Art in Dialogue—Emily DiCarlo in Conversation with Elena Soterakis

Emily DiCarlo in Conversation with Elena Soterakis

Friday, March 14, 6-7 PM

NARS Project Space, 2nd Floor

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Emily DiCarlo will discuss her solo exhibition The Futurity Race in conversation with Elena Soterakis, Co-Founder & Executive Director at BioBAT Art Space.

The exhibition builds on DiCarlo's previous research, which began when she was an artist-in-residence at the NARS Foundation in spring 2023. Through archival research, DiCarlo became interested in the historical moment from 1907, when pharmacist Dr. Julius Neubronner harnessed a tiny camera to his pet carrier pigeon, capturing first-of-its-kind images and marking the birth of aerial photography. Having created the first "drone"—a concept then co-opted for reconnaissance during WWI—his scientific curiosity anticipated GPS mapping, contemporary surveillance, and drone warfare.

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About the artist:

Emily DiCarlo (b. 1985) is an artist, researcher, and writer whoseinterdisciplinary practice considers site, temporality and collaboration as thefoundational principles of meaning-making. Evidenced through video,installation, text and performance, her work connects the infrastructure oftime to the intimacy of duration. She has exhibited most recently at theKarsh-Masson Gallery (Ottawa, Canada), NARS Foundation Yamaguchi University(Japan), Main Gallery (Brooklyn, USA), Art Museum (Toronto, Canada), and SÍMGallery (Reykjavik, Iceland). Her practice is supported by the Canadian SocialSciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) and the Canada Council for theArt. Vtape, Canada’s largest video art distributor, and the Canadian FilmmakersDistribution Centre (CFMDC) represent her work. Her writing has appeared in TheSociological Review magazine and KronoScope journal, and herchapter, “Measuring Uncertainty,” will be featured in the forthcoming volume ofThe Study of Time 18 (Brill Publishing). She lives between Tkarón:to/Toronto,Canada, and Lenapehoking/Brooklyn, USA.

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About the moderator:

Elena Soterakis is the Co-founder and Executive Director of BioBAT Art Space, a nonprofit gallery at the intersection of art and science located within BioBAT Inc., a biotech incubator at the Brooklyn Army Terminal. Founded in 2019, BioBAT Art Space catalyzes and promotes creative experimentation at the intersection of art and biology through exhibitions, artist residencies, cutting-edge research, STEAM educational programs, and cultural events in NYC

Soterakis' artwork and curatorial projects explore themes of ecology, environmental degradation, and the relationship between nature and technology.

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