Sat, Jan 11, 2025 11:38
Jan 11, 2025
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Nadia Plesner’s captivating “Colony Collapse Disorder” (2020) series features oil paintings on beehive frames, incorporating imagery of vintage canned food. I see the artwork as representing the precarious relationship between food systems struggling under climate change (in this case, the role of pollinators) and the emergency connotations of canned goods.
Authors
Wouter Van Rossem is a researcher on the intersection between social science and computer science. He previously worked on the European Research Council (ERC) funded project, Processing Citizenship, where he investigated how data infrastructures for population processing co-produce citizens, Europe, and territory. He completed his PhD at the University of Twente in the Netherlands and is still working on publications stemming from these impactful projects. In addition to his academic pursuits as a PhD at the University of Twente in the Netherlands, he brings a diverse background as a software engineer, having worked in various companies and at the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre in Italy. His diverse background, spanning both theoretical and hands-on knowledge, reflects his keen interest in exploring the intricate interconnections between technology and society.