Dissect

The two »Dissect« events held as part of Berlin Science Week 2022 on November 2nd and 4th were a great success and unique experience. In the sold-out Tieranatomisches Theater (TA T) at Humboldt-Universität Berlin, researchers from different disciplines discussed contemporary artworks, including Marco Donnarumma's »Amygdala« and Tomas Saraceno's »Spiders«. Konstantin Mitrokhov’s three films allow you to re-experience these fascinating events.

»Dissect« on November 2nd, 2022

The first event featured the work »Amygdala« of contemporary artist Marco Donnarumma in connection to the research led by the group Cutting of the Cluster of Excellence »Matters of Activity« at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (HU).

Guests: anthropologist Joffrey Becker, theatre scholar Maaike Bleeker, art historian Horst Bredekamp, computer scientist Johann Habakuk Israel, neurosurgeon Thomas Picht, and philosopher Margrit Shildrick.

Moderators: Patricia Ribault (weißensee school of art and design berlin) and Samuel Bianchini (EnsAD).

»Dissect« on November 4th, 2022

The second event was organized in cooperation with the artist Tomàs Saraceno around the research led by the Material Form Function group and their exhibition Design Lab #13: Material Legacies at Kunstgewerbemuseum (KGM) in Berlin.

Guests: socio-legal scholar Xenia Chiaramonte, microbiologist Regine Hengge, arachnologist Peter Jäger, artist and researcher Alice Jarry, behavioral ecologist Alex Jordan, a researcher in Cultural Studies Martin Müller, and the spiders of the TA T.

Moderators: Patricia Ribault (weißensee school of art and design berlin), Emanuele Quinz (Université Paris 8/Ensad)

Extended Version

The event was part of the Berlin Science Week 2022 program.

Please find more information and photos from the events here.