Disruption? Repair?

NOBA: Norwegian Bioart Arena presents the exhibition Disruption? Repair? in the downstairs foyer of Georg Sverdrup’s hus, University of Oslo. Exhibition opening Wednesday, June 7 at 18:00 with a panel discussion at 18:30 in GSH Auditorium 1, as part of the programme for the Nordic STS Conference. The exhibition is free and open to all. Energy crisis, contaminated mining sites, a cocktail of toxins travelling through the environment and our bodies. How can we cope with human responsibility for the troubled situation our planet is currently in? How might we get to know other species more intimately in a society marked by consumption and human domination of nature? The exhibition Disruption? Repair? approaches these questions through artworks that relate intimately to science and technology. The works open up for tactile encounters with earth and a multispecies world, speculative visions of future foods, ritualistic processing of oil guilt and healing our bodies through microbial care. Participating artists: Alexandra Regan Toland Annike Flo Elise Matilde Malik with Biovision Foundation and Sounding Soil Hege Tapio Serina Tarkhanian Sigrid Espelien Randi Nygård & Simon Daniel Tegnander Wenzel Zane Cerpina & Stahl Stenslie Curator: Nora S. Vaage Producer: Hanne Castberg Tresselt The exhibition is commissioned by TIK Centre for Technology, Culture and Innovation.