Summer School, Lecture by Heather Barnett: City as Superorganism, Part 2
Open Set Summer School 2018 | workshop by Heather Barnett (artist, researcher educator), 'City as Superorganism, Part 2: on Slime Mould and the Enviroment'
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Artist and researcher Heather Barnett led two days of fieldwork exploring the area of Bijlmer as a superorganism, a system of dynamic interconnected networks. Shifting perspectives across species and scales, participants will observe, interrogate and interact with their urban surroundings through a series of individual and collective experiments. From slime mould cells to urban infrastructure, ideas of fluidity were explored through a nonhuman lens, looking at interconnections, information flow and feedback loops. From simple elements, complex behaviours may emerge...
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More about Heather Barnett –– www.heatherbarnett.co.uk @HeatherABarnett