International Summer School 2010, Cologne

LIVING MATTER
ART & RESEARCH & SCIENCE STUDIES IN BIOLOGICAL LABORATORIES

18th July 2010 - 23rd July 2010
Location: Academy of Media Arts (KHM)
Peter-Welter-Platz 2, D-50676 Cologne, Germany
In cooperation with the Institute for Philosophy, Freie Universität,
Berlin

Funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) in the
context of the Collaborative Research Project "Embodied Information"
(http://www.fu-berlin.de/embodiedinformation)

Participants: MA- and PhD Students of Philosophy, STS, Art, and
Humanities and Artists

Application: Send your project description (2-3 pages) and CV (1 page
+ list of exhibitions if applicable) until 15th March 2010 to Prof. Dr.
Peter Bexte, e-mail: summerschool2010khm.de

Acceptance: Offer of acceptance by 1st April 2010 (Costs for travel
expenses to and accommodation in Cologne will be covered.)

Topic
Biological laboratories as sites of artistic and epistemic practice have
enabled research that informs humanities, arts, and sciences. During the
last decades various laboratory studies have established descriptive
modes and methods of investigation. For instance, Hans-Joerg
Rheinberger´s concept of 'epistemic objects', the notion of Bruno Latour
on objects as agents and 'science in action' as well as Karin Knorr
Cetina´s investigations on the reconfigurations of relations to the
world within laboratories. Furthermore, artists have explored the hidden
agendas and practices of biological laboratories in various projects,
such as Hannes Rickli´s long term study 'Überschuss. Videogramme des
Experimentierens' or the work at SymbioticA- Centre of Excellence in
Biological Arts.

The summer school brings together artists and researchers who work in
the context of biological laboratories. Besides methodological and
theoretical discussions we want to stimulate the exchange between
research in arts and humanities. We would also like to mediate
experience of laboratory work by practical exercises, e.g. in the KHM
Laboratory for Experimental Computer Science (Lab3). Therefore, the
program includes project presentations by the participants, BioArt and
laboratory workshops in addition to plenary and public lectures.

Faculty
Prof. Dr. Peter Bexte, KHM Cologne (Art History)
Kathrin Friedrich, KHM Cologne (Media Studies and STS)
Dr. Gabriele Gramelsberger, KHM Cologne/FU Berlin (Philosophy of
Science)
Dr. Karin Harrasser, KHM Cologne (Cultural Theory and Media Studies)
Dr. Werner Kogge, FU Berlin (Philosophy of Biology)
Nina Samuel, FU Berlin (Art History)
Lasse Scherffig, KHM Cologne (Information and Cognitive Science)
Prof. Dr. Georg Trogemann, KHM Cologne (Experimental Computer Science)

Guests
Dr. Adrian Mackenzie, ESRC Lancaster (STS and Philosophy of Biology and
Technology)
Prof. Dr. Hans-Joerg Rheinberger, MPI for the History of Science Berlin
(History and Epistemology of Experimentation in Life Sciences) (to be
confirmed)
Prof. Hannes Rickli, ZHdK Zuerich (Artist and Contemporary Arts
Research)
SymbioticA- Centre of Excellence in Biological Arts, Australia (Video
Lecture) (to be confirmed)