Günes Isitan / artist-researcher in biomedia arts
Merging media art, biology and philosophy, my art challenges what it means to be human. Created in a laboratory using methods borrowed from microbiology and molecular biology, my work presents a thoroughly entangled multispecies humanity. Going beyond anthropocentrism, my visual pieces and living installations reveal the inter-dependency relations and co-becoming fates from which we emerge.
Spill your Guts
Currently working on...
A molecular biology project that redefines the human species
Where Species Meet
An interspecies communication experience
(2016)
MicroScapes
Exploring the materiality of film in contact with microscopic life
(2010-)
Terraformations
A second Earth is not an option
(2019-2020)
HumanScapes
A human-microbiota collaborative series
(2013-)
The Species Barrier
Exploring transpecies biological exchanges
(2015)
Hybridities
How our microbiota redefines human boudaries
(2017-2019)
Microbiota's Song
Interactive piece for microorganisms
(2015)
The New Modern Times
A tabloid that plays on our fears to help demystify biotech
(2014)