projects 50 - 51 Jadwiga Subczyńska | Leaf objects, installation When creating an artistic work, we must remember about the nature of its materiality. In the realm of the Anthropocene, we are surrounded by objects that will outlive us and our children. Inspired by the activities of Tiare Ribeaux, an American artist currently implementing the project Bioplastic Cookbook for Ritual Healing from Petrochemical Landscapes, the artist materializes the thought of biodegradable objects, ephemeral and compatible with nature. Starting from the creation of synthetic castings of exotic leaves, she initially referred to the topic of the environment and plastic waste, which are often exported from Europe to Asian countries to get rid of an uncomfortable problem. Giving up this materiality and turning it into bioplastic gives a chance to turn the work into compost that will fertilize other living plants. Maria Subczyńska | Broken Links 3D video (anaglif) This is a wordplay referring to broken connections between man and Nature, broken links to the natural Internet – Wood Wide Web, as well as the links broken between ourselves. The aim of the work is to rebuild the relationship of man with the Heart of Nature. Forest is a well communicated environment – where we open ourselves to discover interdependencies between network actors, we find great wealth, biodiversity, and we learn about life, death and rebirth. That is what mushrooms teach us – they are like the interface between the beginning and the end. They take care of the closing of the cycle, the circulation of matter, they are the organism in between. They teach us to let go of what was to go to make space for a new one. They also teach us how to accept what has been supplanted by our culture: death, old age, decay, disease. Mushrooms are guides to recovery. Dziyana Taukin I Defined_not generative design Defined_not is a definition of furniture, which does not determine its final shape, an interactive algorithm generating in real time unique, unpredictable, customized chairs. It was inspired by optimization in nature and the intrinsic beauty of genuinely functional natural structures. The core of the project is generative algorithm Space Colonization, which in real time builds an optimized tree like structure from a set of starting points on the ground to the previously generated seat surface. Defined_not is an interactive application allowing users to influence the result, by reshaping the seat surface, changing the level of detail, and adding colour with the use of web camera. Art & Science Node