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SUMMARY:Object of Interest 700 e\, an architectonic sculpture by Joel Kuen
 nen
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CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
DESCRIPTION:Joel Kuennen\, artists in residence at EPFL 2022\nObject of In
 terest 700 e presents us an opportunity to interrogate the role exoplanets
  play in the cultural imaginary. Although the first confirmed detection of
  a planet existing outside our solar system came only in 1992\, exoplanets
  have quickly emerged as neocolonialist objects of interest.\n \n\n	OPENI
 NG in the presence of the artist: \n	Thursday\, February 2\, 6pm\n	 \n	EX
 HIBITION:\n	February 3 to 26\, 2023\, Tuesday to Sunday\, 11am to 6pm\n\n\
 nSpheroids\, the research project at the origin of Object of Interest 700 
 e\, takes the thread of Joel Kuennen’s practice of land interventions\, 
 bringing together the artist’s material interests while expanding in the
  conceptual field of extraterrestrial “hyperobjects\,” to use the term
  coined by philosopher Timothy Morton. Through unorthodox laboratory expe
 riments conducted at the EPFL Crystal Growth Facility\, Kuennen experiment
 ed with the growth of single crystals from natural olivine to test a non-p
 ure form\, a process that defies the protocols of scientific laboratories.
  \n\nHybrid materialism and material intelligence emerge in Object of Int
 erest 700 e. Consolidating as an architectonic sculpture\, it consists of 
 a porcelain sphere enveloped in a biofilm made from the symbiotic bacteria
  and fungi found in our digestive systems\, a magnetic levitation array\, 
 and silicon carbide ceramic stilts on a base of stoneware glazed with rare
  earth elements and olivine.\n\nIn its technologically augmented materiali
 ty and its reference to a symbology both sacred and profane\, the work man
 ifests\, concretizes\, and makes tangible an ancient yet futuristic theore
 tical imprint\, adding another layer of techno-scientific\, material\, and
  theoretical implications to Kuennen's practice.\n\n> Spheroids\, the rese
 arch project by Joel Kuennen\n\n> Joel Kuennen website\n__________________
 ____________________________________\n\nAlso to be seen at EPFL Pavilions\
 , Pavilion A:\n> Mouthless Part III (Panorama)\, a video installation by D
 orota Gawęda and Eglė Kulbokaitė
LOCATION:EPFL Pavilions\, Pavilion A https://plan.epfl.ch/?room==ART%20A0%
 20100
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