TALKS / PERFORMANCES / WORKSHOPS

Biodesign - 3h lecture/class at the Luca School of Art Gent (05.03.2024)

Biodesign - 3h lecture/class at the Luca School of Art Gent (05.03.2024)

The biodesign module is a series of hands-on workshops that immerse you in the world of bio-based materials and solutions. You will gain biological insights, question your anthropocentric worldview and develop an ethical view on synthetic biology. You will also get to work yourself and experiment with algae, fungi,.... In this workshop series, you will be guided by experts; inspiring speakers
Bee Agency - lecture at the Uni.Utrecht, dep. History of Art, Science and Technology (20.12.2023)

Bee Agency - lecture at the Uni.Utrecht, dep. History of Art, Science and Technology (20.12.2023)

Ecologies of Art: Ways of Making, Conserving, and Knowing. More specifically, this lecture will focus on 'Conservation, Art/Nature, and Insects' and will relate different perspectives. There will be a deeper look at the making process as well as conservation issues.
The Garden of Knowledge, presentatie (04.12.2023)

The Garden of Knowledge, presentatie (04.12.2023)

We care. Caress. Connect. Ook in 2023. We maken er meteen ons jaarthema van. Samen met kunstenaars, tentoonstellingsmakers, schrijvers, architecten, curatoren, ontwerpers, buren en vrienden koesteren we verhalen en verbeeldingen in de wereld van de kunsten. We verbinden onszelf met de idee van betrokkenheid. We denken over ons, de wereld, het private en het publieke. We delen onze gedachten, benieuwd en nieuwsgierig, vanaf februari maandelijks op zondag, om 11:00 in het auditorium van Mu.ZEE.
The Intelligent Guerrilla Beehive, lecture at the Parsons School of Design, NY (21.11.2023)

The Intelligent Guerrilla Beehive, lecture at the Parsons School of Design, NY (21.11.2023)

Lecture on the 'Intelligent Guerrilla Beehive' project, as part of the course 'Honeybee Colonies' taught by Mark Randall at the Parsons School of Design in New York, USA. In the 19th century, the bee was a popular symbol of industry and co-operation. Caricaturist George Cruikshank's 1840 drawing the British Bee Hive, illustrates a diverse range of English professions within a stringent and divided pyramid-based social hierarchy. For thousands of years, humans have had a close relationship with bees.
The Lab for Form and Matter - presentation at Casa de Mateus (27.08.2023)

The Lab for Form and Matter - presentation at Casa de Mateus (27.08.2023)

Resident bio-artist AnneMarie Maes welcomes the public to her studio at the Casa de Mateus Foundation on Sunday, August 27, at 5 p.m., to present her work, which will conclude with an exhibition on November 15. Architect Jonathan Minchin, a researcher into ecological interactions, will explain the relationship between this artistic work and the "School of Transitions" program run by the Casa de Mateus Foundation.
More than Planet (symposium 17&18/5/2023, ISEA Paris)

More than Planet (symposium 17&18/5/2023, ISEA Paris)

The European project "More-than-Planet" (2022 - 2025) gives voice to the imaginaries of planetarity, starting from the observation that it is urgent to re-examine the way people understand and represent the environment. This "Ocean-Space-Ocean" edition of the "More-Than-Planet" symposium series will bring together artists and researchers to question the role of the oceans in planetary balances and the perspectives offered by marine biodiversity in the ecological transition.
Rituals with Microbial Ancestors, performance (Earth Day - Symbiosium Paris, 22.04.2023)

Rituals with Microbial Ancestors, performance (Earth Day - Symbiosium Paris, 22.04.2023)

‘Rituals with Microbial Ancestors’ est une performance qui découle de l'alchimie créée lors des processus de fermentation. Insinuant un futur possible dans lequel différents mondes créent un univers à la fois terrestre et aquatique, humain et bactérien, la performance explore poétiquement la relation étroite et fascinante entre les humains et les bactéries.
Rituals with Microbial Ancestors, performance (Kunsthalle Mulhouse, 30.03.2023)

Rituals with Microbial Ancestors, performance (Kunsthalle Mulhouse, 30.03.2023)

