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2021 // YouTube Channel Vera Meyer | V. meer
We have a new YouTube channel that reports on our scientific and artistic research. Learn more about MY-CO SPACE & MY-CO BUILD, about our ideas for a future of fungal biotechnology, about our approaches to connect the creativity engines of science, art and society. Take a look.
2021 // Habitable sculpture MY-CO SPACE
MY-CO SPACE is an habitable sculpture reminiscent of a space station and a result of the collaborative work of our interdisciplinary ArtSci collective MY-CO-X with fungi. It makes it possible to experience, think through and understand life and living with and through fungi and, in accordance with the Black Queen hypothesis, symbolises holobiontic…
2021 // Futurium Exhibition MY-CO BUILD
MY-CO BUILD is our third exhibition at Futurium Lab, which was developed in collaborative work with fungi. It facilitates a scientific-artistic exploration of the future social significance of fungi for the creation of places and spaces. MY-CO BUILD was developed in radical transdisciplinarity by a team of artists, architects and fungal…
2021 // BIOTOPIA ONLINE EVENT: FUNGI BETWEEN SCIENCE AND ART on 2/23/21
Prof. Vera Meyer in conversation with BIOTOPIA Founding Director Prof. Michael John Gorman about fungi as the material of the future, innovation at the intersection of science and art, and the founding of the SciArt collective MY-CO-X.
More information and registration at:
https://www.biotopia.net/en/event/event-upcoming/41-2020-vera-meyer-en?dat…
2021 // www.biooekonomie.de: Interview and "Die Pilzprophetin” podcast
Vera Meyer was interviewed about her work as a biotechnologist and artist as part of a www.biooekonomie.de series on bio-pioneers. “As a biotechnologist, she researches the growth and metabolic potential of fungi, while allowing their transformative power to inspire the sculptures and images she creates as an artist. Meyer’s work is driven by her…
2021 // "Mind the Fungi" book now available
The new year has hardly started, but the first fungal gem is already waiting for us: the book Mind the Fungi has been published! An e-book has been available since 15.12.2020. However, a print copy can now be purchased through the TU web shop. The book reports on how science and art can be combined as engines of creativity and how a living triad of…
2020 // FUTURIUM Hybrid Futures series with Vera Meyer and Sven Pfeiffer
On 10 December 2020, an exciting evening once again awaits! As part of its Hybrid Future series, FUTURIUM Berlin invited Vera Meyer and Sven Pfeiffer as guests. They provided a look into their areas of research and ruminated over how biotechnology and architecture can be combined to create sustainable approaches. The first practical examples will…
2020 // Hybrid Plattform: Interview with Vera Meyer and Sven Pfeiffer
The Hybrid Plattform, an interdisciplinary project platform of UdK Berlin and TU Berlin, brings together artists and scientists to promote new and innovative ways of thinking. In the first interview of its series “Im Gespräch mit...” the project spoke with biotechnologist Vera Meyer and architect Sven Pfeiffer. They discussed bioeconomy,…
2020 // Vera Meyer nominated at Falling Walls Conference
Great news! Vera Meyer has been nominated as a finalist at this year's Falling Walls Conference in the category “Science in the Arts.” To find out more about how she is breaking down walls with the help of biotechnology and art, check out this short interview. We’ll certainly keep our fingers crossed!
2020 // Our summer trip to the woods Brandenburg
Gosh, it was so nice to be able to see everyone again outdoors.