SPCS Season 4 | Living Dyes: The Exhibition Trials and Results of Cultivating Colour

Lecturers

• Georg Tremmel

  Artist at BCL, Founder & Director at BioClub Tokyo

  Georg Tremmel is an Austrian artist, living and working in Tokyo. He studied Biology, Informatics and Media Art in Vienna and London. Since 2001 he has been working on biological, cultural, ethical and societal codes, creating objects, installations and situations for contestable discussions through the Artistic Research Framework BCL. Georg is currently a PhD Student and Project Researcher at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna, working on ‘Ludic Cultures, Biological Interfaces and Non-Human Agencies. He is also a Visiting Researcher at the metaPhorest Art & Science group at Hideo Iwasaki’s Lab at Waseda University and a Guest Lecturer at the Tokyo University of Fine Arts. Georg is a co-founder and director of the BioClub Tokyo, Japan’s first Open Biolab & Biohackerspace.

  Georg Tremmel is an Austrian artist, living and working in Tokyo. He studied Biology, Informatics and Media Art in Vienna and London. Since 2001 he has been working on biological, cultural, ethical and societal codes, creating objects, installations and situations for contestable discussions through the Artistic Research Framework BCL. Georg is currently a PhD Student and Project Researcher at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna, working on ‘Ludic Cultures, Biological Interfaces and Non-Human Agencies. He is also a Visiting Researcher at the metaPhorest Art & Science group at Hideo Iwasaki’s Lab at Waseda University and a Guest Lecturer at the Tokyo University of Fine Arts. Georg is a co-founder and director of the BioClub Tokyo, Japan’s first Open Biolab & Biohackerspace.

• Julia Moser

  Textile & Fashion designer / Founder of Growing Patterns Living Pigments

  Julia Moser sees her mission in re-thinking fashion and textile design practices and production processes towards a more sustainable and healthier future. Following the fact that nature knows how to produce colours without chemicals and harmful ingredients, she founded “Growing Patterns Living Pigments” and started to co-create with pigment producing bacteria – dyeing textiles and involving them in the design process as well. With a focus on material innovation and bio design, she uses new technologies to find alternative ways of thinking design and design processes. Always remembering the indigenous tribe of the Kogi saying “You’re meant to work with technology, but if you do so, use technology that works with and not against nature”.

  Moser holds two Master degrees in textile.art.design and Fashion&Technology from the University of Art and Design Linz where she currently works as a University Assistant at the Crafting Futures Lab. There she works on her PhD and guides students to find their core values for their design practice, creating a connection to materials and building a bridge between art and science, traditional and new technologies and regaining a connection to nature to create a future for the generations coming after us.

  Julia Moser sees her mission in re-thinking fashion and textile design practices and production processes towards a more sustainable and healthier future. Following the fact that nature knows how to produce colours without chemicals and harmful ingredients, she founded “Growing Patterns Living Pigments” and started to co-create with pigment producing bacteria – dyeing textiles and involving them in the design process as well. With a focus on material innovation and bio design, she uses new technologies to find alternative ways of thinking design and design processes. Always remembering the indigenous tribe of the Kogi saying “You’re meant to work with technology, but if you do so, use technology that works with and not against nature”.

  Moser holds two Master degrees in textile.art.design and Fashion&Technology from the University of Art and Design Linz where she currently works as a University Assistant at the Crafting Futures Lab. There she works on her PhD and guides students to find their core values for their design practice, creating a connection to materials and building a bridge between art and science, traditional and new technologies and regaining a connection to nature to create a future for the generations coming after us.

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