FATHOMERS DISPATCH 01
What Is Synthetic Biology?
EMERGENCE: A CONVENING
Two inspired days of learning, exchange, and co-creation at the nexus of art, culture, and our biological futures.
TWELVE EARTHS SITE 02 ANNOUNCEMENT
Fathomers is pleased to announce Abrigo do Lagar Velho, an ancient rock shelter in the Lapedo Valley of the District of Leiria in Portugal, as the second site in artist Michael Jones McKean’s long-form planetary sculpture Twelve Earths.
AFRORITHMS SYNBIOSIS
Join as we play a specially-themed version of the AfroRithms from the Future game with its creators Dr. Lonny Avi Brooks and Ahmed Best, scribe and facilitator Jade Fabello, and special guest Dr. David Sun Kong of the MIT Media Lab.
PST ART
Fathomers’ exhibition, Emergence, will be be presented as part of Getty’s 2024 PST ART: Art & Science Collide initiative.
1,000 DAYS DOCUMENTATION
Video and images from our gathering and conversation featuring Dr. Drew Endy, Hirokazu Kosaka, Dr. Yewande Pearse and Dr. Jennifer Willet.
ASTRO EGALITARIAN VIRTUAL NETWORK
Fathomers joined Ahmed Best, Dr. Lonny Brooks, and Jade Fabello to co-host the first convening on the AEVN.
TWELVE EARTHS SITE 01 ANNOUNCEMENT
Fathomers is pleased to announce the first site in artist Michael Jones McKean’s long-form planetary sculpture Twelve Earths.
CURATORS IN CONVERSATION
Excerpts from Fathomers’ first public program for Emergence
CURATORIAL RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP
The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts awards a $50,000 Curatorial Research Fellowship grant to Fathomers curators.
A CELL FROM SCRATCH
As scientists race to discover the secrets held in the building block of life, the stakes grow higher for synthetic biology.
1,000 DAYS
A conversation with Dr. Drew Endy, Dr. Yewande Pearse and Dr. Jennifer Willet, with a performance by Hirokazu Kosaka.
TWELVE EARTHS SITE VISIT DOCUMENTATION
This past Summer, Michael Jones McKean was able to visit one of Twelve Earths’ sites to spend time with a group of archaeologists that have been working on an excavation site for over 20 years.
EMERGENCE: A GENEALOGY CURATORS IN CONVERSATION
Moderator Dr. Yewande Pearse joins Annie Fischer, Antajuan Scott and Stacy Switzer for a lively conversation offering an introduction to the world of Emergence, a project about art, biology, bodies and futures.
MEET: CHRISTOPHER HSIEH
Fathomers’ summer Curatorial Intern as part of the Getty Marrow Undergraduate Internship Program will joining the team this fall.
FATHOMERS IN ARTNEWS
Along with Emergence: A Genealogy Co-Curator Antajuan Scott, Fathomers has been featured in the latest issue of ARTnews exploring organizations and artists pushing the boundaries of culture through Art x Science!
EMERGENCE LEARNING LIBRARY
As Fathomers explores research for Emergence, we share a running list of books, docs, zines, and other resources that have captured our attention.
STUDIO TOUR: MICHAEL JONES MCKEAN
The definition of the “work space” has become a point of focus in this past year of pandemic adjustment. Join artist Michael Jones McKean as he reflects on what his studio means to him and Twelve Earths as a whole.