Science, Philosophy, Ethics and Art Meet the Microbes

Join practitioners from across the arts, humanities and sciences for a two-day symposium to propose and discuss methods and aesthetics of engagement with microbial life from multidisciplinary perspectives to afford new vantages for inquiry.

RSVP to coe-gem@buffalo.edu
Free and open to the public

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2017

Coalesce Center for Biological Art, Hochstetter 359, UB North Campus

1-3pm | Aeolian Microbe Workshop

• Joel Ong, Coalesce Artist-in-Residence; Assistant Professor, York University, Toronto

3:30-6pm | Winogradsky Column Workshop

• Nicole Clouston, Coalesce Artist-in-Residence; Artist, Toronto

Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center, 341 Delaware Ave, Buffalo

7-7:30pm | Symposium Meet & Greet

7:30-9pm | Screening and Artist Talk

• Cosima Herter, Film Producer; Scientific Advisor to Orphan Black tv series

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2017

Coalesce Center for Biological Art, Hochstetter 308, UB North Campus

12-12:50pm | Tour and Open Laboratory Demonstrations

• Dr. Solon Morse, Coalesce Lab Manager
• Leonardo Brito, PhD Candidate, Media Studies

Student Union, Room 330, UB North Campus

1-1:30pm | Welcome Lunch

1:30-2pm | Symposium Introduction

• Paul Vanouse, Professor of Art; Director of Coalesce Center for Biological Art
• Dr. Jennifer Surtees, Associate Professor of Biochemistry; Co-Director, Genome, Environment & Microbiome Community of Excellence, UB
• Dr. James Bono, Associate Professor of History
• Dr. Gerald Koudelka, Professor of Biological Science; Associate Dean for Research & Sponsored Programs, UB

2-3pm | Symbiotic Interactions, Methods of Engagement

• Dr. Lauren Soussubre, Assistant Professor of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering, UB
• Nicole Clouston, Artist, Toronto
• Joel Ong, Assistant Professor, York University, Toronto
• Gunes-Hélène Isitan, Artist, Montreal

3:15-4:15pm | Non-humans, Ethics, Law, Ontology

• Dr. Adam Zaretsky, Artist; Lecturer, Marist College
• Dr. Irus Braverman, Professor of Law & Adjunct Professor of Geography, UB
• Dr. Randy Schiff, Associate Professor of English, UB

4:30-5:30pm | Post-Anthropocentric Aesthetics and Practices

• Dr. Monika Bakke—Plenary Lecture, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland

5:30-6pm | Closing Remarks

For more information, contact: Paul Vanouse, Director of Coalesce Center for Biological Art,
Professor of Art, UB (vanouse@buffalo.edu).