The Colloquium addresses an international interdisciplinary research audience to present and discuss past, present or future projects by artists, scholars, curators or editors from the fields of art, science, and the humanities, focusing on the work-in-progress. This time, artist and biomedical researcher Dr WhiteFeather Hunter will present highlights from her work with menstrual stem cells and her experiences with Big Tech and ‘blood farms’. Artist and researcher Helen Yung will share her experience of creating and caring for human gametes within the assisted reproductive industry as a patient, family member, and artist-researcher.

The performance work “Prosodia” posits a prosodic form for AI-generated voices, or synthetic speech, that reflects the rhythmic, formulaic nature of human storytelling, present in ancient epic poetry as much as in contemporary influencer content. A ‘synthetic actress’ named Prosodia, together with two human actresses, a stage director and a traditional musician, are rehearsing a stage adaptation of an old epic story.

The encounter of scientific research and artistic intelligence produces new ways of seeing science, art and life, creating value in labs and beyond. Join the conversation with international scientist, artists, art science mentors, and art theoreticians at this year’s Berlin Science Week at the Haus der Kulturen der Welt. The panel will explore how curiosity driven research in both fields has multiple forms of value both in the lab and beyond.