Art&Tech MeetUp w. Giulia Tomasello / Female Biophilia

04.11.2019 18:00 - 20:00

Poligon -> kreativni center

Tobačna ulica 5
Ljubljana, Slovenia

Opis dogodka

Od Ars Electronice do prodajnih polic? Umetniški projekti običajno ne postanejo podjetniške zgodbe. Včasih pa je mogoče tudi to.

V ponedeljek, takoj po počitnicah, ne zamudite izjemne Giulie Tomasello in njenih bio-tekstilnih inovacij!

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Ženska higiena in vaginalne okužbe so še vedno močno tabuizirane. Giulia Tomasello (1990) pa je umetnica, ki s svojim inovativim oblikovalsko – raziskovalnim pristopom te kritične pogovore načenja na način, da žensko telo postavlja na presečišče biotehnologije in interaktivnih nosilnih izdelkov. Tako poskuša ozaveščati in tudi zagotavljati alternative obstoječi intimni negi (self-care).

Z željo po odkrivanju in preprečevanju vaginalnih okužb ponudi rešitev – nošnjo bakterij v spodnjem perilu – in obenem odpira vprašanje pripravljenosti in normalizacije uporabe biološkega tekstila kot orodja za prevzemanje nadzora nad lastnim telesom.

Za svoja najbolj odmevna projekta Alma in Future Flora je prejela nagradi Re-FREAM Project 2019 in STARTS Prize 2018 na lanskoletni Gali Ars Electronice. Poleg svoje umetniške prakse pa je trenutno tudi gostujoča predavateljica na Politecnico di Milano.

Lepo vabljeni na predavanje naslovljeno Ženska biofilija (Female Biophilia) kjer nam bo ta nadarjena bioumetnica predstavila oblikovanje kot orodje zdravstvene samooskrbe žensk.

Predavanje bo v angleškem jeziku.
Spletno mesto Giulie Tomasello: https://gitomasello.com

Koproducenta dogodka sta Poligon -> kreativni center in Center za kreativnost pri MAO Slovenia.

Projekt Czk sofinancirata EU iz Evropskega sklada za regionalni razvoj in Republika Slovenija.

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BIO /
Giulia Tomasello is a designer innovating in women’s healthcare combining biotechnology and interactive wearables. Winner of Re-FREAM and STARTS Prize both awarded from EU Horizon 2020 for her projects Alma and Future Flora. By designing alternative scenarios and acting as creative thinker, Giulia questions our notions of wellbeing to develop innovative tools in the intersection of medical and social sciences.Coded Bodies is her teaching platform designed to learn basics of soft wearables and the exploration of biological textiles. She is currently visiting lecturer at Politecnico of Milano.

Lecture / FEMALE BIOPHILIA /
Women’s bodies are considered sacred in society. Female sexual pleasure and fertility are the only issues that matter. If design could become the tool to empower women and their health care – Would women be ready to wear bacteria in their underwear to prevent vaginal infections? Future Flora is a harvesting kit designed for women that are taking control of their bodies as a new precious and intimate practice of (self-)care. By celebrating a Female Biophilia, Tomasello opens the possibility of wearing microorganisms in the future, embracing them as part of our natural well-being.