Na semana passada inaugurΓ‘mos βUncharismatic Aliens: Weird Life on Earth and Beyond in Science Fiction and Bio Artβ no Jardim BotΓ’nico do Porto.
Esta exposição colectiva integra o projecto Extraterrestrial Posthumanism, que investiga de que forma a ciΓͺncia contemporΓ’nea, a ficção cientΓfica e a bioarte podem transformar a nossa compreensΓ£o da vida, ao centrar-se nas formas de existΓͺncia extraterrestre mais provΓ‘veis β mas menos imaginadas: os microrganismos e outros organismos βnΓ£o carismΓ‘ticosβ.
Partindo de descobertas recentes da astrobiologia, que sugerem que a vida alienΓgena poderΓ‘ assentar em bioquΓmicas radicalmente diferentes das que conhecemos na Terra, o projecto questiona por que razΓ£o os microrganismos continuam a ser culturalmente negligenciados, apesar de constituΓrem as formas de vida mais antigas e diversificadas do nosso planeta.
Patente ao pΓΊblico atΓ© 29 de Junho.
Last week we openedΒ “Uncharismatic Aliens Weird Life on Earth and Beyond in Science Fiction and Bio Art” at Porto’s Botanical Garden.
This collective shown is drawn from the Extraterrestrial Posthumanism project that investigates how contemporary science, science fiction, and bio art can reshape our understanding of life by focusing on the most likelyβyet least imaginedβforms of extraterrestrial existence: microbial and βuncharismaticβ organisms. Building on recent astrobiology, which proposes that alien life may rely on radically different biochemistries, the project explores why microbes remain culturally overlooked despite being Earthβs most ancient and diverse life forms.
To visit until the 29th of June!
Peças/ Artworks
Stephanie Rothenberg & Kathy High – Fountains of the deep: Chemosynthetic Worlding, 2025
Hege Tapio & Cosima Herter – Searching for Intergalactic Love, 2025
