Anna Dumutriu 29 juni in Leiden. Over waarom onnodig onderzoek belangrijk is.

Anna Dumitriu: "The Self Organising Artist, her Unnecessary Research and
why she talks to bacteria"

Jun 29, 10 AM, Lipsiusgebouw, zaal 127, Cleveringaplaats 1, Leiden

Anna Dumitriu, the "self organising artist" will explain her approach to
transdisciplinary art practice, what working collaboratively means to
her, why she 'talks' to bacteria and why unnecessary research is so
important. As Einstein said: "If we knew what it was we were doing, it
would not be called research, would it?

Dumitriu is a visual artist making highly experimental transdisciplinary
work. She has collaborated with many scientists over the past twelve
years and often tends to go very deeply into her chosen area of
research, taking on, or attempting to take on, the role of scientist in
an almost performative sense, raising paradigmatic questions in her
work. Her installations, interventions and performances use a range of
digital, biological and traditional media including video projections,
mobile phones and embroidery, working with diverse audiences often in
non-traditional settings.

Her work has been exhibited internationally including USA, Brazil,
France, Russia and Lithuania and is held in international public
collections including the Science Museum, London. She is currently
Artist in Residence at The Centre for Computational Neuroscience and
Robotics at Sussex University, participating in the e-MobiLArt project
(European Mobile Lab for Interactive Artists) and researching her
practice-based Fine Art PhD at The University of Brighton.

All are wellcome!