The BioAssemblage performance is part of one of the art-based communication strategies of the BIOASSEMBLER research project. Under the coordination of the Centre for Social Studies of the University of Coimbra, we expect that these collaborative strategies between art and science will contribute to the visibility and impact of the development and innovations in biosensors, facilitating dialogue between scientists and the public and promoting broader social engagement with biotechnology research.

Following an artistic-scientific residency that took place on the premises of two of BIOASSEMBLER's partners in Finland, VTT and Biomensio, in Espoo and Tampere respectively, we propose the final presentation as a performance. This proposal will emphasize the process of working in the laboratory, where the tasks performed by scientists and researchers, who act thoroughly and persistently, are less visible. One of these tasks is the development of a process to create acoustic microresonators, a special type of sensor, for the manufacture of the new biosensor.

In this performance, the public will have access to images taken in the laboratories or made from elements used in the research work. These images will be displayed on a panel, based on chips with multiple bioreceptors, namely 64 acoustic resonators. In addition, another question emerged during the artistic residency: if acoustic resonance were audible, what would it sound like?

Bio note

Andrea Inocêncio has a PhD in Contemporary Art (College of Arts, University of Coimbra), with the thesis Silêncio - a procura do avesso do espaço urbano (ou do avesso de mim). Her creative work moves between drawing and photography, between performance and artist's book. She has been exhibiting and performing regularly since 1996, in Portugal and abroad. She is represented in private and institutional collections, has held artist residencies, and has received several grants and awards. She was selected for the BIOASSEMBLER Artist Residency in an international call for artists. Her greatest ambition is to share her creative experience around the world.

Event within the framework of the project BIOASSEMBLER Integrating bio-inspired assembly into semiconductor manufacturing technology for biosensors, funded by the European Union's Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under grant agreement no. 101070589. This artistic product reflects the views only of the author, and the Committee cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.

More information about the artist residency:

https://bioassembler.eu/bridging-art-and-science-a-new-artist-joins-the-bioassembler-team/

https://bioassembler.eu/artist-andrea-inocencio-arrives-in-finland-for-the-projects-artistic-residency/

https://bioassembler.eu/whats-next-for-bioassemblers-artistic-residency/