We have lined up a very special edition of our Stammtisch for this month. Take note - it will take place this time in Wedding at the fantastic Art Laboratory Berlin (http://www.artlaboratory-berlin.org/) - a gallery and space for contemporary art at the meeting point of art, science and technology. Thanks to curators Chris and Regine we will get a special tour of their recently opened exhibition - Nonhuman Subjectivities: The Other Selves. On the Phenomenon of the Microbiome (http://www.artlaboratory-berlin.org/html/de-ausstellung-archiv.htm). It gets to work on our perhaps uneasy relationship with the microscopic species with which we share our bodies. How should we interpret our role as 'hosts'. How does this knowledge affect our perception of self - is it us v.s. them, or can we accept ourselves as multispecies ecosystems. We'll also be joined by exhibiting artist Tarsh Bates (bio below) all the way from SymbioticA (http://www.symbiotica.uwa.edu.au/), legendary bioart laboratory at UWA, Perth, Australia, who will tell us a bit about her work with her favourite fungus Candida albicans.
After the tour and talk in the gallery the evening will work much like our usual Stammtisch (we'll probably move to the Glaskasten restaurant next door for some drinks and food if you're hungry) - an open discussion were everyone is free to share science hacks, favourite phenomena, ideas and projects... though we're secretly hoping to inspire a bit of a biological bent.
