Symbiotic / Symbiotique
SPAO Gallery: May 18 – September 15, 2024
CAFM: May 10 – October 31, 2024
 
SPAO: Photographic Arts Centre and the Canada Agriculture and Food Museum (CAFM) presented this exhibition on the CAFM grounds in Ottawa. Symbiotic featured works from Canadian photo based artists who use emerging technologies with photographic techniques to reinterpret the world around them.

From SPAO:

Symbiotic features work from photo-based artists across Canada who engage with technology, both old and new, in their artistic practices. The exhibition is spread across two sites: SPAO and CAFM. The artists on view at SPAO use emerging technologies in conjunction with photographic techniques to reinterpret the world around them. At CAFM, the outdoor display features work by artists who work with plants and insects as agents in the production of contemporary art.

From an artist working with a synchrotron beam to replicate the anatomy of a zebrafish, to an artist who reanimates bees in a cyberhive, the works in this exhibition engage contemporary subjects such as ecology, the climate crisis, and threats of extinction through interspecies collaboration and digital futurisms.

All together, this exhibition explores the potential for art and science to come together to showcase the interdependency of all living things.