{"id":1129,"date":"2022-02-04T17:38:42","date_gmt":"2022-02-04T15:38:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metamorf.no\/2024\/?p=1129"},"modified":"2024-03-14T21:05:45","modified_gmt":"2024-03-14T19:05:45","slug":"about-metamorf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metamorf.no\/2024\/about-metamorf\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>About Meta.Morf <\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>About \u00a0Meta.Morf<\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meta.Morf 2024 \u2013 Trondheim Biennale for Art and Technology is an international gathering initiated and organized by TEKS \u2013 Trondheim Electronic Arts Centre. The biennale explores the intersections between art, technology, and science, aiming to showcase cutting-edge projects and critical ideas that develop new outlooks and offer unique perspectives on our technologically entangled lives.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since its establishment in 2010, Meta.Morf has grown into the most extensive biennale for art and technology in Scandinavia. The latest edition in 2024 presents 60 participants spanning 25 partner organizations, and for the first time, expands its program internationally with a program in the Netherlands.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Artistic and scientific research continuously challenge and change our perspectives on life, often leading to new philosophical and existential questions. Biotechnology, nanotechnology, neuroscience, artificial intelligence, and new communication and computer technologies are some of the fields that push the boundaries of artistic practice, contributing to alternative approaches to scientific problems and technological developments.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The artist, as a conveyor and interpreter of new knowledge and research, plays a crucial role in society&#8217;s ability to critically reflect and engage in discussions about new technologies, and scientific advancements.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Through a variety of artistic perspectives and curatorial approaches Meta.Morf presents artists, writers, scientists, and researchers that extend our understanding of contemporary socio-political, technological, and cultural developments.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Meta.Morf initial advisory board 2007 \u2013 2010<\/span><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 13pt;\">Alex Adriaansens <\/span>(NL), former director, V2_, Rotterdam (\u2020 2019)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 13pt;\">Clive Kellner <\/span>(ZA), former director, Johannesburg Art Gallery<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 13pt;\">Jemima Rellie <\/span>(UK),\u00a0<span class=\"t-bold mr1 \"><span aria-hidden=\"true\">Interim Executive Director,<\/span><span class=\"visually-hidden\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"t-14 t-normal\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\">Battersea Arts Centre, London<\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 13pt;\">Jeremy Welsh <\/span>(UK\/NO), Artist, former professor, Trondheim Academy of Fine Art,<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Bergen Academy of Art and Design<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 13pt;\">Zhang Ga <\/span>(CN\/US), Curator, The National Museum of Modern Art, Beijing<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3862\" src=\"https:\/\/metamorf.no\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/logo-black-no-shadow-e1706909829184-300x291.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"291\" \/><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Artistic and scientific research are continuously challenging and changing our perspectives on life, often implying new philosophical and existential questions.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/metamorf.no\/2024\/about-metamorf\/\"> Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1129","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-about"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/metamorf.no\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1129","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/metamorf.no\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/metamorf.no\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metamorf.no\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metamorf.no\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1129"}],"version-history":[{"count":101,"href":"https:\/\/metamorf.no\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1129\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4135,"href":"https:\/\/metamorf.no\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1129\/revisions\/4135"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/metamorf.no\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metamorf.no\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metamorf.no\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}