Speakers on 12 December 2023 Session
Ekaterina Kormilitsyna | Science Fiction and Interspecies Communication

Ekaterina Kormilitsyna (b. 1994) is an artist and researcher working with biotechnology, engineering and science-fiction. Her philosophy focuses on a trans-disciplinary approach towards exploring interspecies futures [in harmony between technology and nature]. Ekaterina acquired her Bachelor in Film Studies at Queen Mary, University of London (UK) and a Masters in Research from Cardiff Metropolitan University (UK). She is a longterm artist in residence and member at the BioClub Tokyo, and she is currently a Research Affiliate at the Center of Bits and Atoms at the MIT Media Lab.

In the colloquium Ekaterina will talk about Science Fiction and her research into interspecies communication and imagining futures for analysing the present while using biological and natural frameworks. “Fiction is is sometimes just a way of finding truth”.

More information & registration: https://pretix.eu/artlaboratoryberlin/in-progress/3844302/