Bio-Calibrated

Hosted by MA Biodesign at Central Saint Martins, UAL, London, and organised by Nancy Diniz, Carole Collet, Dr. Lorraine Archer, Dr. Alejandro Luna, and Dr. Alice Taylor, Bio-Calibrated symposium “welcomes projects, questions, speculations, and provactive solutions that position themselves within its given themes, as well as others that might define their own conceptual territory in relation to this new multidisciplinary creative field”.

Taking place at CSM between November 30th and December 1st 2023, Bio-Calibrated “aims to gather recent work that is reconfiguring the boundaries of disciplines presenting hybridization of frameworks for integration of scientific methods and design processes that can range from bespoke bioreactors, incubators, bio-printing machines, software, imaging for research documentation, to representation”.

Symposium tracks include:

• Disruptive Modes of Biodesign Practice and Pedagogy

• Grown/Living Materials and Production and Methods

• Carbon-Positive Design

• Lab Grown Food or Systems

• Bio Printing Methods

• Human / Non Human interfaces

• Biocentric Agriculture

• Biodigital Systems and Environments

• Bio-Data Visualisation and Representation

• Biodesign and Human Health

• Bio Craft Tools and Equipment

• Historical, Theoretical, and Critical Analysis of Biodesign and Production

• Circular Design

• Climate Justice and Eco-Activism

Bio-Calibrated’s Scientific Committee includes The Bartlett’s Richard Beckett, Transarch’s Petra Gruber', Imperial’s Tom Ellis, UWE’s Andrew Adamatzky, and myself, among others.

The deadline for submissions is August 15th 2023, with notice of acceptance on September 30th, and revised and formatted materials due October 15th.

Find out more about the symposium here.