ART MADE

The exhibition Vivarium Imaginem dedicated to the collaboration project Living Lab between artists, scientists, and the natural park is now open.
The exhibition is presented in an institutional space that is itself interesting from both architectural and historical perspectives. The presence of our installation delicately and organically enlivens the space, creating a connection between history, culture, knowledge, and nature.

Artists: Alessandra Carosi, Alexandra Knie, Manel Bafaluy,
Researchers-students: Cristian Morales and Hugo Dezellus,
Curator: Elena Posokhova

The exhibition is open until October 5th. Tours will be organized.
📍San Carlos Borromeo, Claustro Hall Universidad Católica de Valencia. C de Quevedo, 2 Ciutat Vella, every day - 10:00-20:00.

Artist in Living Lab program:
📍Alexandra Knie
(German artist, based in Valencia, Pluto resident)

Alexandra is a visual artist currently living and working in Valencia, Spain, and near Cologne, Germany. She graduated in Fine Arts from the Alanus University of Arts and Social Science and enhanced her studies with painting in Genoa, Italy, and textile design at the University of Paderborn, Germany. Her artistic practice investigates the intersection of art, craft, and science, utilizing various textile techniques, especially machine embroidery, alongside painting, drawing, screen printing, and installation.

Her proposed project, « Intervened Algae, » for the Living Lab Festival 2025, explores the transformative potential of algae as an artistic-scientific material at the convergence of nature, technology, and textile art. The project involves manually intervening in algae collected from the Mediterranean Sea using textile techniques to reshape them into hybrid entities that blend the natural and synthetic. These organic and textile fusions create unique sculptural forms on a water-soluble film, leaving behind delicate meshes of algae and thread. The resulting works are then digitally cloned and translated into new forms through 3D printing, provoking questions about our aesthetic, ethical, and ecological perspectives when we actively intervene in nature. « Intervened Algae » invites participants to engage in a collective laboratory, merging art and science, reality and fiction, and the organic and artificial.

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