'Rituals with Microbial Ancestors' is a performance that stems from the alchemy created during fermentation processes. Insinuating a possible future in which different worlds create a universe that is both terrestrial and aquatic, human and bacterial, the performance poetically explores the close and fascinating relationship between humans and bacteria. Anne Marie Maes invites us to consider what the future of coexistence might look like in a world where our ecological consciousness is constantly evolving and speculative time fluctuates through a network. Do we reject or embrace these tiny organisms as they weave a membrane of space-time around our bodies? Can we become entwined in an erotic...
Associer l’artiste et le chercheur pour penser une société contemporaine. Kunsthalle Mulhouse (03.2023)

Associer l’artiste et le chercheur pour penser une société contemporaine. Kunsthalle Mulhouse (03.2023)

Jeudi 30 mars 2023, la Kunsthalle de Mulhouse organise le colloque "Associer l’artiste et le chercheur pour penser une société contemporaine". Avec la participation de Christophe Chaillou (enseignant à l’Universite de Lille & chargé de mission Art & Sciences), Fernando Garcia-Dory (artiste), Guillaume Logé (chercheur associe à l’Universite Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne), Anne Marie Maes (artiste) et Luc Steels (scientifique).
Emerge - Arizona State University. Laser talk on Fermentation (November 2022)

Emerge - Arizona State University. Laser talk on Fermentation (November 2022)

ASU-LASER talk: Fermentation Emerge 2022: Eating at the Edges - A Festival of Food Futures. The event will take place on Saturday, November 19 at 1 pm MST. The topic is Fermentation. LASER ASU-CYLAND: Fermentation will take place at the Emerge Festival in Mesa, Arizona. This year’s festival explores our relationship with food and what that will look like in a future with severe environmental challenges.
Cyfest Yerevan - the Garden of Knowledge (October 2022)

Cyfest Yerevan - the Garden of Knowledge (October 2022)

The Garden of Knowledge: on Symbiosis, Fermentation and Interspecies Collaboration My rooftop garden is my laboratory. It is my training ground to develop my creativity, and it enables me to have an active dialogue with living material. It is a space where thinking and manual work go hand in hand. It connects the visible with the invisible and brings together making and performing. My art research is based on a collaboration with living organisms such as plants, insects and bacteria.
Hamburg Machine - Book Launch at Westwerk Hamburg (July 2022)

Hamburg Machine - Book Launch at Westwerk Hamburg (July 2022)

In its second term from 2018 to 2020 with the title HAMBURG MASCHINE, the urban initiative project "Stadtkuratorin Hamburg" revolved around the theme of digitality in the context of art in the public sphere. This publication documents, updates, and expands the program developed and curated by Dirck Möllmann. The artists invited by him have created photo spreads about their projects and talked about their work with dialog partners of their choice.
Rencontre Art|Science. La Grange, UniLausanne. (avril 2022)

Rencontre Art|Science. La Grange, UniLausanne. (avril 2022)

La Grange propose une soirée de rencontres et de discussions pour explorer le lien entre les arts et les sciences et les collaborations possibles entre chercheurexs et artistes. Quel est l’historique de ces relations ? Comment cette approche peut-elle bénéficier des changements sociétaux actuels ? Quels en sont les développements possibles?
Connect2Nature. Workshops in Ostend and Brussels. (March-April 2022)

Connect2Nature. Workshops in Ostend and Brussels. (March-April 2022)

In het traject Connect2Nature willen we werken aan een evenwicht tussen lichaam en geest door te connecteren met de Natuur. Dit doen we zowel op fysisch als op psychisch niveau. De workshop Connect2Nature kadert binnen het project 2Spaces. 2Spaces onderzoekt hoe kunst en digitale technologie kunnen bijdragen aan het welzijn van AYAs, jonge kankerpatiënten. Daarvoor worden Design Thinking en Art Thinking te gecombineert.
Embodied Bodies. Workshop for Parts students (Brussels, March 2022)

Embodied Bodies. Workshop for Parts students (Brussels, March 2022)

EMBODIED BODIES Inspired by the work of biologist Lynn Margulis on the concept of Symbiosis and her understanding of the human body as a Holobiont(an ecosystem where human cells cohabit with multiple other life forms), this performance explores what it means to experience ourselves, our bodies as not strictly human but as a community of interrelated and interdependent organisms, cohabiting and inter-reacting with one another, providing for each other, living together.
BEE AGENCY on DUUU (Radio DUUU, Paris - February 2022)

