Brandon Ballengée, American eco-artist, biologist, and environmental activist, is invited to the Academy.
25 March, 19:00, Wintertuin Academy: public talk
Balengée creates transdisciplinary artworks inspired from his ecological field and laboratory research. Central in his artistic and scientific research is the global decline of animal populations, the extinction of species and how animals adapt and evolve in particular ecological systems in order to survive. A recent example is his study of the impact on fish species from the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
Brandon Ballengée is initiated by the Art & Ecology research group, which wishes to encourage pioneering eco-art inside and outside the walls of the academy, as part of a pilot project on art and science. During his visit, he will also visit the studios of the master students of the Academy and take some field trips around the harbour of Antwerp and the reed banks near Stormkop to collect flora samples.
image: Brandon Ballengée, 'RIP African Pompano', 2014, from the series 'Ghosts of the Gulf'
