Organismo | Art in Applied Critical Ecologies

Independent study program, Year Zero

MNTB Madrid

Organismo. Design: Koln Studio.

TBA21–Academy

Research

Public Program

TBA21–Academy and Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza present Organismo | Art in Applied Critical Ecologies, an independent study program connecting research, theory, and speculation with specific cases of regenerative interventions that take place through different forms of alliance. The project began with the aim of exploring new methodologies and configurations of actors in processes of ecological transformation. Its foundational hypothesis is that the work of artists leading interdisciplinary projects have great potential to contribute to a cultural paradigm shift that results in new ways of inhabiting the planet that embrace complexity and are inclusive.

Organismo is based on the experiences of TBA21–Academy, Fundación TBA21’s research center and incubator for collaborative inquiry, artistic production, and environmental advocacy, which has served for over a decade as a catalyst for new forms of knowledge arising from the relationship between art, science, public policy, and conservation. Based on this same approach, Organismo functions as a system of connections between artistic research, interdisciplinary research, government bodies, and local communities to facilitate the co-development of plural and intersectional projects necessary to address the challenges and converging crises of today. 

Experimentation with methodologies is present in the process of thinking and designing of Organismo. Thus, this year zero of the independent study program is conceived as a prototyping process during which we will test patterns, hypotheses, and organizational structures. 

The research lines of this pilot program—which will run from January to June 2024— respond to the work carried out by TBA21–Academy since its foundation in 2011. They are organized along the following lines: Collective intelligence, Convivial conservation, The rights of more-than-human, Liquid intelligence, and Ecologies of technologies.

Organismo’s study program is structured around applied cases, which for this year zero are:

United Nations Ocean Conference - Barcelona

 - Facilitated by TBA21 

 - Artistic accompaniment -pulso- Markus Reymann

 

Suq Centeno - Córdoba 

 - Facilitated by Plata y la Fundación Daniel y Nina Carasso

 - Artistic accompaniment -pulso- Plata

 

Territorio Abadía Retuerta - Sardón del Duero, Valladolid 

 - Facilitated by Abadía Retuerta

 - Artistic accompaniment -pulso- fragmented: Atelier itd, Paula García-Masedo, Nomad Garden, Chus Martínez and Santiago Saura Martínez de Toda

 

ARQVA - Cartagena, Murcia 

 - Facilitated by Museo Nacional de Arqueología Subacuática, Cartagena, Murcia -  Ministerio de Cultura de España

 - Artistic accompaniment -pulso- Queenie Yun-fong Lin and Mercedes Azpilicueta

 

Altamira - Santillana del Mar, Cantabria

 - Facilitated by Museo Nacional y Centro de Investigación de Altamira

 - Artistic accompaniment -pulso- Simón López Trujillo y Dorothy Michaels

 

Immersive Narratives - virtual

 - Facilitated by TBA21

 - Artistic accompaniment -pulso- Operator

You can find extended information about the research lines, applied cases, methodology, calendar and open call in the pdfs linked below.

Organismo’ year zero will feature among others: Aula Paleobotánica de Fabero, Barcelona Supercomputing Centre - Centro Nacional de Supercomputación (BSC-CNS), Mercedes Azpilicueta, Wendy Cabrera Rubio, Louise Carver, Nerea Calvillo, Eduardo Castillo-Vinuesa, Fundación Cerezales, Rebecca Collins, Stephanie Comilang, Fito Conesa, Pietro Consolandi, Mekhala Dave, elii [oficina de arquitectura], José Esquinas, José Luis Fernández Casadevante «Kois», La Fresnedilla, Paula García-Masedo, Mayte Gómez Molina, Grandeza Studio, Concepción Huerta, Yina Jiménez Suriel, Alex Jordan, Keiken, Michal Kucerak, Sonia Levy, Simón López Trujillo, Chus Martínez, Pablo Martínez, Dorothy Michaels, María Montero, Coco Moya, Joana Moya, Operator, Plata, Marian Pastor Roces, Daniel Peña-Guzmán, Markus Reymann, Santiago Saura Martínez de Toda, Anna Secor, Yasaman Sheri, Laura Tripaldi, Queenie Yun-fong Lin, María Teresa Vicente, Feifei Zhou, and Daniela Zyman.

The independent study program of Organismo | Art in Applied Critical Ecologies is an initiative by TBA21–Academy and Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza. Organismo is a platform developed by multiple collaborators that for its year zero has the following partners: Abadía Retuerta, Fundación Arquia, Fundación Española para la Ciencia y la Tecnología (FECYT) - Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades, Atelier itd, Plata (in collaboration with Fundación Daniel y Nina Carasso), Sónar+D, and the national museums ARQVA Museo Nacional de Arqueología Subacuática and Museo Nacional y Centro de Investigación de Altamira - Subdirección General de Museos Estatales, Dirección General de Patrimonio Cultural y Bellas Artes - Ministerio de Cultura.

 

Organismo Year One will start in October 2024, the call for participation in the new case studies will be open from 9 September until 6 October 2024.
 

PUBLIC PROGRAM

Organismo PRESENCIAS 

LOCATION

Hybrid format

Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza

Different locations in Madrid

Online sessions
 

PRESS AREA

Here