Rückblick auf Ausstellungseröffnung von RADICAL SYMBIOSIS: THE SOCIAL LIFE OF MICROBES

11 / 2023

On September 2, 2023, the exhibition RADICAL SYMBIOSIS: THE SOCIAL LIFE OF MICROBES opened at the Radius Center for Contemporary Art and Ecology in Delft.

The documenta Institute is pleased that Mateo Chacón Pino, a scientific fellow of the Institute, has contributed to the realization of the exhibition through his role as curator together with Àngels Miralda.

RADICAL SYMBIOSIS brings together a group of artists working with bacteria, yeasts and microbes. The three chapters THE INVISIBLE WORLD AROUND AND WITHIN US, PETRI DISH CULTURES and AN INTIMATE RELATION deal with the question of what lessons can be learned from microbial life for human existence on earth.

Participating artists are: Elina Alekseeva, Johanna Bruckner, Penelope Cain, Wim van Egmond, Lizan Freijsen, Escuela de Garaje, Aslı Hatipoğlu, Marit Mihklepp, Natalia Sorzano

Further information at RADIUS CCA - NATURECULTURES Chapter 3: RADICAL SYMBIOSIS: THE SOCIAL LIFE OF MICROBES (radius-cca.org)

Aslı Hatipoğlu, Kombucha Paintings, 2023
Exhibition View: Radical Symbiosis, Radius CCA, Delft, NL, curated by Àngels Miralda and Mateo Chacón Pino, Photo: Gunnar Meier, © RADIUS CCA

Marit Mihklepp, Every Second Is Kissed by Billions of Lips, 2023
Exhibition View: Radical Symbiosis, Radius CCA, Delft, NL, curated by Àngels Miralda and Mateo Chacón Pino, Photo: Gunnar Meier, © RADIUS CCA

Opening Ceremony: Radical Symbiosis, Radius CCA, Delft, NL
With: Elina Alekseeva, Johanna Bruckner, Penelope Cain, Wim van Egmond, Lizan Freijsen, Escuela de Garaje, Aslı Hatipoğlu, Marit Mihklepp, Natalia Sorzano, curated by Àngels Miralda and Mateo Chacón Pino

Wim van Egmond, Leeuwenhoek Microscope Live Viewer, 2023
Intervention during Exhibition Opening: Radical Symbiosis, Radius CCA, Delft, NL, curated by Àngels Miralda and Mateo Chacón Pino, Photo: Joris van den Einden

Escuela de Garaje, Garage School Underground, 2023
Exhibition Opening: Radical Symbiosis, Radius CCA, Delft, NL, curated by Àngels Miralda and Mateo Chacón Pino, Photo: Joris van den Einden, © RADIUS CCA

Natalia Sorzano, Mud and Sticky Band, 2023
Exhibition Opening: Radical Symbiosis, Radius CCA, Delft, NL, curated by Àngels Miralda and Mateo Chacón Pino, Photo: Joris van den Einden, © RADIUS CCA

Persons

Mateo Chacón Pino
Scientific Associate