bio
aaron inker is a visual artist, educator and cultural practitioner. He works with
diverse media including installation, audio/video and socially engaged art
to develop practices and experiences related to creative ecologies and the
exploration of relationships between human and ‘other’ at the intersection
between art, science and technology.
His work as an educator has led his research towards a relational approach,
which focuses on the connection between his practice and the community,
environment and context in which he is working. Based on this approach,
he is co-founder and animator of Spazio Hydro, an independent cultural
centre in Biella, active in the design, development and experimentation of
new forms of cultural experience. For Hydro he is co-curator of the public
programme Fluviale, a research path dedicated to the investigation of the
human-non-human relationship and the nature-culture dialectic.
His visual research also extends to his profession as a vj, which has led him
to curate the visual impact of clubs, events and international festivals and
to perform alongside renowned artists.
He attended the Academy of Fine Arts in Novara and the Visual Arts Design
and Production course at the IUAV University of Venice.
statement
Starting from my interest in science and science fiction, my research has
developed around theory fiction, understood as the capacity of artistic
and cultural products (and processes) to fuse or mix theoretical elements
[philosophy, academic texts, scientific data, ...] and narrative/aesthetic
elements [speculative fiction, science fiction, worldbuilding ... ].
Theory fiction, similarly to artistic practice, is a tool that attempts to narrate the complexity of the contemporary world, to reconnect people to the time and space they are living, counteracting the distortions of a system of thinking based on the extraction of resources and data and the post-truth drift of storytelling. A model -an ontology- that leads to a fragmented and individualistic society where neither the natural sciences nor the humanities are able to explain reality, to connect with people and include them in a shared ground.
The potential of art, in this theory-fiction context, is to suspend ontology: to liberate the possibility of building new worlds and new thoughts, to liberate even external, alien points of view, to define a new relationship between human and non-human. To negotiate a better balance between the various agents that inhabit, modify and define an environment.
“The ultimate, hidden truth of the world is that it is something that we do, and that we could just as easily do differently”. David Graeber
Education
MA Visual and Performing Arts - IUAV University, Venice, IT 2012
BA Visual Arts - ACME Fine Arts Academy, Novara, IT 2008
Workshops and Residencies
[Residency] Zargalab , Marrakech, MO - 2024
[Residency] MADE Creatives in residence, San Miguel de Allende, MX - 2024
[Residency] Abitare il paesaggio, Unidee - Fondazione Pistoletto , Fondazione Zegna, Biella, IT - 2024
[Residency] Kesh. A week by the river, Terzo Paesaggio - Rivolta d’Adda, IT - 2023
[Residency] Abitare il paesaggio, Unidee - Fondazione Pistoletto , Fondazione Zegna, Biella, IT - 2023
[Workshop] “Working on common ground” by cheFare + Het Nieuwe Instituut, Triennale, Milan, IT - 2022
[Residency] Simposio - Borca di Cadore, IT - 2022
[Residency] Artwork as toolkit + Tools for the commons, Unidee - Fondazione Pistoletto, Biella, IT - 2022
[Workshop] XYZ Supernòva by Scuola Open Source - Ancona, IT - 2021
[Residency] Uforia Open Residency - Mastronauta, Omegna, IT - 2021
[Workshop] I Next Radio by Scuola Open Source - Online - 2021
[Workshop] XYZ Supernòva by Scuola Open Source - Novara, IT - 2020
[Residency] Uforia Open Residency - Mastronauta, Omegna, IT - 2020
[Workshop] laGUIDA by cheFare -as member of Spazio Hydro- Online, 2020
[Residency] Modes of Instituting, Unidee - Fondazione Pistoletto, Biella, IT - 2019
[Residency] Paesaggio Art Landscape - Viverone Lake, Biella, IT - 2019
[Workshop] Nube di parole by cheFare - Polo del ‘900 - Turin, IT- 2018
[Residency] Ludocity. Designing a site specific game, Unidee - Fondazione Pistoletto, Biella, IT - 2017 [Residency] Unmaking: subverting the every-day, Unidee - Fondazione Pistoletto, Biella, IT - 2016
[Residency] Sound, space, body, Unidee - Fondazione Pistoletto, Biella, IT - 2016
...
