B Past Exhibition

Embodied Futures and the Ecology of Care, BioBAT Art Space. Image Credit: On White Wall

Scorched Honey Archive - Hotspots (2023), John Roach. Metal plates, scorched honey. Image Credit: On White Wall

Embodied Futures and the Ecology of Care, BioBAT Art Space. Image Credit: On White Wall

Slow Down Soft Body, Stay With Me (2023), video installation by Katie Hubbell. Image credit: Yi Hsuan Lai

Subsuming Solids (2023), Adhesive, acrylic paint, paper pulp, armature, and mica powder by Katie Hubbell. Image Credit: Yi Hsuan Lai

Embodied Futures and the Ecology of Care, BioBAT Art Space. Image Credit: On White Wall

Colony: Hive Listener. (2022–2023), Audio Recordings, fragrant beeswax lights by John Roach. Image Credit: On White Wall

Quiet Lights (2023), Silk, natural dyes, reclaimed Douglas-fir, LED, 25” x 60” by Laura Kung. Image Credit: Laura Kung

Golden Hour (2023), Onion skins, osage orange sawdust by Laura Kung. Image Credit: Laura Kung

Fragment of Home (2023), Acorns, madder root, marigold, iron by Laura Kung. Image Credit: Laura Kung

Scorched Honey Archive - Containments by John Roach. Image Credit: On White Wall

Scorched Honey Archive - Residues (2023), video installation by John Roach. Image Credit: On White Wall

Portrait of Lolo Ostia in her installation, The Light in Me, See the Light in You, Bacterial Cellulose (SCOBY), LED lights, Motion Sensor by Lolo Ostia. Image Credit: Katie Gee-Salisbury

The Light in Me, See the Light in You, a site-specific installation made of Bacterial Cellulose (SCOBY), LED lights, Motion Sensor by Lolo Ostia. Image Credit on White Wall

Frame Light Sculpture (2023), Juyon Lee. Brass, pigment ink on linen paper, and window film.

HOST for your living things | STING (Honey Bee) by Elaine Young. Image Credit: On White Wall

Embodied Futures and the Ecology of Care, BioBAT Art Space. Image Credit: On White Wall

HOST - for your living things | AI - Mitosis (2023), Balaklava, turtleneck, leggings, mittens, socks and two floor-to-ceiling flags made from polyester with a high contrast black and white digital print by Elaine Young. Image Credit: On White Wall

Embodied Futures and the Ecology of Care, BioBAT Art Space. Image Credit: On White Wall

Artist, Shihori Yamamoto, inside her Womb installation, I am here to love you, Image Credit: Shihori Yamamoto

Signs of Life | INHALE / EXHALE (2020–2023) Artist: Balaklava, turtleneck, skirt, and socks made from neon green recycled polyester with monotone digital print by Elaine Young. Image Credit: On White Wall

Elaine Young, Amula DNA Jewellery, Artist’s DNA, water, glycerol, borosilicate glass, stainless steel pendants and chains. Image Credit: Katie Gee-Salisbury

Cellsense (2022), video installation by Aradhita Ajaykumar Parasrampuria. Image Credit: On White Wall

Cellsense (2022), Biodegradeable bead embellenshments created from algea and cellulose by Ajaykumar Ajaykumar Parasrampuria. Image Credit: On White Wall

Cerulean Waters (2021), Laura Kung. Bacterial pigment, silk, acrylic, 9.5 x 9.5 inches.

Entangled Corporealities (2023), Iz Neterre, nutrient-enriched stoneware, cyanotype, mycelium, silicone.

Mycelial Memory (2023), Iz Neterre, lenticular print.

Biogenic Blooms (2023 – present). Genetically modified yeast on agar in a Petri dish, video instalation, refrigerted presetation case, by Karen Ingram.
Image Credit: Karen Ingram
Image Credit: On White Wall

Biogenic Blooms (2023 – present). Genetically modified yeast on agar in a Petri dish, video installation, refrigerated presentation case, by Karen Ingram.

Biogenic Blooms (2023 – present). Genetically modified yeast on agar in a Petri dish, by Karen Ingram. Image Credit: Katie Gee-Salisbury

Iris 8 Yellow, Biogenetic Blooms: Collaborations with Genetically Modified Yeast (2023), by Karen Ingram. Image Credit: Karen Ingram

YPD Agar Pallete (process) Biogenetic Blooms: Collaborations with Genetically Modified Yeast (2023), by Karen Ingram. Image Credit: Karen Ingram

Biogenic Blooms (2023 – present). Genetically modified yeast on agar in a Petri dish, by Karen Ingram. Image Credit: Karen Ingram

When My Planet Was Born (2023). Mixed Media on Canvas, 48” x 108”, by Shihori Yamamoto. Image Credit: Shihori Yamamoto

When My Planet Was Born (2023). Mixed Media on Canvas, 48” x 108”, by Shihori Yamamoto.
Image Credit: Shihori Yamamoto
Image Credit: On White Wall

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Embodied Futures & the Ecology of Care

October 14, 2023 – March 16, 2024

Opening Reception

Saturday, October 14, 2023,
5 – 7 PM

Closing Date

Saturday, March 16, 2024

Exhibiting Artists

Aradhita Ajaykumar Parasrampuria, Katie Hubbell, Elaine Young, Karen Ingram, Laura Kung, Juyon Lee, Lolo Ostia, John Roach, Iz Nettere, Shihori Yamamoto, Suzanne Head

Curated by

Elena Soterakis and Eve Barro

About

Embodied Futures & the Ecology of Care invites the viewer to reimagine “care” as a dynamic, flowing force that sustains and nurtures all beings as opposed to being a gift bestowed across a hierarchical power gap.

In a transforming world propelled by exponential advancements in technology and shifting ecological paradigms, the interdisciplinary art presented here serves as a bridge to a future where post-humanist ethics flourish and care becomes a womb-like embodiment woven through the fabric of existence.

This exhibition is a convergence of art, biology, technology, and ethics, which invites us to re-envision our relationship with the living world and ask the fundamental question: How can the concept of care be expanded beyond the human sphere?

The concept of "embodied futures" takes on new dimensions in this context. It speaks to a future where bodies, ecologies, and technologies merge, blurring the lines between self and environment. As we stand on the precipice of a new era, these works urge us to consider how our actions today shape the political and ethical, and ecological landscapes of tomorrow — landscapes in which care, empathy, and reciprocity are currencies that bridge the gaps between species and worlds.

Listening Room Press Release

Special thanks to Co-Organizers

Clarinda Mac Low & Carolyn Hall of Genspace, Junho Lee & Katherine Plourde of NARS Foundation, and DB Lampman of Makerspace.

This exhibition is made possible by the collaborative efforts of Genspace, NARS Foundation, Makerspace, Sunset Park Open Studios BioBAT Inc., SUNY Downstate, the Brooklyn Army Terminal, and the New York Economic Development Corporation.