TTTlabs - BioFeral.BeachCamp (BFBC): New Repro-Zombie Studies - 2024 Spring film Documentary

A new film by Serafim Parsaloglou Marathias, student at the Department of Audio & Visual Arts, TTTlabs BioFeral.BeachCamp (BFBC): New Repro-Zombie Studies (NR-ZS) – Undead Bioart / Bodyart on the Beach, offers a closer look at a unique art camp held from April 5-14, 2024, at the Annex of the Athens School of Fine Arts in Rethymno, Crete.

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Organized by the team of the Interactive Arts Laboratory of the Ionian University as part of the Feral Labs Network within the EU-funded Rewilding Cultures project, the event brought together artists and researchers to explore themes such as reproductive technologies, genetic manipulation, and the concept of the "non-living organism."

Interdisciplinary Collaboration
Participants included WhiteFeather Hunter, Marko Markovic, Kim Doan Quoc, Wave (Weeratouch) Pongruengkiat, Natalie Jeremijenko, Prathima Muniyappa, Anastasia Mandel, Shih Wei Chieh, Viktoria Koniaeva, Kelly Tarenidi, Elli Leventeri, Serafim Parsaloglou Marathias, Uroš Veber and Elizabeth Littlejohn. Guided by Adam Zaretsky and Dalila Honorato, the event combined scientific inquiry and artistic practice in a series of workshops and performances.

The film documents these interactions, capturing both the process and the outcomes of the art camp.

Event and Screening Details
For more information, including the bios of the participants, visit the TTTlabs BioFeral.BeachCamp page https://avarts.ionio.gr/ttt-labs/2024a/.

The film is available online and additional screenings and discussions will follow in December 2024.
For press inquiries, interviews, or further information, please contact: av-ttt@ionio.gr

TTTlabs BioFeral.BeachCamp is part of the Rewilding Cultures initiative, co-funded by the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union.

This project explores the intersection of art, science, and bioethics issues.

More: TTTlabs BioFeral.BeachCamp (BFBC): New Repro-Zombie Studies (NR-ZS) - Undead Bioart / Bodyart on the Beach: Exploring advances in new reproductive technology through the informal bridging of art and science via DIY (do-it-yourself), DIWO (do-it-with-others), DITO (do-it-together) culture methodologies.
In a time of extraordinary scientific advances and ethical dilemmas in the fields of bioinformatics, new reproductive technologies, transgenic germline alterations, and animal behavior studies, TTlabs BioFeral.BeachCamp (BFBC): New Repro-Zombie Studies (NR-ZS) - Undead Bioart / Bodyart on the Beach taking place on April 5-14, 2024 on the island of Crete. 
TTTlabs BioFeral.BeachCamp (BFBC) is a nine day highly speculative autonomous skill-share event of intense co-creation, co-education and co-development. Exploring advances in new reproductive technology through informal bridging of art and science through DIY (do-it-youself), DIWO (do-it-with-others), DITO (do-it-together) culture methodologies, TTTlabs BFBC NR-RR focuses on understanding Fertilization through topics in: Artificial Insemination, In Vitro Fertilization, Germline Gene Editing and Zombie Studies.

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