Imagining without Brain: Towards a Decentralization of Cognition – Guest Lecture by Paul Rosero-Contreras, 18.11.

Imagining without brain: towards a decentralization of cognition

Guest Lecturer: Paul Rosero Contreras, Date: 18.11.2024, Time: 16.30 – 18.00 EET, K-216, Mylly – Academy of Fine Arts. The lecture is held on Zoom.

In this talk, Rosero – Contreras approaches some questions related to interspecies communication, speculative imaginaries and non-human intelligence. Based on the presentation of past and current projects, the artist will share his view in relation to geo-politics, the possibility of new becomings and experiences on art and science practice in singular sites such as Antarctica or the Galapagos Islands. The dialogue points out historic treatments to environments and the transformation of concepts like nature, pristine, conservation and reciprocity. 

Paul Rosero-Contreras is an Ecuadorian multidisciplinary artist and researcher. His work intertwines distinct epistemologies, ranging from indigenous thinking to the history of science. Rosero holds an MFA from the California Institute of the Arts – CalArts and a Master in Cognitive Systems and Interactive Media from Universidad Pompeu Fabra, Spain. His work has received different prizes and grants, and it has been displayed widely at venues and events such as the 57th Venice Biennale, ZKM in Germany, Musee Quai Branly in Paris, MAAT in Portugal, Getty’s Pacific Standard Time, 5th Moscow Biennale for Young Art, the 1st. Antarctic Biennale, H2 Center, Augsburg, 11th. and 15th. Cuenca Biennale, 1st. and 2nd. Bienal Sur in Buenos Aires, at Siggraph in Los Angeles, among other spaces. Currently, Rosero-Contreras teaches and conducts research at Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Ecuador. https://paulrosero.art