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Techspressionist Salon 102 // Art-Science Intra-Action // Heidi Boisvert

Techspressionist Salon 102 // Art-Science Intra-Action January 8, 2026 Art–Science Intra-Action: New Modes of Knowledge Production If, as Karen Barad reminds us, we do not stand apart from the world we seek to know, then art–science collaborations are not mere exchanges of information but sites of intra-action—where bodies, technologies, microbes, and cosmic forces co-produce understanding. Laura Splan traces the aesthetics of molecules; Sue Huang mourns and reimagines ecological futures; Janet Biggs journeys to extreme terrains—physical and psychological—to probe the limits of perception; and Gal Nissim constructs portals for interspecies translation. Together, they model a practice in which knowledge is felt, not just proven; where data carries intimacy; and research becomes storytelling. Art–Science Intra-Action invites audiences into a shared laboratory of imagination, ethics, and planetary entanglement. Moderator Heidi Boisvert – Gainesville, FL Heidi Boisvert (PhD) is an interdisciplinary artist, experience designer, creative technologist, and researcher investigating the neurobiological and socio-cultural effects of media and technology. She studies the role of the body, senses, and emotion in perception and social change. Boisvert is mapping the world’s first media genome while addressing its ethical implications. She architects expanded-reality and transmedia storytelling experiences and devises networked performance using biocreative technology. She founded futurePerfect lab, working with social justice organizations to design emerging-media campaigns, and co-founded XTH, creating new modes of expression through biotechnology and the human body. Boisvert is Associate Professor of AI & the Arts at the University of Florida and a research affiliate at MIT’s Open Documentary Lab. ⸻ Artists (in order of appearance) 00:44:37 – Gal Nissim – galnissim.com Gal Nissim is a New York-based interdisciplinary artist and researcher investigating human–animal interactions. She creates interactive works—often involving living organisms—that explore scientific and ecological themes. Using sound, video, sculpture, installation, and humor, she helps audiences reimagine relationships with the living world. Nissim has exhibited at the New Museum, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Times Square, Pioneer Works, New York Hall of Science, Central Park, Artport Tel Aviv, and Science Gallery Detroit. She received the Young Artist Award (2022) from the Israel Ministry of Culture, as well as support from LMCC, Culture & Animals Foundation, and the Weizmann Institute of Science. 00:05:12 – Laura Splan – laurasplan.com Laura Splan is a New York City–based artist working at the intersections of science, technology, and culture. Her research-driven studio practice and interdisciplinary collaborations culminate in multimedia exhibitions revealing the liminal technological interfaces mediating our relationship to the biological world. Her work has been presented at the Museum of Modern Art (NYC), Brooklyn Museum, Santa Mònica Art Centre (Barcelona), Galerie FOFA (Montréal), and The Nobel Prize Museum at Liljevalchs (Stockholm). Commissions include Museum of the Moving Image, Vanderbilt Planetarium, Beall Center for Art+Technology, and Bruges Triennial. Her research has been supported by the Simons Foundation, Jerome Foundation, Creative Australia, NEW INC, and AS220. 00:23:05 – Sue Huang – studiosuehuang.com Sue Huang is a new media artist whose work examines collective experience, ecological intimacy, and speculative futures. She is the 2025–2026 Rutgers–New Brunswick Laureate for Bodies of Flora, a project exploring botanical loss and social memory. Huang has exhibited at MOCA Los Angeles, Contemporary Arts Center Cincinnati, Philadelphia Contemporary, ISEA Montreal, and Ars Electronica Linz. Residencies include Leonardo@Djerassi, LMCC, NEW INC, and MASS MoCA. Huang holds an MFA from UCLA and a BS in Science, Technology, and International Affairs from Georgetown University and is Assistant Professor of Art & Design at Rutgers University–New Brunswick. 01:06:24 – Janet Biggs – jbiggs.com Janet Biggs is a research-based interdisciplinary artist known for immersive video, sound, and performance exploring individuals in extreme landscapes and situations. Working between art, science, and technology, she has collaborated with NOAA, NASA, and CERN. Her work has received support from the Guggenheim Foundation and National Endowment for the Arts and recognition from The New York Times, ArtForum, and ARTNews. Biggs exhibits internationally and is a member of The Explorers Club. She works with Cristin Tierney Gallery (NYC), Analix Forever (Geneva), and CONNERSMITH (Washington, DC).