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Exhibition »BioMedia. The Age of Media with Life-like Behavior«

The image shows a graphic on which circles are connected by lines and glow. All circles are connected by a purple ribbon.
© Katrin Hochschuh and Adam Donovan, Visual: The Rodina

What happens when an artificial intelligence learns from living cucumber plants? Why do robots form a swarm when a human passes by? What is it like living with the extinct Kaua'i ʻōʻō bird? Who or what defines what is alive today now that intelligence and empathy are no longer the exclusive preserve of humans? The »BioMedia« exhibition is an invitation to learn about and discuss possible forms of coexistence between (non)human and artificial organisms visionarily worked out by about 60 artists.


We cordially invite you to the press meeting on Wednesday, December 15, 2021 at 11 am CET at the ZKM (registration at presse@zkm.de) as well as to the virtual exhibition opening on Saturday, December 18, 2021 at 6 pm CET in the ZKM livestream.

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  • Human-like beings, made of colourful, fabric-like materials and fringes, walk in a row from left to right.
    Universal Everything, »Infinity«, 2021, computer based installation
    © Universal Everything
  • The installation consists of eight boxes hanging on the wall that seem to glow and bathe the room in a dark blue colour.
    Daniel Canogar, »Fulgurations«, 2021, installation
    © Daniel Canogar, © VG-Bildkunst © Photo: Studio Daniel Canogar
  • A visitor in a darkened room looks up at the ceiling through VR glasses.
    Artificial Nature (Haru Ji & Graham Wakefield), »Conservation of Shadows«, 2017, VR installation
    © Artificial Nature © Photo: Seoul Museum of Art Chang-go
  • The film still shows two vases with blue and purple liquid from which plants are peeping out. In front of the vases is a bluish, deformed object reminiscent of a remote control.
    Aristarkh Chernyshev, »Personal information Organism. PiO ver 1.0«, 2019, film still
    © Aristarkh Chernyshev
  • Two cucumber plants stand in a black room, strings hang down from the ceiling with colourful little balls attached to the ends.
    Špela Petrič, »PL’AI (PLANT-MACHINE)«, 2020, AI robot with live cucumber plants
    © Špela Petrič
  • In the background is the globe, in front of which is written: Letters from Nature. Climate Change is killing our planet, but nature did not have a voice. Until we asked AI to write letters on her behalf.
    Jeroen van der Most & Peter van der Putten, »Letters from Nature, 2020–2021«, film still, Earth image by NASA's Earth observatory
    © Jeroen van der Most & Peter van der Putten
  • Glass vessels of various shapes hang in a dark room and glow dimly.
    Justine Emard, »Supraorganism«, 2020, installation 
    © Justine Emard / Adagp, Paris, © VG-Bildkunst, 2021
  • Circles are connected by lines. They glow.
    Katrin Hochschuh and Adam Donovan, »Empathy Swarm«, 2019, interactive robotic swarm, human-machine biofeedback system
    © Katrin Hochschuh and Adam Donovan
  • The digitally illustrated skeleton of a reptilian animal can be seen on a black background.
    Jonas Lauströer (HAW Hamburg), Amir Andikfar (HAW Hamburg), John Nyakatura, »Photomontage of OroBOT and 3D digital skeleton of Orobates«, artistic illustration
    © Jonas Lauströer, Amir Andikfar, John Nyakatura
  • The image shows a graphic on which circles are connected by lines and glow. All circles are connected by a purple ribbon.
    BioMedia. The Age of Media with Live-like Behavior
    © Katrin Hochschuh and Adam Donovan, Visual: The Rodina
  • Daniel Canogar, »Fulgurations«, 2021. In the picture you can see the installation Fulgurations by Daniel Canogar.
    Daniel Canogar, »Fulgurations«, 2021
    © ZKM | Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe; photo: Jonas Zilius
  • Random International, »Algorithmic Swarm Study (Triptych) / ll«, 2021. The picture shows people in front of a large screen in the BioMedia exhibition.
    Random International, »Algorithmic Swarm Study (Triptych) / ll«, 2021
    © ZKM | Center for Art and Media; photo: Felix Grünschloß
  • A woman wearing VR goggles in the »BioMedia" exhibition
    © ZKM | Center for Art and Media; photo: Jonas Zilius
  • Fabien Zocco, »Spider and I«, 2020
    Fabien Zocco, »Spider and I«, 2020
    © ZKM | Center for Art and Media; photo: Jonas Zilius
  • KIT – Karlsruher Institut für Technologie, »Reallabor«, 2021
    KIT – Karlsruher Institut für Technologie, »Reallabor«, 2021
    © ZKM | Center for Art and Media; photo: Jonas Zilius
  • Aristarkh Chernyshev, »Personal information Organism. PiO ver 1.0«, 2019. The picture shows a hand wearing a watch. This watch is a mixture of a genetically modified leech and a cell phone.
    Aristarkh Chernyshev, »Personal information Organism. PiO ver 1.0«, 2019
    © ZKM | Center for Art and Media; photo: Jonas Zilius
  • Random International, »Algorithmic Swarm Study (Triptych) / ll«, 2021
    Random International, »Algorithmic Swarm Study (Triptych) / ll«, 2021
    © ZKM | Center for Art and Media; photo: Tobias Wootton
  • Haru Ji & Graham Wakefield, »Artificial Nature«. A woman wearing VR glasses in the »BioMedia« exhibition
    Haru Ji & Graham Wakefield, »Artificial Nature«
    © ZKM | Center for Art and Media; photo: Jonas Zilius
  • Jake Elwes, »CU SP«, 2019. On the picture there is a large screen that shows a seascape. In the middle there is a seagull in a white square.
    Jake Elwes, »CU SP«, 2019
    © ZKM | Center for Art and Media; photo: Jonas Zilius
  • Špela Petrič, »PL'AI«, 2020
    Špela Petrič, »PL'AI«, 2020
    © ZKM | Center for Art and Media; photo: Jonas Zilius
  • Maria Smigielska & Pierre Cutellic, »Proteus 3.0«
    Maria Smigielska & Pierre Cutellic, »Proteus 3.0«
    © ZKM | Center for Art and Media; photo: Tobias Wootton
  • Anna Dumitriu & Alex May, »Cyberspecies Proximity«, 2020. In the picture there is a human-like robot raising his hand. He is wearing jeans clothes.
    Anna Dumitriu & Alex May, »Cyberspecies Proximity«, 2020
    © ZKM | Center for Art and Media; photo: Jonas Zilius
  • Katrin Hochschuh & Adam Donovan, »Empathy Swarm«, 2018-2021
    Katrin Hochschuh & Adam Donovan, »Empathy Swarm«, 2018-2021
    © ZKM | Center for Art and Media; photo: Tobias Wootton

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