BEE AGENCY on DUUU (Radio DUUU, Paris - February 2022)

Edith Doove interviews AnneMarie Maes about her project ‘BEE AGENCY’. They discuss amongst others how AnneMarie came to work with bees, how this led to working with bacteria and algae and above all what the bees are telling us and how AnneMarie works with their sounds in different compositions. The program is part of the Biennale Nova_XX and was produced by the Centre Wallonie Bruxelles in Paris.
Lagoon Micro-ecologies. Venice as a model for the future? (Venice, May 2021)

Lagoon Micro-ecologies. Venice as a model for the future? (Venice, May 2021)

“Venice as a Model for the Future?” is curated by Barbara Casavecchia and Pietro Consolandi for TBA21−Academy and Ocean Space. This chapter moves beyond the urban boundaries of the city of Venice towards the islands of its lagoon. The participants direct their steps and gazes to the land and the seascapes created by the interaction between various species, not only human, that inhabit them: from coastal sand to garden soil, from salt marshes, a thriving home to wild plants and birds, to seabeds populated by tiny fish and molluscs.
Archives and AI: coping with Climate Change (Venezia, May 2021)

Archives and AI: coping with Climate Change (Venezia, May 2021)

Climate change is one of the most pressing issues of our time and its devastating impact is already felt strongly in cities like Venice, which are struggling to remain sustainable and habitable. Dealing with climate change not only requires science and technology but the cooperation from everybody in society. One step to help achieve this cooperation is through the construction of archives about dramatic events related to climate change.
Zeeconomie (De Tijd, mei 2021)

Zeeconomie (De Tijd, mei 2021)

The blue economy is an unknown stronghold in Flanders. Discover all about it in an extensive dossier in “De Tijd” — Belgium’s leading financial times —, with articles, reports and videos. From now on you’ll be looking at the North Sea differently. In this context, we visited the studio of artist AnneMarie Maes in Brussels and talked with her about the innovative potential of algae.
Laser talk Brussels (Leonardo MIT, April 2021)

Laser talk Brussels (Leonardo MIT, April 2021)

In 2021 there will be four talks, starting Tuesday 20 April with a conversation with Annemarie Maes, artist and researcher, and Camilla Colombo, curator. Edith Doove will be moderator. Annemarie Maes is showing her exhibition SENSORIAL SKINS – WOVEN BY NATURE, in 2 parts at PILAR, House for Art and Science – Brussels 8 – 23 April 2021 iMAL, Art Center for Digital Culture and Technology – Brussels 29 April – 16 May 2021 with Camilla Colombo as curator.
Class BioArt in the Glimps BioLabs Workshops (Glimps, Dec.2020)

Class BioArt in the Glimps BioLabs Workshops (Glimps, Dec.2020)

GLIMPS.bio-LABS is a unique deep-dive experience merging biofabrication, biomimicry, art and design. It’s the best way to connect with scientists, artists and designers for an exploration of the bio-future we envision together with our partners. We have diverse modules in which you can experiment with hands-on biofabrication, kickstart your own bio-inspired project and learn about bio-inspired design, biomaterials and circular economy.
Master Class ArtisticResearch: BioArt (University of Barcelona Dec. 2020)

Master Class ArtisticResearch: BioArt (University of Barcelona Dec. 2020)

  On Bio-art and bio-fabrication: A process at the intersection of art and science. AnneMarie Maes will talk about her artistic practice, covering biomimicry in bioart and biofabrication. She will give an overview of the development processes of her most important works (BEE Agency, the Laboratory of Form and Matter, Sensorial Skin) and explain how she is collaborating with scientists to deepen artisic research and dive beyond the aesthetic level by adding social and ecological engagement.
L'Humain Qui Vient, conference (Le Fresnoy, Nov. 2020)

L'Humain Qui Vient, conference (Le Fresnoy, Nov. 2020)

Ce panel regroupe une serie d’interventions de 4 artistes. Nous avons regroupé nos interventions sous le titre « le non-humain sous 4 rapports ». Certes il peut paraître un peu curieux dans un colloque sur l’humain d’aborder la question par la négative, d’autant que le concept de non-humain a été mobilisé plusieurs fois au cours de ces journées.
SALOON #13, studio visit - (Brussels, June 2020)

