Go with the Flow and Stay with the Trouble

Dans le cadre de l'ouverture de l’exposition STARTS Prize ’20, Art et Science. Spéculations sur l'avenir, BOZAR et la VUB – Crosstalks organisent un live talk avec la participation de deux artistes lauréats du prix, Olga Kisseleva (Grand Prix ) et Irakli Sabekia (Mention spéciale). Ces deux artistes présenteront l’exposition (26.09.20 – 25.10.20).
Caroline Pauwels et Simon Schaffer nous parleront du livre Go with the Flow and Stay with the Trouble, qui paraît à l’occasion de cette conférence. Cet ouvrage se veut une synthèse des réalisations de STAL – Sciences, Technologies and Art Lab, un projet conjoint de la VUB, de l’ULB et de BOZAR. Il met à l’honneur les voix et les réseaux qui encouragent les rencontres entre artistes et scientifiques, dans le respect des spécificités des disciplines concernées, même si les idées partent dans tous les sens.
Ces interventions seront suivies d’une projection de la visite guidée de l’exposition.

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In the framework of the opening of the exhibition STARTS Prize ’20, Art et Science. Spéculations sur l'avenir, BOZAR and VUB – Crosstalks organize a live talk featuring two artists from the exhibition, Olga Kisseleva (Prize winner) and Irakli Sabekia (honorary mention). The artists will introduce the exhibition (26.09.20 – 25.10.20).
The talk is also the occasion for a book release of the publication Go with the Flow and Stay with the Trouble with interventions by Caroline Pauwels and Simon Schaffer. The book is a the wrap up of STAL – Sciences, Technologies and Art Lab -, a joint project by VUB, ULB and BOZAR. It presents voices and networks fostering encounters between artists and scientists while leaving the disciplines intact and where messiness is allowed.
The talks will be followed by a guided video tour to the exhibition, to be experienced on the big screen.

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‘Go with the Flow and Stay with the Trouble’ is a time-out from swiping, browsing and speeding forward. Artists and scientists are facing two major entwined opponents in our current society: climate change and populism. Scientists alone cannot solve this. Artists neither. Both species have a responsibility and an autonomy to guard, especially when the funding mechanisms are inclining towards ideological goals instead of incubating talent.
The role of sciences and arts needs to be understood and supported at a political and societal level, not limited to applied and market driven motives.
This STAL publication fosters voices and networks that enable encounters surpassing established disciplines and domains, yet leaving them intact. Un-disciplinary thinking matters. History too. Looking back is not an offense, paying attention to history is one way to avoid arrogance and maintain the openness to be able to go with the flow but stay with the trouble.

STAL – Sciences, Arts & Technologies Lab.
A joint project by BOZAR, VUB and ULB from 01/09/2017 – 31/04/2019.