Johannesburg-based artist, academic, writer and curator, Leora Farber, brings a captivating blend of creativity and scientific inquiry to her work. Holding a background in Fine Art, she is Associate Professor and Director of the Visual Identities Research Centre #LeoraFarber

𝐌𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭: 𝐍𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐁𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐚⁣ ⁣In 'The Orders of the Undead', Nadine teams up with skin infections specialist Henry de Vries to investigate the connection between zombie mythology, infectious diseases, mortality, and modernity/coloniality. #SymBioArt

𝐌𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭: 𝐗𝐲𝐥𝐚𝐧 𝐝𝐞 𝐉𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐫⁣ Xylan de Jager is a young, idiosyncratic spirit with an imaginative appetite for innovation. ⁣ #XylandeJager #SymBioArt #BioArt #BioArtInAfrica #UJExhibition #CMRC #CreativeMicrobiologyResearchColab #VIAD #WHRC #4IR

𝐌𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭: 𝐁𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐨𝐧 𝐌𝐚𝐚𝐫𝐭⁣ 𝐒𝐘𝐌 | 𝐁𝐈𝐎 | 𝐀𝐑𝐓⁣ ⁣ #BrentonMaart #SymBioArt #BioArt #CreativeMicrobiologyResearchColab #VIAD #WHRChttps://www.viad.co.za/viad-bio-art-cmrc

𝐒𝐘𝐌 | 𝐁𝐈𝐎 | 𝐀𝐑𝐓⁣ Images of artist Prof Tobias Barnard with his work, 'Come Dine With Us'. The exhibition runs until 19 August 2023. #TobiasBarnard #CMRC #WHRC #VIAD #SYMBIOART #BIOART #4IR #UJ Images courtesy of UJ Research and Innovation

A new world of South African bio-art in Auckland Park northcliffmelvilletimes.co.za/380204/a-new-w…

Watch VIAD Director Leora Farber discuss Africa's first bio-art lab on SABCNews_MorningLive ART | Biotechnology, contemporary art meet at the FADA Gallery in UJ youtu.be/Dx9qNaHtvVU #SYMBIOART #bioart #bioartinafrica #cmrc #viad #creativemicrobiologyresearchcolab University of Johannesburg

𝐍𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐰𝐞 𝐗𝐚𝐛𝐚⁣ ⁣ 𝐒𝐘𝐌 | 𝐁𝐈𝐎 | 𝐀𝐑𝐓⁣ 𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐑𝐀-𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐀𝐓 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐋 𝐍𝐎𝐃𝐄 𝐁𝐄𝐓𝗪𝐄𝐄𝐍 𝐁𝐈𝐎𝐓𝐄𝐂𝐇𝐍𝐎𝐋𝐎𝐆𝐘 & 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐌𝐏𝐎𝐑𝐀𝐑𝐘 𝐀𝐑𝐓⁣ Link in bio #NelisiweXaba #SymBioArt #BioArt #CreativeMicrobiologyResearchColab

Nice review of the Bio-Art show I've got some work from #theWorldAfterUs on in Johannesburg, South Africa! University of Johannesburg UJ Arts & Culture Mail & Guardian. I miss you Joburg :) (hey Simon de la Rouviere 🌇 thought you'd appreciate!) Art meets science at UJ exhibition mg.co.za/thoughtleader/…

UJ presents SYM | BIO | ART exhibition an intersection of art and science citylifearts.co.za/uj-presents-sy… #SYMBIOART #BIOART #BIOARTINAFRICA #CMRC #CreativeMicrobiologyResearchColab #VIAD #WHRC #UJ #UJexhibition

iol.co.za/sunday-tribune… #NelisiweXaba #SYMBIOART #BioArt #BioArtInAfrica #CMRC #CreativeMicrobiologyResearchColab #VIAD #WHRC

𝐑𝐄𝐏𝐎𝐒𝐓 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 @𝐢𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐰𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬 ⁣ ⁣ What happens, actually, when History is a Catastrophe? How can we imagined the new? Book launch: 27 August 2023, 4pm Venue: Soweto Book Café. Copies will be available or can be purchased here: iwalewabooks.com ⁣

Catch nathaniel stern 🌱💻 📝 's online presentation for the CMRC's Intra-Actions series, 20 September 10:30AM CST. For more information, visit the link in our bio. #NathanielStern #TheWorldAfterUs #CMRC #VIAD #WHRC #IntraActions

Missed Prof Nathaniel Stern's #TheWorldAfterUs online presentation? Watch it here: viad.co.za/intraactions-2… #NathanielStern #intraactions #VIAD #cmrc #whrc #CreativeMicrobiologyResearchColab nathaniel stern 🌱💻 📝

VIAD is celebrating a new visual identity, to fit with our vision for the Centre. We just want to thank Adele Prins, from prinsdesign.co.za for the striking logo and identity design. Much appreciated, she created a showstopper! ⁣ ⁣adele prins

New episode alert! S2 Ep 4: The South African Way feat. Damien Tomaselli: spreaker.com/episode/570358…

𝐑𝐄𝐏𝐎𝐒𝐓 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 @𝐬𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬𝐚𝐤𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐲⁣ ⁣14 October 2023. 11am-2pm BREAD/MXNNA/PAIN:⁣ RADICAL SOFTNESS⁣ with Goldendean⁣ Workshop on #radicalsoftness with artist & educator @goldendean_art.⁣ ⁣ More on Goldendean: goldendean.com

𝗪𝐞𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝟏𝟖 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑,𝟔:𝟑𝟎𝐏𝐌 (𝐋𝐃𝐍); 𝟕:𝟑𝟎𝐏𝐌 (𝐉𝐇𝐁)⁣ ⁣⁣ 𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐑𝐀-𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒 #𝟑:⁣⁣ 𝐄𝐫𝐢𝐜 𝐆𝐲𝐚𝐦𝐟𝐢 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐦𝐚 𝐉𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐁. 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ LINK IN BIO

Don't miss out! 18 October 2023: 6:30PM (London); 7:30PM (Johannesburg). Link in Bio. Intra-Actions #3: An Infectious Feeling: Eric Gyamfi and Ama Josephine B. Johnstone in conversation contemporaryand.com/exhibition/int…

The SYM | BIO | ART exhibition catalogue is OUT NOW! Read it on our website! #SYMBIOART #VIAD #WHRC #CMRC viad.co.za/sym-bio-art-ca…