James Grossman

Unit 3, Euston Tower, 286 Euston Road, NW1 3DP

PV: Thursday 16th January 2025

Open: 17th January – 22nd February 2025

The group meld art, biology and new technology in the form of speculative sculpture. Their artists range from RCA and ECA graduates to Bartlett architects and computer scientists, jointly exploring how the digital fabrication process can not only mimic nature’s forms but also celebrate its underlying patterns of collective intelligence.

James Grossman Sculptor, constructing tactile sculptures & public interventions, exploring our innate need for connection.
Alex Clarke Interaction Artist. Blends algorithm and woodwork to create live, biomimetic sculptures exploring collective intelligence.
Hanne Peeraer Painter. Draws on neuroscience to create ethereal patterns traced on acrylic and jesmonite.
Josef Stoeger Ceramic designer. Intricate organic architecture utilising waste clay.
Peter James Bio-artist, speculates the future ‘symbiocene’ that integrates physical and living systems.
Hyunjuncho Artist, digitally crafting organic and inorganic material to construct experiences of a futuristic dystopia.
Loukis Menalaou Architect and Virtual World Builder. Narrative-driven architecture that reinterprets history to shape our future.

Their project ‘Fabricated Futures’ tries to hone in on built environments that are more receptive to input from their surrounding ecosystems. They will exhibit a selection of freestanding sculptures alongside digital interactives using projection mapping and motion tracking which they will ideally need to mount to the walls and ceilings. They showcase artefacts informed and embellished by living systems of all scales, as a way to offer insight into their complex structures and behaviours. These range from living bioactive furniture to tactile sculptures that promote mutual understanding of nature.

They will host a series of free, interdisciplinary art-science talks to accompany the pieces with an educational backstory. Hanne Peeraer will talk about her master’s research that uses EEG brain data to demonstrate how certain art can drive deeper perceptual insight. Peter James will talk about how edible algae can be cultivated, whilst also conducting a carbon-capturing algae wood block printing workshop. Alex Clarke will talk about future adaptive architecture drawing on plant biology and machine learning, through his master’s research modelling plant tissue growth. Josef Stoeger will talk about utilising reclaimed clay for 3D printing techniques.