As part of its international dissemination strategy within the EU-funded Rewilding Cultures, Ionian University actively participated in the symposium INTERSECTIONS of Art, Science, and Community, held on 15–16 December 2024 at Galerie Utopia, within the 4lthangrund Cultural Center.
Curated by Marko Markovic, INTERSECTIONS is part of Galerie Utopia’s annual program and brings together artists, educators, and researchers working at the intersection of scientific research, artistic methodologies, and community-based practices. The symposium addresses questions central to Rewilding Cultures, including collective self-organization, community resilience, and the role of artistic tools in communicating scientific knowledge within public and social contexts.
On 16 December, the Ionian University presented TTT / Taboo – Transgression – Transcendence in Art & Science through a film screening followed by a live online lecture and discussion by Dalila Honorato and Adam Zaretsky. The session introduced TTT as an international platform for research, pedagogy, and community networking, while also announcing the upcoming TTT conference and inviting new collaborators from Central Europe and beyond.
The screened film, New Repro-Zombie Studies – Undead Bioart / Bodyart on the Beach, directed by Serafim Parsaloglou Marathias, served as a case study for discussing experimental art–science methodologies developed within the Ionian University and its research labs. Rather than focusing on the film as a standalone work, the discussion emphasized its role as a catalyst for dialogue on ethics, collectivity, and speculative practices in bioart.
The Vienna audience—primarily students and emerging practitioners—engaged in a lively exchange on how interdisciplinary art–science collaborations can operate as tools for community formation rather than extraction, aligning closely with the feminist and care-oriented values of Rewilding Cultures.
Through this collaboration with Galerie Utopia and the 4lthangrund Cultural Center, the Ionian University strengthened its institutional links with independent cultural spaces in Vienna, expanded the visibility of Rewilding Cultures within German-speaking contexts, and reaffirmed its commitment to international, community-embedded dissemination practices grounded in ethics of care and transdisciplinary exchange.
Event details
Galerie Utopia / 4lthangrund, Augasse 2–6, 1090 Vienna
15–16 December 2024, 16:00–20:00
https://www.4lthangrund.jetzt/
