Opening

For the kick-off of the residency we cordially invited to TRAFO Jena on 09.07.22 to initiate the upcoming research process and exchange of experiences between Arts & Science together with artists, scientists, funders and supporters of the past and this year's edition.

During a small snack, personal experiences from arts and science had be exchanged and new networks were established.

Program items
- Presentation of the project "Künstlerische Tatsachen"
- Panel discussion on the annual theme "Tension" with Mindaugas Gapševičius (lecturer at the Bauhaus University) , Mario Kapitan (scientist from last year) and Claus Schöning Lam Yong (artist from last year). The conversation, moderated by Anna Klassen, is dedicated to joint research on organisms, social conditions, states of the human psyche and other topics.
- Presentation of this year’s participating artists and scientists.

Exhibition

02.10.22—19.11.22
Wednesday till Sunday
14:00—18:00 

Admission free, donation requested.

Additional openings as well as guided tours with Ronja Landtau on request. We ask for a donation.

Performance: Metacognitive Tool

27.10.22
19:00

Monika Dorniak's multimedia performance Metacognitive Tool (2016/2022) will be presented as part of the event Mental Health in Academia. In the performance, Colombian performer Eva Robayo explores the anthropocentric paradox of humanity and its position within nature, and outside of it. Sound artist Reece Cox's score is inspired by the artist's research into the symptoms of Solastalgia – the alienating feeling towards our accelerated and fragmented environment. Working with a wearable sculpture, the dancer embodies the state of the sea-creature (Pikaia) 500 million years ago, and morphes into the physical form of the homo sapiens around 300.000 years ago, before arriving at the present anthropocentric state of being 'homo sapiens sapiens'. Analysing the era of the Anthropocene critically, the performance aims to address the oppression of the nature-human-connection and their impact on the traumatised human and more-than-human landscapes. This will be followed by a panel discussion on mental health and its destigmatization; including contributions from the artist, as well as her scientific partners in the residency, Olivia Engmann and Ilona Croy.

Lange Nacht der Wissenschaften

25.11.22
16:00—24:00
Free entry to the exhibition, we ask for a donation. Ronja Landtau, responsible for curation, will be present throughout the evening and will give guided tours through the exhibition at 17:00, 19:00, 21:00 and 23:00. 
More info on the framework programme of Lange Nacht der Wissenschaften here.

Please note, the TRAFO is unheated. We recommend warm clothing. 

Opening

For the kick-off of the residency we cordially invited to TRAFO Jena on 09.07.22 to initiate the upcoming research process and exchange of experiences between Arts & Science together with artists, scientists, funders and supporters of the past and this year's edition.

During a small snack, personal experiences from arts and science had be exchanged and new networks were established.

Program items
- Presentation of the project "Künstlerische Tatsachen"
- Panel discussion on the annual theme "Tension" with Mindaugas Gapševičius (lecturer at the Bauhaus University) , Mario Kapitan (scientist from last year) and Claus Schöning Lam Yong (artist from last year). The conversation, moderated by Anna Klassen, is dedicated to joint research on organisms, social conditions, states of the human psyche and other topics.
- Presentation of this year’s participating artists and scientists.

Exhibition

02.10.22—19.11.22
Wednesday till Sunday
14:00—18:00 

Admission free, donation requested.

Additional openings as well as guided tours with Ronja Landtau on request. We ask for a donation.

Lange Nacht der Wissenschaften

25.11.22
16:00—24:00
Free entry to the exhibition, we ask for a donation. Ronja Landtau, responsible for curation, will be present throughout the evening and will give guided tours through the exhibition at 17:00, 19:00, 21:00 and 23:00. 
More info on the framework programme of Lange Nacht der Wissenschaften here.

Please note, the TRAFO is unheated. We recommend warm clothing.