Neus Torres Tamarit Art

Thrilled to be exhibiting at the Grant Museum of Zoology, one of the oldest zoology museums in the UK! https://www.ucl.ac.uk/culture/whats-on/agonism-antagonism In Darwin’s world of ‘survival of the fittest’, what happens when evolution affects genders differently? Agonism / Antagonism is an exhibition resulting from artist Neus Torres Tamarit’s residency in the laboratory of Dr Max Reuter, in the Research Department of Genetics, Evolution, and Environment at UCL, and part of a long-term collaboration with computer scientist Ben Murray. Dr Reuter and his team use fruit flies (Drosophila melanogaster) to conduct research into the evolution of sexual antagonism: a genetic tug of war between the sexes. The different needs of the genders within a sexually reproducing species inevitably result in this phenomenon, where what is best for one gender may be actively detrimental for the other. On the surface, this process may seem problematic for the species, but research incr...

We had the pleasure of taking part in the last Festival of Stuff Saturday Extravaganza event at the Institute of Making, at UCL, the past Saturday 24th of March 2018. Slime was an event about polymers, and our stand was called ‘Art from Polymers: Bioplastic, DNA and Fruit Fly Cocoons’, the three polymers that inspire our artistic practice. We had exhibited two artworks; a video artwork, result of the initial period of Neus’ residency at the Reuter Laboratory at UCL, in which microscopy videos of bioplastic and fruit flies cocoons get decontextualized by the macro view and the constantly changing focal plane ( https://vimeo.com/255299709 ). The other artwork was ‘Incubator for Twin Lifeforms’, an installation inspired by the formation of the pupae, and lots of bioplastic samples that people could manipulate. We were also cooking bioplastic live and visitors were very engaged with the process, wanting to know more about what each ingredient does. They were leaving ou...

Biomorpha 3D, 2017 Variable dimensions Mixed media: digital prints on acetate, magnets, video This installation is the first response to my artist residency at the Reuter Laboratory at UCL. Dr Max Reuter and his team use fruit flies and yeast to conduct research into the forces that drive and constrain evolution. This first part of the residency has been quite challenging for me. I have spent the last two years thinking about genetics as a subject for art; now I spend my time with research scientists who must develop a very deep understanding of a very specific part of genetics. I created these artworks to reflect my experience of their experience of science. I have used a combination of images taken through microscopy and images of a 3D version of the Confined Mutations / Biomorpha digital lifeform. They are deconstructed, defocused and decontextualized so that detail is enhanced but context is lost. Some microscopy images are of fruit fly cocoons, others are of biop...

Cryptic 2017: Art and Science Private view: 24 November, 6pm - 9pm Open to the public: 25 – 26 November, 11am - 7pm & 27 November, 11am - 6pm Debate about art, science and technology: 26 November, 2pm The Crypt Gallery, Euston Rd, London NW1 2BA (entrance via Duke’s Road) http://cryptgallery.org/ Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/125331858184259/ Kindly supported by The Print Team – http://theprintteamgg.com/   Cryptic: Art and Science returns for its second year, curated by Neus Torres Tamarit and hosted by the evocative Crypt Gallery on Euston Road. Building on the success of the inaugural exhibition in 2016, Cryptic features an international selection of nineteen artists, including postgraduate students and alumni from Central Saint Martins, Slade, Westminster University and Middlesex University. Cryptic examines the relationship between art, science and technology, and features artworks that use technology and science variously as medium or message. ...

From the 20th to the 24th of September 2017, we exhibited at Clinic //2, an exhibition curated by Vitamin Design studio in partnership with the London Design Festival and Oxo Tower. Clinic //2 explored the diminishing digital interface layer and technology’s effect on our reality. Digital emulation continually strives to become indecipherable from real-world existence. Where does your reality stop and simulation begin? Vitamin Design studio invited us to exhibit our installations Confined Mutations and a selection of the artworks belonging to Biomorpha (Evolving Structures). When we arrived to the emblematic Oxo Tower, we decided to turn our piece Confined Mutations into a site-specific installation, as we wanted our abstract digital organisms to interact with the features of the space as much as possible. Site-specific adaptation of Confined Mutations We decided to project the animations on the structure of two old windows, which had a mixture of materials such as gla...