ROSCOSMOE

By Xavier Bailly, Ewen Chardronnet, Špela Petrič, Miha Turšič (FR & SI)

Roscosmoe aims to develop and design a series of experiences and bioregenerative life-support systems to assess the behavior of the photosymbiotic marine worm Symsagittifera roscoffensis in a variety of gravitational environments, including zero-gravity conditions. The interdisciplinary project Roscosmoe aims to study the potential of terrestrial and marine biodiversity in the field of space research. It connects marine biology, design, anthropology of science and intermedia art.

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Partners for Roscosmoe include Multicellular Marine Models (M3) laboratory, Roscoff Biological Station (CNRS-Sorbonne University), France; Ping Association, Nantes, France; Daniel and Nina Carasso Foundation, Paris, France; Postgravityart, Delak Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia; Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Ljubljana, Slovenia, and Waag, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

This exhibit was supported through a partnership with the French Embassy in Ireland.

BIO

Xavier Bailly is a doctor in molecular genetics and evolution. He is a CNRS research engineer at the Roscoff Biological Station, and directs the M3 Multicellular Marine Models laboratory. It implements and develops functional genetic tools on marine organisms dedicated to functional exploration throughout life cycles. Artist, author, journalist and curator Ewen Chardronnet has been contributing to the development of collective works in the fields of the investigative art, space art, art and science and performance for 20 years. Špela Petrič works on the border between digital arts, natural sciences, performance and artistic research. With the concept of ter(r)abiology, she examines the confrontations between living systems and systems of knowledge production, cultural and non-human, digital abstractions and material entities, which inevitably leads to production of works of art, agency and hybrid expression. Miha Turšič is a Slovenian artist living in Amsterdam. He co-founded in 2009 and led until 2016 the Cultural Center for European Space Technologies (KSEVT) in Slovenia. He is currently responsible for the development of art and science platforms at the Waag Society in Amsterdam, and is cooperating with the ESTEC Research Center of the European Space Agency (Netherlands) and the Cosmonaut Training Center Yuri Gagarin (Russia). Miha Turšič is a member of the artist collective Postgravityart.