Exhibitions, Screenings and Talks
[Tutoring] Sentieri Creativi, Accademia di Belle Arti di Carrara, GAMEC , Bergamo, IT - 2024
[Tutoring + Solo] Microtopie ( workshop + installation ), Serra Madre, Bologna, IT - 2024
[Tutoring] Casa Walser Residency, Hobeltè - Gressoney, IT - 2024
[Curating] Fluviale 2024 + Floating Forest , public project + program, Spazio Hydro, Biella, IT - 2024
[Screening] ON SCREEN Festival, Vienna, AT - 2024
[Live] LPM - Live Performers Meeting, M’Hamid El Ghislane, MO - 2024
[Screening] Fubar Expo, Zagreb, HR - 2023
[Curating] Fluviale 2023, public program, Spazio Hydro, Biella, IT - 2023
[Live] LPM - Live Performers Meeting, Münster, DE - 2023
[Solo] Installation for “Fashion for planet open parliament”, Milan, IT - 2023
[Talk] “Digital experimentation” for Cantiere Cultura Podcast Ep.7, Fondazione Compagnia di San Paolo, Turin, IT - 2022
[Tutoring] Woolscape workshop, Valdilana, IT - 2022
[Talk] “How can cultural organizations lead towards sustainable coexistence?” TOLab, Todays Festival, Turin, IT - 2022
[Curating] Fluviale 2022, public program, Spazio Hydro, Biella, IT - 2022
[Tutoring] Casa Walser Residency, Hobeltè - Gressoney, IT - 2022
[Screening + Talk] Esseri reciproci - Imbarchino del Valentino, Pav Parco Arte Vivente, Torino, IT - 2022
[Screening] Celidonia, Marano Vicentino, IT - 2022
[Tutoring] “Decolonising the gaze to re-enchant reality” within the course AQUA. RIVER AS A SUBJECT promoted by Accademia Unidee (IT) and ArtEZ University of the Arts (NL), Biella, IT - 2022 [Screening] Una Boccata d’Arte - Museo della Navigazione Fluviale, Battaglia Terme, IT - 2021
[Solo] Cervo Project Room - Fondazione Pistoletto, Biella, IT - 2021
[Lecture] “Creative Ecology” for Re:earth Residency, Biella, 2021
[Talk] “Riprogettare il maschio: la sfida ecoqueer al Maschiocene” by Kabul Magazine, Online, IT, 2021
[Lecture] “A practice of correspondences with the river” for Climate Urbanism class, Politecnico di Torino University, IT, 2021
[Live] Visual Music - Museo Borgogna, Vercelli, IT, 2021
[Solo] SAARV - Arte al Centro, Fondazione Pistoletto, Biella, IT - 2019
[Live] Grunge - Imago, Varvara Festival, Torino, IT - 2017
[Live] Magma - San Michele Off, Bagnacavallo, IT - 2017
[...]
Publications
“Hearing colours, feeling sounds and tasting shapes”, Public Pressure - 2023
“Riprogettare il maschio: la sfida ecoqueer al Maschiocene” in Linguaggi part I, Kabul Magazine - 2021
“Irrisolto: partiture per corpi liberi” in Sensory Hiatus, Roots Routes Magazine #27 - 2018
Roll Up - 2016
A.N.G.AR. in residenza, self-published online catalogue - 2013
Visual Arts at Iuav, Venezia 2001-2011 - 2011
Listen party #3 - 2010
Videominuto, kaleidoscope online catalogue - 2008
Theory fiction, similarly to artistic practice, is a tool that attempts to narrate the complexity of the contemporary world, to reconnect people to the time and space they are living, counteracting the distortions of a system of thinking based on the extraction of resources and data and the post-truth drift of storytelling. A model -an ontology- that leads to a fragmented and individualistic society where neither the natural sciences nor the humanities are able to explain reality, to connect with people and include them in a shared ground.
The potential of art, in this theory-fiction context, is to suspend ontology: to liberate the possibility of building new worlds and new thoughts, to liberate even external, alien points of view, to define a new relationship between human and non-human. To negotiate a better balance between the various agents that inhabit, modify and define an environment.
