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BIOS lab Zone 1 - Installation: umbilical affinities, Whangārei Art Museum (2023). Photo by Nimmy Santhosh.

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"One giant altered reality... across the planet."

Hosted by Mark Williams · June 6, 2023

How can artists in the regions experiment with emergent artistic technologies? How can they work with international practitioners? Maggie Buxton discusses BIOS at Whangārei Art Museum.

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In this podcast, Mark Williams speaks to Maggie Buxton, the Director of AwhiWorld, a Northland-based creative technology studio. AwhiWorld’s latest project is BIOS, an open laboratory at Whangārei Art Museum which presents an interactive research and practice area for artists to experiment with VR, 3D projection mapping, interactive sensors, e-textiles, and organic materials.

BIOS runs until 18 June 2023 at Whangārei Art Museum. awhiworld.com

BIOS was produced in collaboration with ThoTho and in partnership with a number of community partners. It was funded by Manatū Taonga Ministry of Culture and Heritage.

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