ABOUT THE WORKSHOP

Thinker Maker Space of CYENS presents “Compostable Offerings”, a workshop about biofabrication and rituals by resident artist Betiana Pavón.

‘Rituals introduce discontinuities in the structure of time. These interstices are endowed with meaning. The notions of time and space that ritual introduces are experienced by the actors as everyday realities; in other words, ritual becomes everyday and everyday becomes ritual’. Biofabrication is an innovative field that combines biology and new technologies to create living or biologically inspired materials, fabrics and structures; seeking to develop practical, sustainable and environmentally responsible solutions. In this workshop you will learn how to collect, select, treat and re-use your own waste; through different recipes we will develop biomaterials in different formats (100% compostable) with which each participant will be able to create their own offering to the earth. The aim of this workshop is to address the current problems regarding the management and use of waste in a circular way, offering creative solutions in connection with artistic practice.

 

Audience:

• The workshop is open to everyone interested in the field of biofabrication.
• No skills are required to attend the workshop.

 

Participants are encouraged to bring:

• Some precious object that you have on your altar or that represents you.
• Your most abundant food or organic waste in your environment and/or in your daily life
  (Example: coffee waste, tea, fruit skins, eggshells, seaweed, etc).

Important: the waste must be dry, without moisture.

 

Workshop Breakdown:

• Presentation and introduction to the workshop topics (Biofabrication, Altar, Offerings and Rituals)
• Selection and processing of the waste provided by the participants
• Demonstration and development of biomaterials (various recipes) by stations
• Time for individual creation of the offerings
• Group presentation, conclusion and closing

ABOUT BETIANA PAVÓN

Betiana Pavón, born in Argentina.

She trained and dabbled in various fields including Architecture, Interior Design, Photography, Styling and Art Direction. Since 2018, she resides in Spain, where she graduated from the Fabricademy programme at Fab Lab Barcelona (IAAC), exploring the intersection between textiles, digital fabrication and biology, later becoming a collaborator and instructor.

In this context of communion between art and design she has won and been recognised in international competitions such as: Global Talents Digital MBFWRussia 20, Samsung EGO Innovation Project 19, Reshape 19 Smart Product, Fashion Tech Week NY, Altaroma, among others.Her last position was Academic Coordinator and Instructor at the Basque BioDesign Center leading the research department and the development of materials related to biofabrication.

Her current artistic practice is intertwined with bio-art through three-dimensional format using biomaterials and organic waste as vehicles of morphological construction, experimentally seeking not only to explore new materialities, but also to critically promote environmental awareness and reflection on our relationship with the natural environment.

 

WEBSITE   |   linktr.ee/Betiana_Pavon

SOCIAL MEDIA   |  instagram/betiana_jpg