Heather Komus, Free Floating (detail), installation, scobys (symbiotic culture of bacteria and yeast), hog gut, fish flies, wild cucumbers and other materials, variable dimensions, 2019. Photo by Don Hall
- Thursday, January 25, 2024
- 7:00pm – 8:30pm
- Online Event
Biomaterials have the potential to contribute to climate change adaptation and mitigation, as well as to increase the catalogue of materials available to artists and architects. In this cross-disciplinary discussion, Heather Komus will discuss the work of contemporary artists with microbiology, tissue engineering and 3D bioprinting. Dr. Mercedes Garcia Holguera will share the work of her research group with mycelium and bacterial cellulose at the BIOM_Lab at the University of Manitoba.
Everyone welcome. Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83437864433
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Heather Komus is a multidisciplinary artist based in Treaty 1 territory working in craft, sculpture and installation. Drawing upon a deep interest in science, she investigates our relationship to the natural world with a wide variety of materials including embroidered fibres, animal matter and found objects. Travel greatly informs her work and she has participated in residencies in Quebec, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia and Manitoba, and in the MAWA residency exchange program in Florida.
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Dr. Mercedes Garcia Holguera worked at leading architecture firms in Canada, Mexico and Chile before joining the Department of Architecture at the University of Manitoba. Her research bridges across disciplines with a focus on biomimetic design and biomaterials. In 2021, she founded the BIOM_Lab to increase access to local, high-performance biomaterials for northern and remote communities.