The sound sculpture combines a medical machine for automatic pulmonary ventilation with a few organ pipes that play a musical chord in a continuous rhythm of mechanical breathing. In this way, they create an artificial organ that is metaphorically a mechanical requiem that is constantly heard. The sculpture is intended to draw attention to the situation in which the survival of people with critical health problems depends on the respiratory apparatus, and thus on the judgment of those who care for them. More

'Climax: Axenic' is a massive, minimalist-production installation continues the project of creating machinery for pleasure. The long-term project is gradually developing into a collection of devices which offer people a view into an institutionalized form that is almost identical to mediaeval torture chambers that reveal a remnant of a past civilization to the curious tourist. More

The project began as a laboratory experiment in which the artist played sinus frequencies to fungi mycelia that she collected in the woods near her home. After several weeks of observing these collected samples, housed in custom-made soundproof boxes, most showed a positive response to the sound, growing faster and denser then samples grown in silence. More

We invite you to the first ever Winter Space Academy for children who want to explore the mysteries of the Universe. We will explore extraterrestrial conditions and think about what it would take for humans to live on the Moon. In TinkerCad, we will build a 3D model of a lunar base, learn about the laws of gravity, build our own rocket using electronic components and even write a simple programme and send it to the International Space Station. More

Food is a key part of our lives: have you ever wondered what we will eat in the future? What new feeding rituals will evolve? In a series of 10 workshops, we will immerse ourselves in two completely different dystopian scenarios and learn, question, experiment, and cook the food that might be waiting for us in the future. More

[Arc-hive] 'Archiving bio-media' / symposium // 17.-18.2.22, 9-6pm
How can we preserve artistic bio-media projects? Can we improve how we can take care of them in the future? Did we learn anything from the past already? An international panel that will be discussing the possibilities of preserving live art for future generations.

[CreaTures] Vivarium / Taro Knopp: 'MyCoBiont - ml-iso|la|ti|o|nis|mus', Exhibition Opening // 10.2.22, 8pm
Taro Knopp from the Mycelium Network Society will present hermetically sealed and isolated living environments - spaces of coexistence and interaction between locally sourced in/organic materials, fungi, and technology. He will be hacking and building this with the participants of 'MyCoBiont' workshops in the Vivarium laboratory a week before the opening.

BioTehna / Mojca Založnik, Gregor Krpič: 'Birefringence' / presentation and experiment // in February
The authors are continuing their exploration of light (and sound) waves in the terahertz region, this time through an experiment with light and bacteria in the laboratory.

[5hek] 'zvočni[K]rožnik', children's workshop // 28.1.22, 5-8pm
Speakers are with us every step of the way: in shops, cars, at concerts... we even carry them with us as they hide in our phones. But do you know how they work and how you can make them yourself?