SALOON #13, studio visit - (Brussels, June 2020)

'Saloon' is an international network of women working in the art scenes of Berlin, Barcelona, Brussels, Dresden Hamburg, London, Paris, Prague, Tel Aviv and Vienna as curators, artists or journalists, as well as in galleries, museums or universities.
]unframed[, a close-up on Art/Science (Bourse/Beurs Brussels 07-11.2019)

]unframed[, a close-up on Art/Science (Bourse/Beurs Brussels 07-11.2019)

The panel will bring in different points of view on the topic of art and science collaborations, to tackle questions such as what does it mean to build bridges between artistic and scientific disciplines, especially in this society of hyper specialization and fragmentation? What does make a collaboration between artist and scientist successful? How to present the outcomes of this collaborations to our audiences, playing the key role of mediators in sensible and meaningful way?
Arias talk: Collaboration as Contamination (Amsterdam, 25.10.2019)

Arias talk: Collaboration as Contamination (Amsterdam, 25.10.2019)

Abstract: Artists and scientists as both maker-oriented thinkers open up approaches with more space for reflection and discussion when forming collaborations. How can these spaces, these hybrid laboratories, being created and sustained in and outside institutional contexts? Prof. Raoul Frese, Hybrid Labs - artist AnneMarie Maes
Hack the Lab! (3.9.2019 Ghent and 4.9.2019 Brussels)

Hack the Lab! (3.9.2019 Ghent and 4.9.2019 Brussels)

Often asepticised, secluded and reserved for scientific purposes, a laboratory is a place for scrutiny. Seemingly opposed to the immaculate space of scientific research, is the artist’s studio. Expected to reflect on creativity, the studio tends to be subject to preconceptions. For two types of creativity, two separate shelters. Nonetheless, scientists as well as artists seek « a place providing opportunity for experimentation, observation, or practice in a field of study ».
UN/GREEN - the conference, Riga Latvia (4/5/6.07.2019)

UN/GREEN - the conference, Riga Latvia (4/5/6.07.2019)

05/07/2019 - UN/GREEN - Public Keynotes and Artist Talks Moderated by: Rasa SMITE Agnes MEYER BRANDIS / AnneMarie MAES / Peter ZORN Venue: The Latvian National Museum of Art http://festival2019.rixc.org/ AnneMarie MAES. Intelligent Beehives (25 min + 5 min) Sensorial Skin for an Intelligent Guerrilla Beehive In her talk, AnneMarie Maes will give a quick introduction of the current state of the art of bioart and biodesign in an international context.
Open BioLab Brussels, research, workshops & talks (14/02/2019)

Open BioLab Brussels, research, workshops & talks (14/02/2019)

Presentation of the projects BEE AGENCY and THE INTELLIGENT GUERRILLA BEEHIVE for the students of the Biomedical Laboratory Sciences at Erasmus Hogeschool Brussels. Soon we will work in the Open BioLab on the follow up of the Guerrilla Beehive project, and I will teach some workshops on renewable materials, e.g. microbial cellulose and mycelium as fabric.
UNIVERSITY BARCELONA, BELLAS ARTES (28-29/11/2018)

UNIVERSITY BARCELONA, BELLAS ARTES (28-29/11/2018)

Bio-art: artistic research & production inspired by science AnneMarie Maes will talk about her artistic research, including the fieldwork and the collaborations with scientists, and how this research is translated in the production of artworks.
THE UMWELT OF THE FORAGER - Piksel Festival Norway (23-24/11/2018)

THE UMWELT OF THE FORAGER - Piksel Festival Norway (23-24/11/2018)

The workshop -the Umwelt of the Forager- will be studying the bio semiotics of the beehive & its ecosystem. The workshop will be organized as a DYI BioLab: the starting point is the role of pheromones and the important task these signifiers play for the communication in the beehive and for the relation of the bees to their ecosystem. Participants will be sensing the ecology of the beehive and interpret the emergence of symbols. They will be detecting the granularity of waves formed between bacterial signals and the signs emitted through invisible (bio)technologies.
HEK, Basel - artist talk (29/08/2018)

