Interiors-Exteriors: Nature Scientific Worldviews and New Technology in Art

Teike Haapoja, FI

Within this talk Teike Haapoja, will discuss the connections between scientific thought and the way new technology is applied to art projects. By referring to her exhibition project ‘Closed Circuit – Open Duration’ she will examine the similarities and differences between scientific and artistic ideas of representation, and the connections of subjective and objective approaches to reality.

Art historian Claire Bishop argues that the art of the 20th century was characterized by a process of decentering of the modern subject. Does this process of continue as we enter into the 21st century, as we face environmental transform and crises? What is the position of “technoscientific art” in understanding the changing relations of human and non-human worlds? How do the discoveries of nature science and environmental ethics challenge our understanding of art? Drawing on her own practice and that of others, Haapoja will address these questions.

About the speaker:
Terike Haapoja is a visual artist, working and living in Helsinki, Finland. Her work consists of videos, installations and performance projects, dealing with human-nature relations and characterized by innovative use of new media and technology. Haapoja has a master´s degree from the Theater Academy of Finland (dep. of Performance art and -theory) and from the Academy of Fine Arts in Finland. She is currently working on her artistic research PhD in the Academy of Fine Arts in Helsinki.

Dmitry Gelfand & Evelina Domnitch + Terike Haapoja. Conversation 2: Extended Consciousness:  Exploring our sensorial awareness and experiences: Fri 13 Nov, 18-19.30hrs, FBAUL, Auditorium, Faculdade de Belas-Artes da Universidade de Lisboa, Largo da Academia Nacional de Belas-Artes. €3

Teike Haapoja will also be showing her work at the UM Exhibition, Opening 12 Nov, 22hrs (running to 27 Nov, Mon-Fri, 11-19hrs), at ECV Fiat Garage (new space), Av. 24 de Julho, 6 [Santos], 1200-869.