We are pleased to share that Makery has published a full-length article reflecting on the 6th edition of Taboo–Transgression–Transcendence in Art & Science, held this September at Kino Šiška, Ljubljana. Written by Chrysa Chouliara, Makery’s summer chronicler-in-residency for the Rewilding Cultures program, the article offers an attentive and embodied account of the symposium’s atmosphere, energies, and intellectual provocations.

The piece highlights the event’s holistic character, where debates on liminality, the aesthetics of the forbidden, and the politics of the body unfolded across presentations, performances, and encounters. With around 170 speakers from more than 30 countries, TTT once again revealed the power of contrasting perspectives brought together in shared discursive space. Rather than clustering “similar voices,” the conference’s curation intentionally foregrounded tension, heterogeneity, and coexisting methodologies—insisting that knowledge grows through friction, contradiction, and the refusal of easy categories.

The article traces several thematic currents that resonated strongly throughout the program:

• Ecologies of death and mourning — from vermicomposting practices to the microbial poetics of decomposition and eco-grief.

• Shapeshifting identities and unclassifiable matter — performances and lectures challenging taxonomies that enforce gendered, colonial, and anthropocentric hierarchies.

• Queer mythologies and multispecies imaginaries — rethinking mermaids, witches, oysters, and other hybrid figures as agents of resistance and interdependence.

• Embodied autonomy and collective ritual — performance works foregrounding pleasure, care, and the reclaiming of the body.

Parallel events unfolded throughout the city, including gatherings at Cirkulacija 2 and Kapelica Gallery, further embedding the conference within Ljubljana’s vibrant artistic ecosystem. The article also notes the solidarity shown toward artists facing political pressure, emphasizing TTT’s long-term commitment to sustaining networks of mutual support.

TTT’s role within the Feral Labs Network and the Rewilding Cultures cooperation program—co-funded by the European Union—is also foregrounded, situating the conference within ongoing efforts to strengthen decentralized, experimental, and transdisciplinary art-science communities across Europe and beyond.

Makery’s full article can be read here: https://www.makery.info/en/2025/10/31/english-taboo-transgression-transcendence-and-other-stories/

We thank Makery, our collaborators in Ljubljana, and all participants who shaped this year’s gathering.