@ Schmiede Hallein, Saline,
Pernerinsel, Mauttorpromenade 7, 5400 Hallein
We are pleased to announce the workshop with Anna Dumitriu on Friday September 6th at 4PM at Schmiede Hallein.
The number of participants is limited.
Please register at office@schmiedehallein.com
Participation is free. A voluntary donation is appreciated.
The workshop is based on Anna’s new artwork – Manna.
Anna will lead the workshop in English, but there will be several potential translators present.
About the workshop:
Work with internationally renowned BioArtist Anna Dumitriu to explore her artistic approach of weaving together cultural narratives, historical events, and cutting-edge scientific knowledge with sculpture and biomaterials in this hands-on workshop.
The workshop is based on “Manna: Epigenetics, International Trauma and Postmemory”, a new work-in-progress prototype that will be shown in the exhibition for the first time. Manna explores the epigenetic impact of violence, conflict, and famine with a focus on intergenerational trauma, and food as a form of comfort during times of conflict, in the context of “postmemory”.
In the workshop you will create and cast moulds and work with materials such as Swedish flour, tulip bulbs, chicory, sugar from sugar beets and discuss Dumitriu’s research process and how she constructs her artistic storytelling. Anna Dumitriu will introduce the scientific background of epigenetics in an accessible way and talk about the Dutch Hunger Winter, and how memories are past down through generations.
The Dutch Hunger Winter was a famine brought about by the Nazi’s who blockaded food supplies in the Netherlands in 1944 as a punishment for railway workers strikes aimed at preventing the movement of troops. It has been shown that the children of women in the first trimester of pregnancy during the famine have higher levels of obesity and diabetes, and a have a higher mortality rate though their weights at birth appeared normal.
It has been shown that certain genes have been silenced in these children’s DNA potentially affecting their metabolisms. How many babies being born today in areas of conflict will be similarly damaged?
More about Anna Dumitriu
Picture: Anna at the Victoria and Albert Museum London – Workshop Infective Textiles
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