Biofriction. Cultural transformations through Hybrid Spaces

Transdisciplinary relationships between Art, Science and Technologies have led to the generation of hybrid contexts that, not only have provided new conceptual and practical framework for artistic research, but have also led to paradigm shifts affecting other areas of knowledge/cultural areas. Bioart is defined as an art practice working with biomaterials, such as live tissues, bacteria, living organisms. The so-called Bioart and Biohack practices offers a substantial change in the relationship between art, science, technologies and society, especially between art and biology.

In the interaction between art and science, it is remarkably common that artists and scientist taking part in this type of interdisciplinary projects, coincide to highlight recurrent barriers and problems which jeopardise effective collaboration.

Biofriction partners will cooperate to:

*Address the need for common tools and approaches in the intersection between Bioart, biohacking and biotechnologies, in order to generate Hybrid Spaces for artists, curators, scientists and social agents.

*Stimulate transnational cooperation between artists and scientists, building bridges of communication between the different areas of technical, scientific, social, artistic and transcultural knowledge, in a hybrid framework of cultural production through an international programme encompassing workshops, residences, summer lab and exhibition, Explore transhackfeminist approach and perspective as an innovative methodology to stimulate artistic research, cultural transformations and transnational production in the domain of bioarts and biohacking.

*Promote transnational mobility of artists, experts and international circulation of works making bioart and biohacking accessible to anyone by means of residencies, exhibitions, talks and workshops programs.

*Collect lessons elaborating codes of Good Practices in the domain of transdisciplinary practices, in order to replicate them beyond this partnership.

Kersnikova Institute

(Partner) Ljubljana

All projects of Slovenian producer

Foreign producers in the supported project

Fundacio Privada AAVC (leader)

Spain (EU)
Associação Cultural Cultivamos Cultura (partner)

Portugal (EU)
Suomen Biotaiteen Seura RY Foreningen for Biokonst / Finland Finnish Society of Bioart FBAS (partner)

Finland (EU)

Funded projects

European Film Festival Network Young Programmers for Young Audiences! (Young4Film)

FILMDISTRIBUTION2025

European Films in Slovenia 2025-2027 Fivia d.o.o.

ACQUISITIONS AND DISTRIBUTION OF EUROPEAN FILMS 2026-2027

European Films in Slovenia 2024-2026 - Fivia

2023 Film Distribution - Generation stage Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbia, Albania - Reinvestment into distribution and Acquisition of non-national European titles 2024-2026

European films in Slovenia 2023/2024

EUROPEAN FILM 2023-2024

DEMIURG - distribution of European films in Slovenia, years 2024 and 2025

2022 Film Distribution - Generation stage Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro, Albania - Reinvestment into distribution and Acquisition of non-national European titles 2023-2025

2020, 2021 - GENERATION SLOVENIA - REINVESTMENT INTO DISTRIBUTION AND ACQUISITION OF NON-NATIONAL EUROPEAN TITLES 2022-2024

European Films in Slovenia 2022/2023

DEMIURG - distribution of European films in Slovenia, years 2023 and 2024

2020 Generation and Reinvestment – Demiurg

2020 Generation and Reinvestment – Fivia

2020 Generation and Reinvestment – Blitz

Films on the Move 2025

Films on the Move 2024

Films on the Move 2023

Films on the Move 2022

Films on the Move 2021

Kino Otok Isola Cinema 2016

Distribution – Automatic support scheme 2014 - Demiurg

Distribution – Automatic support scheme 2014 - Blitz

Distribution – Automatic support scheme - Fivia/Cenex

Distribution – Automatic support scheme - Demiurg

Distribution – Automatic support scheme Blitz

12. Animateka International Animated Film Festival

United States od Love

Stories From The Chestnut Woods

The Last Ice Hunters

Vrnitev v Itako/Retour a Ithaque

Victoria

Long Way North

Toni Erdmann

The Girl King

Suburra

Starec in štorklja

Savlov sin/Saul Fia

Resonance Cinema. Cultural Hub for Curious Minds

Classroom Rascals

Phoenix

Ovna/Hrutar

Redemption (now Family Therapy)

Odprto morje/Fuocoammare

Nova prijateljica/Une Nouvelle Amie

Neznanka/La Fille Inconnue

A Bigger Splash

Mustang

Mon Roi

Moja mama/Mia Madre

Misija Arktika/Operasjon Arktis

Matura/Bacalaureat (aka Fotografii de Familie)

Marijina zgodba/Marie Heurtin

Marguerite

Mama/Ma ma

Maenas Down

Ma Loute/Mirni zaliv

Ljubezen na prvi pretep/Les combattants

The Innocents

Like Crazy

The Business of Revenge

A War

The Commune

Captain Sabertooth and the Treasure of Lama Rama

I, Daniel Blake

Golob je sedel na veji in razmišljal o življenju/En Duva Satt Pa En Gren Och Funderade Pa Tillvaron

Louder than Bombs

Francofonia

Conspiracy of Faith

The absent one

Phantom Boy

Sweet Dreams

European Framework for Film Education

Eden

Dobrodušni velikan/Fúsi

Čisto nova zaveza/Le Tout Nouveau Testament

Cena slave/La Rancon de la Gloire

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