Matina Magkou

Art and Water: a publication inspired by STARTS4Water

Art and Water: a publication inspired by STARTS4Water We lack a sustainable approach towards water and a well-balanced relationship with the natural world of seas and oceans. Combined with the impact of climate change, water issues create enormous global challenges that require systemic change. To systematically transform how water is valued across business practices, policies, …

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STARTS4Water at Gugenheim Museum Bilbao

STARTS4Water at Ecologies of Water International Symposium, Guggenheim Museum Bilbao On October 6, 2022, the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao is hosting an international multidisciplinary symposium under the title Ecologies of Water: A Cooperation Framework Between Art, Science, and Technology in cooperation with STARTS4Water. Aimed at highlighting the importance of water to the future on Earth, the …

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WATERWORKS- exhibition exploring the cultural role and meaning of water at V2_Lab for the Unstable Media

On the 22nd of September is the opening of the WATERWORKS exhibition taking place at V2_Unstable Media, a partner of the S+T+ARTS4Water project. WATERWORKS explores the cultural role and meaning of water. It comprises several technology-based artworks that look at some of the most pressing global challenges of our time, brought about by the new …

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Interview with S+T+ARTS4Water artists Leonor Serrano Rivas and Diego Delas

Interview with S+T+ARTS4Water artists Leonor Serrano Rivas and Diego Delas An interview with Leonor Serrano Rivas and Diego Delas about The Future of High Waters: Geo-engineering Solutions for the Venetian Lagoon When Leonor Serrano Rivas and Diego Delas, both artists, architects, and researchers, applied for the open call ‘The Future of High Waters: Geoengineering Solutions for …

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In Conversation with Sonia Levy

In Conversation with Sonia Levy, S+T+ARTS artist in residency at TBA21 within the STARTS4Water project  When artist Sonia Levy applied for the S+T+ARTS residency in TBA21–Academy, together with ecologist Meredith Root Bernstein, anthropologist Heather Swanson and architect Alexandra Arènes, they had a clear focus. Already speculating on the project’s outcome, the group listed that their …

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S+T+ARTS 4 Water artists at Becoming Fresh & Salty Drops (of water)

S+T+ARTS4Water artists-in-residence Sonia Levy with Heather Ann Swanson and Diego Delas and Leonor Serrano Rivas at Becoming Fresh & Salty Drops (of water) “Becoming Fresh & Salty Drops (of water)” was a month-long program celebrating the water and life forms of the Venice Lagoon, the largest coastal lagoon in the Mediterranean Sea, home to TBA21–Academy’s Ocean …

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Rebuilding relationships with fluvial systems

Rebuilding relationships with fluvial systems – S+T+ARTS artists Theresa Schubert and Joshua G. Stein exhibition at Cittadelarte in the framework of the S+T+ARTS4Water project The exhibition S+T+ARTS4Water. Rebuilding relationships with fluvial systems presents the final projects of artists Theresa Schubert and Joshua G. Stein, the result of their residency within the S+T+ARTS4Water project (2021-2022), which by combining …

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In Conversation with S+T+ARTS4Water artist-in-residence Haseeb Ahmed

In Conversation with S+T+ARTS4Water artist-in-residence Haseeb Ahmed Based in Brussels for his S+T+ARTS project, Haseeb Ahmed hosted by GLUON and LUCA school of Arts wants to explore the journey that pharmaceuticals take from the point of human consumption and excretion to water streams and nonhuman life. His aim is to look for evidence of antidepressants …

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The lifecycle of architectural remains –                                                            a conversation with Joshua Stein

The lifecycle of architectural remains –   a conversation with Joshua Stein Cato Boeschoten interviewed Joshua Stein for a second time during his S+T+ARTS residency at Cittadelarte- Pistoletto Foundation, which focuses on anthropogenic contributions to the rivers and rice fields of Biella (Italy). Here is what he said about his work which focuses on anthropogenic …

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