ORCID
- Nasser, Mona: 0000-0003-2220-6491
Abstract
Biomodd is an artistic project with the potential for supporting transdisciplinary practices in blended virtual and in-person environments. After describing the project components, we discuss the collaborative process of idea generation and participant engagement. In this paper, we argue for the integration of collaborative art practice in transdisciplinary (TD) research to generate ideas and engage researchers and non-academic stakeholders. We draw on the virtual and in-person (hybrid) participation of members of the TD collective Space Ecologies Art and Design (SEADS) during Biomodd, an art installation that addresses global challenges in ecology, humanity, technology, and technological waste. Using survey responses, diaries, and meeting minutes, we reflect on the process, methods and ideation during Biomodd and map them to the concept of the “idea journey” discussed by Jill E. Perry-Smith and Pier Vittorio Mannucci. We find that while in-person ideation was driven by utility, materiality, and emergence, the hybrid mode provided favorable conditions for a feedback loop of expansive, individual experimentation and online sharing.
DOI
10.14512/gaia.32.1.12
Publication Date
2023-05-20
Publication Title
GAIA - Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society
Volume
32
Issue
1
ISSN
0940-5550
Embargo Period
2023-10-14
Organisational Unit
Faculty of Health
First Page
144
Last Page
153
Recommended Citation
Kuchner, U., Nasser, M., Steyaert, P., Maranan, D., Birsel, Z., Haines, A., Peeters, A., & Vermeulen, A. (2023) 'Biomodd: The integration of art into transdisciplinary research practices', GAIA - Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society, 32(1), pp. 144-153. Available at: https://doi.org/10.14512/gaia.32.1.12
