CANCELLED: Melbourne Design Week: Seaweed Salon
An experimental evening of primitive plants, creative minds and immersive performance by Seaweed Appreciation Society International and future ensemble studio. From buildings to bodies, Seaweed Salon will provide an immersive demonstration of ways that seaweed, algae and moss can become central protagonists in the city — providing fresh air, fuel, nourishment, materials and libation. Indulge in a seaweed cocktail, explore speculative immersive artworks and listen to a series of short talks by leading artists, designers and scientists in our biodesign bar.
Wed 18 March 6pm
The Open Stage Theatre, University of Melbourne
757 Swanston Street Parkville
About Biomutualism
Lichen Kelp and Jessie French, founding members of Seaweed Appreciation Society international (SASi), have been working together on a project entitled Biomutualism, which has grown directly out of SASi as a means to explore tangible ways to explore the materiality of algae and incorporate seaweed into art, design and everyday life as well as exploring symbiotic relationships in nature, culture and economics. Biomutalism is a joint endeavour exploring symbiotic relationships in nature, culture, economics and beneficial enviro practice. Lichen and Jessie are currently investigating algae bioplastics, marine algae farming and the potential for further farming of seaweeds for food, fertiliser, fuel, material, carbon sinks and marine habitat rehabilitation.
About Seaweed Appreciation Society international (SASi)
SASi is a mobile experimental platform dedicated to artistic research into seaweed and marine ecologies. We convene events that enhance appreciation for seaweed as a subject and investigate creative ways to understand marine environments and speculates on seaweed-infused futures through the prism of art and science. Through reading groups, residencies, talks, forages, feasts and field trips, SASi connects marine specialists with artists and creatives for open-ended conversations and collaborations. SASi's work aims to cultivate attention to seaweed as a cultural, botanical and material actor. We explore seaweed itself, as well as its varied ecological, economic and political contexts.