How can research into cometabolism between macro- and microorganisms help us understand the vital symbiosis between species across scales? How might this view of organisms as holobionts transform our understanding of life and health? How can we start shaping new ecologically informed cosmologies without falling into naturalistic tendencies?
A healing space infused with soil-dwelling microbial cultures, imaginative journeys into the cellular landscapes of our bodies, a ceremonial gathering for cometabolising humans and microbes, alternative ways of mapping the holobiont: These are some of the ways in which we’ve tried to approach and artistically explore what a microbially focused metabolic gaze can afford in our understanding of and relationship with life.
In our collaboration with research collective Renaissance Goo, Beauty Sensorium (2023), commissioned by the Wellcome Collection, visitors are engaged in historical and scientific research through tactile and multisensorial interactions. By encouraging heuristic learning about pasts, presents, and potential futures, we...