28, 29 and 30 June 2007

Interterritorial explorations in Art and Science
2nd CO-OPs Public Event; Practices and Debates

Organized by CO-OPs and BAK, basis voor actuele kunst, Utrecht, in cooperation with Universiteitsmuseum Utrecht.

Location

Sonnenborgh - museum & sterrenwacht
Zonnenburg 2
3512 NL Utrecht
www.sonnenborgh.nl


Program

FRIDAY 29 JUNE 2007


From 10.00 hrs Reception

10.30 - 12.30 hrs

Expert meeting
Critical reflection on the relationship between art and science

Location:
BAK, basis voor actuele kunst
Lange Nieuwstraat 4
3512 PH Utrecht

Participants:

Dr. Ingeborg Reichle, art historian, Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities

Dr. Irène Hediger, co-director of Artist in Lab, Zurich

Dr. Miriam van Rijsingen, art historian, University of Amsterdam

Drs. Janneke Wesseling, art critic and lecturer KABK, The Hague

The members of the CO-OPs teams

Members of BAK, basis voor actuele kunst

Moderator: Prof.Dr. Robert Zwijnenberg

14.30 - 17.00 hrs

Team 2. 'The observatory observed', by Geert Somsen and Jeroen Werner
In the Sonnenborgh Observatory, Geert Somsen and Jeroen Werner explore the cultural, artistic and scientific aspects of the history of seeing.

Team 3. 'In principio erat verbum', by Krien Clevis and Peter Hagoort
Starting from 'fear' as a phenomenon, Peter Hagoort and Krien Clevis study the tension and interplay between word and image.

Team 4. 'Medicine as a social science', by Mieke van de Voort and Ab Osterhaus
This project, which starts from the thesis 'Medicine is a social science and politics nothing but medicine on a grand scale', reflects on the future scenarios in which the threat of an epidemic has become immediate.

19.00 - 22.00 hrs

Symposium Food, Art and Science: In Vitro MeatIn vitro meat is meat made in the laboratory by having stem cells grow into meat tissue. No replacement of meat, but real artificial meat. Laboratory culture of meat will perhaps be one of the hottest developments during the years ahead in the food industry. The development of in vitro meat at the University of Utrecht is supervised by meat professor Henk Haagsman.

During the symposium in Centraal Museum Utrecht, food-designers Marlein Overakker and Inez de Jong will present creative and controversial snacks/small dishes based on the theme of in vitro meat.Symposium organized by The Arts & Genomics Centre in collaboration with Centraal Museum Utrecht.

For more information and sign-up: Food, Art and Science


(The expert meeting is not open to the public; for more information please check www.bak-utrecht.nl.)