‘Resonances’ is the name of the JRC SciArt flagship initiative, which fosters collaborations between artists, scientists and policymakers. Its fourth edition (2022-2024) revolves around NaturArchy, which aims to reimagine our relationship with nature and the environment.
The NaturArchy exhibition will open its doors on 24 May at iMAL, Art Center for Digital Cultures & Technology (Brussels) with a vernissage.
It will be open for visits Wednesday to Friday from 10.00 to 18.00 (CEST) and Saturday to Sunday from 11.00 to 19.00 (CEST).
It is produced by the JRC SciArt project in partnership with iMAL, and supported by the Belgian Presidency of the Council of the European Union.
- environmental protection | nature-based solutions
- Friday 24 May 2024, 17:00 - Sunday 29 September 2024, 19:00 (CEST)
- Brussels, Belgium
Practical information
- When
- Friday 24 May 2024, 17:00 - Sunday 29 September 2024, 19:00 (CEST)
- Where
- iMAL - Art Center for Digital Cultures & Technology30-34 Quai des Charbonnages / Koolmijnenkaai, 1080 Brussels, Belgium
- Who should attend
- Researchers and policymakers interested in the interaction between art and science as well as in the topics of growth, the green transition and sustainability
- Languages
- English
- Organisers
- Joint Research Centre
- Website
- Art Center for Digital Cultures & Technology
Description
This exhibition was curated by:
Caterina Benincasa, Claudia Schnugg, Ingeborg Reichle and Adriaan Eeckels, co-curated with iMAL
Opening and side events
- Opening events: 24-25 May. Discover them here.
- Lament Performance:12 June at iMAL
- Panel - What is the role of arts and science in European forest resilience against wildfires?: 13 June at the CDMA building
- Invisible Seeds - Understanding indigenous knowledge through art: 14 June at iMAL
- Belonging to Land & Country in the Anthropocene: 14 June at iMAL
About NaturArchy
NaturArchy explores how providing Nature with a contract that integrates it totally into our society can redefine our anthropocentric relationship with it. This is done through artistic, scientific and legal expressions: intersecting science and law, reason and style, art and judgment, policy and imagination.
After two years of deep inquiry, research and co-creation, which began with a summer school at the JRC in 2022 and continued with artistic residencies in 2023, these art and science works provocatively call to be contrasted with pieces of natural and cultural heritage. From global oceans to water flows, from contamination and bacteria to climate tipping points, pollinators, and landscapes of natural hazards; from natural and artificial intelligence to non-human values, forests, lands, soils, composting; from grief and mourning to rituals, wonder and collective action.
This is the creation of 15 artists, working together with JRC researchers and the SciArt team, also involving EC policymakers with a keen interest in the topic. The result: nearly 50 people currently joining forces for NaturArchy.
