DLD08 – Highlights Life: a gene-centric view – Craig Venter & Richard Dawkins

Bio

Frederik De Wilde °1975, lives in Brussels (BE) Frederik De Wilde studied fine arts (MA), audio-visual arts(BA) & followed a pre-education in architecture, studied one year of philosophy and concluded his studies with a post-graduate degree in new media, arts & design (MA) where he was initiated in software programming (MaxMsp, Jitter, …). Furthermore, Frederik studied & worked abroad. For instance at the Johnson Atelier Technical Institute of Sculpture, Trenton, NJ, USA. As a workshop leader he has mainly been working for Groep-T (new media engineers) at the University Leuven & as a researcher involved in cognitive science projects at the University Brussels (VUB), as an artist and workshopleader for the Istanbul Museum of Contemporary Art. This scientific touch is blending in his artistic practice. For example; the project ‘Still Things,’ a multidisciplinary three-part project in the interstice between installation, performance and visual art. Cryogenic applications where used to stop or at least challenge biological processes and therefore, time itself. Together with art historian Ils Huygens he researched the process of freezing time. Frederik is regularly commissioned for making video-clips, trailers, soundscapes (The Kaaitheater -NRK, Argos vzw, Radio Klara, …) and is currently collaborating with the University of Hasselt researching material physics & biology where he is, currently, external advisor & coaching 3th Bachelor’s in physics. In 2008 he received a research grant and will explore the relationships between the arts, biotechnology and genetics. Frederik is collaborating frequently with LAb[au] LAboratory for Architecture and urbanism and exhibits frequently in LAb[au] MediaRuimte. In 2006 he founded The Bureau of Impure Problems which investigates the artwork and its limits, the frame, representation (…). Frederik’s videos are produced by A FALLING MAN production. Contact: f.d.w.angelfire@gmail.com