HEK, Basel - artist talk (29/08/2018)

Artist talks, moderated by Yvonne Volckart. With: Rasa Smite & Raitis Smits, Ursula Biemann, Maria Castellanos, HeHe, Knowbotiq Research, Marcus Maeder, Vanessa Lorenzo, AnneMarie Maes, Aline Veillat, Baggenstos/Rudolf. Yvonne questions if media and sensing technologies might enhance our empathic relations towards our environment and non-humans or not, and if we need this or not.
ERG art/science, Bruxelles (5/12/2017)

ERG art/science, Bruxelles (5/12/2017)

The work of AnneMarie Maes is a tight coupling between art and science. It meanders on the edge of biology, ecology and technology. AnneMarie Maes’ artistic research is materialized in techno-organic objects that are inspired by factual/fictional stories; in artifacts that are a combination of digital fabrication and craftsmanship; in installations that reflect both the problem and the (possible) solution, in multispecies collaborations, in polymorphic forms and models created by eco-data.
SHAPESHIFTERS - Beursschouwburg, Brussels (12/12/17)

SHAPESHIFTERS - Beursschouwburg, Brussels (12/12/17)

Lectures in 2017 | In this edition, we continue to explore to what extent nature can be altered, bent, or hacked by the interference of designers and artists. How do they facilitate the visualisation of transformations and complex processes in our natural systems? Six designers/researchers reflect on how these evolutions lead to fundamental shifts on our Anthropocene planet and beyond.
Forum NovaXX - ESA St.Luc, Brussels (11/12/17)

Forum NovaXX - ESA St.Luc, Brussels (11/12/17)

For a Copernican Revolution – The Art of Transgression. The exit of corporations, and crossing borders. Transdisciplinarity: how the meeting between the latest technologies, the world of science and artistic creation can invent new and promising work. How to contribute to the creation of new partnerships between these players in these complementary fields.
NovaXX conference - Société, Brussels (09/11/17)

NovaXX conference - Société, Brussels (09/11/17)

I am an artist, a beekeeper and a herbalist. My work is a tight coupling between art and science. It draws on the edge of biology, ecology and technology. My research starts from long-term field observations which I translate in factual and/or fictional stories. My huge collection of eco-data (video, audio and environmental sensor data) is the basis for the creation of techno-organic objects that are a combination of digital fabrication and craftsmanship. My (often large scale) installations reflect both the problem and the possible solution, and they are mostly build upon multispecies collaborations.
PECHAKUCHA - Bozar Brussels (28/09/17)

PECHAKUCHA - Bozar Brussels (28/09/17)

Petcha Kucha on the research & development methods in art/science. The talk is part of BEAF (Bozar Electronic Arts Festival) and Tendencies #02 and is focussing on biotechnological processes, bacteria as living technology and problem solving in working with living organisms.
ARTIST TALK - Prix Ars Electronica Prix, Linz (07/09/17)

ARTIST TALK - Prix Ars Electronica Prix, Linz (07/09/17)

Belgian artist AnneMarie Maes presents her project ‘Sensorial Skin for an Intelligent Guerilla Beehive’. 'The Intelligent Guerilla Beehive is a speculative research project that combines in a radical way smart materials, biomimetic forms and biotechnology. It is inspired by the intelligence, complexity and self-organisation of bee colonies as Super Organisms.
ARTIST TALK - GreyArea/SivaZona, Croatia (06/08/17)

ARTIST TALK - GreyArea/SivaZona, Croatia (06/08/17)

AnneMarie Maes is an artist and a researcher. Her art meanders on the edge of biology, ecology and technology. Her research practice combines art and science with a strong interest for DIY technologies. She works with a range of biological, digital and traditional media, including live organisms.
TNT Talk - Joint Research Centre Ispra, Italy (21/06/17)

TNT Talk - Joint Research Centre Ispra, Italy (21/06/17)

Talk by AnneMarie Maes [Brussels Urban Bee laboratory] at the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission as part of the TNT (Thinkers 'n' Tinkers) Talks series of seminars. Intelligent and Open Source Beehives, non-intrusive bee monitoring. Bee colonies are threatened in all industrialized nations.