Afarsimon tree. Photo, variable size. The Balsamon company of Guy Erlich, Kibutz Almog, Israel, 2017.
Levona tree. Photo, variable size. The Balsamon company of Guy Erlich, Kibutz Almog, Israel, 2017.
Afarsimon saplings. Photo, variable size. The Balsamon company of Guy Erlich, Kibutz Almog, Israel, 2017.
Dr. E. Solowey’s greenhouse. Photo, variable size. Kibbutz Ketura, Israel, 2017.
Landscape near Dr. E. Solowey’s greenhouse. Photo, variable size. Israel, 2017.
Dr. E. Solowey’s greenhouse. Photo, variable size. Kibbutz Ketura, Israel, 2017.
Levona tree. Photo, variable size. The Balsamon company of Guy Erlich, Kibutz Almog, Israel, 2017.
Afarsimon tree. Photo, variable size. The Balsamon company of Guy Erlich, Kibutz Almog, Israel, 2017.
Afarsimon saplings in Dr. E. Solowey’s greenhouse. Photo, variable size. Kibbutz Ketura, Israel, 2017.

ANCIENT FUTURE LANDSCAPE in collaboration with Olga Kisseleva
Photographs

Listening to Trees across the Jordan River. “Ancient Future Landscape”. Curator: D. Manor.

The administration of the Negev Museum of Art in Beersheva has invited the Olga Kisseleva to present her new project “Listening to Trees across the Jordan River” within the museum walls, as a personal exhibition. The project includes contributions by many members of CNRS and Sorbonne University, researchers, and postgraduate students: B. Muliya, E. Delprat, K. Tang, A. Kiriutin, L. Chak (a postgraduate working at the Laboratory under Prof. Olga Kisseleva), and many others.

“Listening to trees across the Jordan River” continues the extensive “EDEN“ project of the Art & Science Laboratory of Sorbonne University, focusing for the most part on several pressing issues, such as: intra-specific and interspecific communication; the revival of extinct species of plants, and particularly trees; the ecological education of the public, and environmental protection in general. Lilia Chak created this series of photos in frame of her PhD research in Sorbonne (under the direction of Prof. Olga Kisseleva).

Shows:

  • EDEN. Group exhibition. Ars Electronica, Linz, Austria.
  • Listening to Trees across the Jordan River. Prof. Olga Kisseleva`s solo exhibition. Lilia Chak participated in the exhibition in her video installations and photographs in frame of her PhD research in Sorbonne. Negev Museum of Art, Beer-Sheva, Israel. Curator: Dr. Dalia Manor.

Events:

  • Dendro-art – Workshop by Bar-Ilan University. Ramat Gan, Israel. Dendro-Art: Tree as an artwork.
  • MANOFIM – International conference featuring : Dr. Lilia Chak, MindLab - Jens Hauser, Dar Moussafir, Carmel Barnea Brezner Jonas, Jonatan Omer Mizrahi, Tzaphira Allison Stern, Ivor Stodolsky, Marina Naprushkina, Dmitry Vilensky. Jerusalem Contemporary Art Festival. Jerusalem, Israel. Art, Biology and Ecology.
  • EDEN – Workshop at Sorbonne in collaboration with ITMO University. St. Petersburg, Russia. Dendro-art – classification of projects.
  • The Human to Come. International symposium, organised by Le Fresnoy – Studio national des arts contemporains in collaboration with CNRS. Listening To Trees Across The Jordan River.
  • The Human to Come – International symposium featuring : Lilia Chak (artist and researcher, Paris I), Veronique Auberge (CNRS/INSHS), Charles Corval (Sciences Po Paris), Julien De Sanctis (Spoon.ai), Gabriel Dorthe (Universite Catholique de Lille), David Doat (Universite Catholique de Lille), Pierre Antoine Chardel (EHESS), Olga Kisseleva (Paris I), Emeline Gougeon (Paris I), Armen Khatchatourov (Universite Paris Est Marne la Vallee), Anne Simon (CRAL/EHESS), Stephane Breton (CRAL/EHESS), Teresa van Dongen (artist), Korneel Rabaey (Professor, University of Ghent), Mario Cote (UQAM), Veronique Beland (artist), Didier Coueurnelle (Association Française Transhumaniste), Terence Ericson (Association Française Transhumaniste), Elisabeth de Castex (Sciences Po Paris), Dominique Raynie (Sciences Po Paris), Olivier Perriquet (Le Fresnoy - Studio national), Ismael Joffroy Chandoutis (artist), Gregory Chatonsky (artist, ENS Paris), AnneMarie Maes (artist), Joseph Cohen (University College Dublin), Raphael Zagury-Orly (Sciences Po Paris), Nicolas de Warren (Penn State University), Bernard Stiegler, Alain Fleische and others. Le Fresnoy – Studio national des arts contemporains in collaboration with CNRS. Lille, France. Listening To Trees Across The Jordan River.
  • Art and Biology: The Meeting Point – International symposium featuring : Lilia Chak, Prof. Olga Kisseleva, Dr. Aya Lurie, Dr. Elaine Solowey, Dr. Dalia Manor, Prof. Ariel Novoplansky, Prof. Ilia Rodov, Dr. Sue Frumin and others. Negev Museum of Art. Beer-Sheva, Israel. The Sorbonne Art & Science Laboratory as a leader of Dendro-art.
  • Ethical Durable Ecology Nature – International symposium featuring : Lilia Chak, Olga Kisseleva, Sabrina Issa, Kun Tang, Ingrid Paola Amaro, Nicolas Bralet, François-David Collin and others. Château de Rentilly – Frac Ile-de France. Paris, France. The Scents of the Ancient World - a Different Reality?.

Media:

  • Olga Kisseleva, Lilia Chak. Adopters of Creative Technologies, article , The Encyclopedia of New Media Art: Volume 2: Artists & Practice. Bloomsbury. London, UK.
  • Lilia Chak. Contemporary Practices in Bio-art: When a Tree Becomes an Artwork, book (ISBN: 1-5275-1949-X; ISBN13: 978-1-5275-1949-7; Pages: 562; Color illustration: 174). Cambridge Scholars Publishing. Cambridge, UK.
  • Prof. Ilia Rodov. Concluding Remarks: Contemplations in the Desert on Nature, Creation, and Art, article. Negev Museum of Art. Beer-Sheva, Israel.
  • Lilia Chak. Between Art and Science, brochure (hebrew) for "Listening To Trees Across The Jordan River" exhibition. Negev Museum of Art. Beer-Sheva, Israel.