TABOO - TRANSGRESSION - TRANSCENDENCE

Issued by Zavod Projekt Atol, Ljubljana, and published with the support of the Ionian University, the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia, and the City of Ljubljana, the publication is available free of charge.

We would like to invite all TTT2025 participants to submit a text based on their contribution to the conference for editorial consideration to be published in (a) the Technoetic Arts journal published by Intellect, or (b) open access book with ISBN by the Ionian University. Please note that only a limited number of texts can be included in the journal; therefore, we advise all authors to also submit to the book.

With contributions across paper sessions, roundtables, performances, and the exhibition Coining Utopias, members of the Department of Audio & Visual Arts (AVARTS), Ionian University, took active part in the 6th edition of TTT, held in Ljubljana (Slovenia) from 9 to 13 September 2025.

The sixth international conference Taboo–Transgression–Transcendence in Art & Science (TTT2025) has come to a close in Slovenia, after five days of intense exchange between artists, scholars, and members of diverse creative communities. Hosted at Kino Šiška, the event was organized in partnership with Zavod Projekt Atol, the Ionian University, and the Pixxelpoint 2025 festival in the context of GO!2025 European Capital of Culture Nova Gorica–Gorizia, with contributions from Kapelica Gallery, Cirkulacija 2, and the Museum of Architecture and Design, and with the support of the Greek Embassy in Ljubljana, the Slovenian Ministry of Culture, the City of Ljubljana, and the University of Nova Gorica.

InArts Lab at the Department of Audio & Visual Arts, Ionian University, is proud to announce that TTT2025 Ljubljana will host the world premiere of the final films directed by Serafim Parsaloglou Marathias, documenting the last editions of TTTlabs BioFeral.BeachCamp (BFBC) and the TTTfellows Art & Science Residency.

TTT2025 Ljubljana is proud to launch its satellite act series X-Coining Utopias, a constellation of off-site artistic events that expand the main conference and artshow hosted at Kino Šiška, through acts of speculative disruption and site-specific intervention. These events unfold across Ljubljana and the Karst region, amplifying the conference’s core themes of taboo, transgression, and transcendence.

On behalf of Zavod Projekt Atol, CUK Kino Šiška, and the Ionian University, the TTT2025 Organizing Committee would like to invite you to the opening ceremony of the artshow "Coining Utopias", part of the sixth international interdisciplinary conference Taboo – Transgression – Transcendence in Art and Science programme, on Tuesday, 9 September at 18:00 at CUK Kino Šiška (Trg prekomorskih brigad 3, Ljubljana).

We are looking for writers and researchers to contribute chapters to the upcoming Feral Labs Node Book #3: Fa Fa Futures — the final volume of the Rewilding Cultures project (Creative Europe, 2021–2026). Each writer will be paired with one Feral Labs institution and provided with curated documentation (reports, images, transcripts, contextual notes) to produce a reflective, research-informed chapter.

On behalf of the Ionian University, we are pleased to announce that Kim Doan Quoc will be developing research as part of a mobility grant awarded through the Rewilding Cultures project. Selected from over 80 applicants, Kim is one of eight artists and researchers chosen by a panel representing all partner organizations of the Rewilding Cultures network. This grant supports transdisciplinary exploration and critical practices across Europe, and we are proud that Kim’s work will contribute to this vibrant and timely initiative.

Ghazal Ramzani, a Berlin-based Iranian dancer and choreographer, has completed groundbreaking research connecting indigenous dance practices to anti-colonial and ecological movements across Europe supported by Ionian University. Ramzani, who received funding through the Rewilding Cultures Mobility Conversation program in 2024, traveled by train across Europe to interview practitioners of indigenous dances rooted in resistance movements. Ramzani holds a Master of Fine Arts in Contemporary Performative Arts from the University of Gothenburg and received formal training in Kathak dance at the National School of Kathak in New Delhi. She was previously awarded the Indian Council of Arts and Culture recognition and the Artisens Vanner scholarship.

TTTfellows: Art and Science Residency II, March 18th to 29th, 2024, featured artists developing projects that examined artificial insemination, in vitro fertilization, germline gene editing, and zombie studies, in the islands of Othonoi and Corfu, merged art and technology to critique ectogenesis and its entanglement with state biopolitics, highlighting ethical and aesthetic dimensions of these practices. Artists Clarissa Ribeiro and Robert Lisek participated as fellows, with Dalila Honorato and Adam Zaretsky serving as art and science coordinators for the program. 

The TTT Organizing Committee is pleased to announce the release of the official photo gallery from Taboo-Transgression-Transcendence in Art & Science 2023, held at the Malta Society of Arts (MSA) from September 26–29, 2023.

TTT Organizing Committee is pleased to announce the release of TTT2023 Malta wrap-up video, showcasing the innovative gatherings and collaborative exchanges that took place at the Malta Society of Arts (MSA) from September 26-29, 2023. The video serves as both an archive and celebration of this first TTT-in person since COVID-2019, which brought together artists, technologists, and cultural practitioners from across Europe and beyond. The TTT2023 Malta event was made possible through the collaborative efforts of the Feral Labs Network partners and the generous support of the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union.

We're pleased to report on the successful academic dissemination activities in Istanbul (April 11-14) where Dr. Dalila Honorato and Dr. Adam Zaretsky presented the newly published TTT2023: Taboo-Transgression-Transcendence in Art & Science eBook of Proceedings, published in March 2025, as well as the focus of TTTlabs and TTTfellows.

The Yeditepe University in Istanbul will host the event "Spring Meetings In Design" on April 14 with talks by Prof. Dalila Honorato, at 11:00 AM, “Submerged Narratives in Academic Publishing - Presenting TTT2023 Malta” and by Dr. Adam Zaretsky, at 1 PM, “Living Organisms of Istanbul: Water Based Anatomical Morphology in Flux”.