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colony collapse disorder | Mirko Baselgia, Vanessa Billy and Samoa Rémy
colony collapse disorder
Mirko Baselgia / Vanessa Billy / Samoa Rémy
curated by Laura Giudici & Isaline Vuille
15.04 – 14.05.2016
Fenomeno emblematico delle crisi ecologiche, il colony collapse disorder (o sindrome dello spopolamento degli alveari) è multifattoriale e in parte ancora misterioso. Se esso polarizza l’insieme del progetto, gli artisti esplorano in maniera diretta o allusiva delle problematiche connesse – tensioni evocate dall’idea di collapse, messa in pericolo di risorse e specie -, e presentano un universo in cui l’organico e l’artificiale sono sempre più vicini, fino a diventare indissociabili.
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Emblematic phenomenon of the ecological crisis, the colony collapse disorder is multifactorial and partly still mysterious. If it polarizes the project as a whole, the artists explore in a direct or allusive way some related issues – tensions evoked by the idea of collapse, the problem of endangered resources and species –, and point out a world in which organic and artificial are increasingly close, until they become inseparable.
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Phénomène emblématique des crises écologiques, le colony collapse disorder (ou syndrôme d’effondrement des colonies d’abeilles) est multi-factoriel et en partie encore mystérieux. Tandis qu’il polarise l’ensemble du projet, les artistes explorent de manière directe ou allusive des problématiques connexes – tensions évoquées par l’idée de collapse, mise en péril des ressources et des espèces –, et pointent un univers où l’organique et l’artificel sont de plus en plus proches, jusqu’à devenir indissociables.
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