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    The project Seeker [LJ4] in Ljubljana opened to the public in December 2013 and was on view at the Museum of Modern Art in Ljubljana until the end of January 2014. During this Seeker project a new way of designing had been used. One of the team members, Igor Krizanovskij, made a digital design that was then being prototyped with plastic tubes. During the building process the team members went back and forth between the digital design and the sculpture that was being built. Another new aspect was a very elaborate use of hydroponics, aquaponics and ecosystems. After the exhibition at the museum six artists and creatives lived in isolation inside the Seeker [LJ4] starship at Moderna Galerija for three days. During this ‘isolation mission’ they tested the structure that was co-created in December. They explored the psychological consequences of living isolated in a small space with limited resources. The Crew members conducted personal research projects such as food experiments, hydroponics, 3D design, and engaged in critical discussions on interstellar voyaging. Partners Projekt Atol Institute, Museum of Modern Art, Ljubljana

    Ales Arnez, Ana Zbona, Benjamin Beci, Gaja Mežnarič Osole, Gasper Milkovič Biloslav, Harv Stanic, Igor Krizanovskij, Jerneja Rebernak, Kristijan Tkalec, Lum Beqiraj, Marko Marovt,, Marko Vivoda, Marusa Novak, Miha Erjavec, Miha Medved, Nataša Muševič, Nina Mrsnik, Ondrej Bélica, Pieter Steyaert, Tina Dolinšek, Tine Vrabič, Uroš Veber, Werner Machleidt, Angelo Vermeulen






    Seeker

    Seeker is a worldwide series of co-created starship sculptures that evolve over time. In this community art project participants are invited to fundamentally rethink the future of human habitation and survival. Participants build self-sustainable systems simulating interstellar exploration using the methodology of co-creation. This is achieved by radically interconnecting technology, ecology and people, while at the same time tapping into local traditions

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    Participating SEADS members

    Angelo Vermeulen

    Angelo is a space systems researcher, biologist, and community artist. With his multidisciplinary background, he collaborates closely with practicing scientists, while also creating multimedia art installations, and building communities through design and co-creation. In 2013 he was crew commander of the NASA-funded HI-SEAS Mars simulation in Hawaii. Currently he is doing research on interstellar travel at Delft University of Technology. He has lived in many corners of the world, is a TED Senior Fellow, and loves computer games.


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    Pieter Steyaert

    Pieter Steyaert is an artist and transdisciplinary researcher who explores collaborations within artistic and scientific communities. His work particularly focuses on the context of astrophysics and exoplanets. Pieter is one of the co-founders of SEADS and has worked on a wide range of Biomodd, Seeker and Ēngines of Ēternity projects in Europe, the USA and SE Asia. He leads the development of tools and platforms that support the global SEADS community.

    Pieter is fascinated by the possibilities, ethics, and shortcomings of the techno-realm. He shares and explores insights as an educator and researcher. His interests include artificial life, data-driven experience design, and art-science interactions. Pieter conducts research at CHAMELEON, an exoplanet research group which is affiliated with both the University of Antwerp and the University of Copenhagen. His research aims to use artistic methodologies to advance scientific ideation and research.

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    Nassim Versbraegen

    Nassim Versbraegen has studied Computer Science (M.Sc.) at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel. He is currently enrolled in a PhD at the Université Libre de Bruxelles, where his research is centered around the genetic origins of rare diseases.


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    Isabelle Smeets

    Isabelle is an international artist who worked on several large community and public art commissions in Spain, the Netherlands, Germany, Great Britain, Japan and Bosnia Herzegovina. In 2006 the Albertina Museum in Vienna invited her to design a work, and in 2007 she received the Dale Djerassi Fellowship in the U.S. The first time she participated in Biomodd was in Delft to explore possibilities for her hybrid project ‘A watchtower of nothingness’. This project is situated at the crossroads of visual art, architecture, philosophy and empirical science. She also participated in other subsequent Biomodd projects in New York and London. She likes to saunter, and drink champagne.


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