Artist duo Studio Above & Below was selected for a residency in the context of STARTS — Repairing The Present , organized by GLUON, cleantech hub Snowball in Harelbeke, and together with intercommunal Leiedal. With Entangled Landscapes, Studio Above&Below will develop a phone based XR —experience which enriches South West Flanders landscape with a virtual space in which sculptural augmented species are nourished by local bio inputs. Three site specific physical installations will collect soil, water and air data to nourish the digital species, revealing local biodiversity in a new poetic way, while providing critical insight into the regional condition of the landscape.
Studio Above&Below is a London—based art and technology practice founded by Daria Jelonek (GER) and Perry-James Sugden (UK). Their work combines digital art, data and generative systems in order to draw together unseen connections between humans, machines and the environment. Believing in research-based art, Studio Above&Below often works with scientists, technologists and communities to push the boundaries of digital media for future living. Over the last years the duo has created groundbreaking artworks using immersive technologies such as Augmented Reality and Mixed Reality in order to make the invisible visible and to give our environment a voice to express itself.
