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Tuesday, July 5th, 2016
12:00 PM to 5:00 PM

Victoria – BioArt is coming to Victoria! BioArt is a new form of artistic practice that uses scientific processes and materials for a gallery setting. Ontario-based artist Jennifer Willet presents NATURAL SCIENCE, a touring exhibition that connects science and art, while undermining traditional hierarchies between the natural and un-natural worlds. Specimens intermingle in unusual ways challenging the protocols of traditional laboratory work and art studios.

The project is inspired by art and science research conducted in a portable lab constructed in the Rocky Mountains during a residency at the Banff Centre. This unique collection of BioArt research serves to re-imagine the role that biotechnology plays in our shared natural history. Victoria audiences will have the opportunity to view the existing research and to contribute to this growing collection of experiments by participating in workshops, and the DIY LIFE: Art + Science + Ecology Fair. Artist talk + Algae workshop Saturday, June 18, 2016, 2-5pm Jennifer Willet will present a short artist talk and introduce her new project the Algae Organ, a street-organ inspired instrument that grows spirulina algae and plays music. Her talk will be followed by a workshop that invites hands-on access to the process of growing your own algae.

Victoria Yeast workshop Wednesday, June 22, 2016, 5-8pm Jennifer Willet will conduct the Victoria Yeast workshop, part of an ongoing series that makes visible to audiences and participants the microorganisms we share our communities with everyday. Participants will learn more about biological art practices; gain hands-on experience making potato dextrose agar plates, and collecting yeast samples.

Samples collected during the workshop will be grown in a pop-up lab in the gallery and will be featured as part of the exhibition and the DIY LIFE: Art + Science + Ecology Fair. The workshops are by donation and open to all ages. Please email office@openspace. ca to register. DIY LIFE: Art + Science + Ecology Fair Saturday, June 25, 2016, 12-5pm, Fisherman’s Wharf Park DIY LIFE: Art + Science + Ecology Fair will be a gathering of art, science and ecology projects, groups and organizations coming together to explore possibilities for an innovative, creative, and sustainable future. This event will feature a series of artist and community projects exploring the intersection of art, science and ecology, and showcase work from local practitioners and participants in the workshops. All aspects of the project will be documented in the DIY LIFE HACK zine and become a local contribution to Jennifer Willet’s ongoing research into our relations and responsibilities to the other life forms we share our planet and our laboratories with. Visit http://www.openspace.ca/NATURAL_SCIENCE for more information and an up-to- date schedule of events.