CYFEST14 Anne Marie Maes The Garden of Knowledge

Anne Marie Maes (Belgium) The Garden of Knowledge: on Symbiosis, Fermentation and Interspecies Collaboration Date: 19:00 Location: HayArt Cultural Center Language of presentation English 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. I research the natural networks and dynamic ecosystems they are part of. The resulting artworks have their own behavior, metabolism and agency. The installations and sculptures grow, communicate, sense, smell and react. They are evolving performances where each installation has its own lifetime, creating a landscape on the border between natural life and science fiction. Anne Marie Maes