“The ultimate, hidden truth of the world is that it is something that we do, and that we could just as easily do differently”. David Graeber
Education
MA Visual and Performing Arts - IUAV University, Venice, IT 2012
BA Visual Arts - ACME Fine Arts Academy, Novara, IT 2008
Workshops and Residencies
[Residency] Zargalab , Marrakech, MO - 2024
[Residency] MADE Creatives in residence, San Miguel de Allende, MX - 2024
[Residency] Abitare il paesaggio, Unidee - Fondazione Pistoletto , Fondazione Zegna, Biella, IT - 2024
[Residency] Kesh. A week by the river, Terzo Paesaggio - Rivolta d’Adda, IT - 2023
[Residency] Abitare il paesaggio, Unidee - Fondazione Pistoletto , Fondazione Zegna, Biella, IT - 2023
[Workshop] “Working on common ground” by cheFare + Het Nieuwe Instituut, Triennale, Milan, IT - 2022
[Residency] Simposio - Borca di Cadore, IT - 2022
[Residency] Artwork as toolkit + Tools for the commons, Unidee - Fondazione Pistoletto, Biella, IT - 2022
[Workshop] XYZ Supernòva by Scuola Open Source - Ancona, IT - 2021
[Residency] Uforia Open Residency - Mastronauta, Omegna, IT - 2021
[Workshop] I Next Radio by Scuola Open Source - Online - 2021
[Workshop] XYZ Supernòva by Scuola Open Source - Novara, IT - 2020
[Residency] Uforia Open Residency - Mastronauta, Omegna, IT - 2020
[Workshop] laGUIDA by cheFare -as member of Spazio Hydro- Online, 2020
[Residency] Modes of Instituting, Unidee - Fondazione Pistoletto, Biella, IT - 2019
[Residency] Paesaggio Art Landscape - Viverone Lake, Biella, IT - 2019
[Workshop] Nube di parole by cheFare - Polo del ‘900 - Turin, IT- 2018
[Residency] Ludocity. Designing a site specific game, Unidee - Fondazione Pistoletto, Biella, IT - 2017 [Residency] Unmaking: subverting the every-day, Unidee - Fondazione Pistoletto, Biella, IT - 2016
[Residency] Sound, space, body, Unidee - Fondazione Pistoletto, Biella, IT - 2016
...
Exhibitions, Screenings and Talks
[Tutoring] Sentieri Creativi, Accademia di Belle Arti di Carrara, GAMEC , Bergamo, IT - 2024
[Tutoring + Solo] Microtopie ( workshop + installation ), Serra Madre, Bologna, IT - 2024
[Tutoring] Casa Walser Residency, Hobeltè - Gressoney, IT - 2024
[Curating] Fluviale 2024 + Floating Forest , public project + program, Spazio Hydro, Biella, IT - 2024
[Screening] ON SCREEN Festival, Vienna, AT - 2024
[Live] LPM - Live Performers Meeting, M’Hamid El Ghislane, MO - 2024
[Screening] Fubar Expo, Zagreb, HR - 2023
[Curating] Fluviale 2023, public program, Spazio Hydro, Biella, IT - 2023
[Live] LPM - Live Performers Meeting, Münster, DE - 2023
[Solo] Installation for “Fashion for planet open parliament”, Milan, IT - 2023
[Talk] “Digital experimentation” for Cantiere Cultura Podcast Ep.7, Fondazione Compagnia di San Paolo, Turin, IT - 2022
[Tutoring] Woolscape workshop, Valdilana, IT - 2022
[Talk] “How can cultural organizations lead towards sustainable coexistence?” TOLab, Todays Festival, Turin, IT - 2022
[Curating] Fluviale 2022, public program, Spazio Hydro, Biella, IT - 2022
[Tutoring] Casa Walser Residency, Hobeltè - Gressoney, IT - 2022
[Screening + Talk] Esseri reciproci - Imbarchino del Valentino, Pav Parco Arte Vivente, Torino, IT - 2022
[Screening] Celidonia, Marano Vicentino, IT - 2022
[Tutoring] “Decolonising the gaze to re-enchant reality” within the course AQUA. RIVER AS A SUBJECT promoted by Accademia Unidee (IT) and ArtEZ University of the Arts (NL), Biella, IT - 2022 [Screening] Una Boccata d’Arte - Museo della Navigazione Fluviale, Battaglia Terme, IT - 2021
[Solo] Cervo Project Room - Fondazione Pistoletto, Biella, IT - 2021
[Lecture] “Creative Ecology” for Re:earth Residency, Biella, 2021
[Talk] “Riprogettare il maschio: la sfida ecoqueer al Maschiocene” by Kabul Magazine, Online, IT, 2021
[Lecture] “A practice of correspondences with the river” for Climate Urbanism class, Politecnico di Torino University, IT, 2021
[Live] Visual Music - Museo Borgogna, Vercelli, IT, 2021
[Solo] SAARV - Arte al Centro, Fondazione Pistoletto, Biella, IT - 2019
[Live] Grunge - Imago, Varvara Festival, Torino, IT - 2017
[Live] Magma - San Michele Off, Bagnacavallo, IT - 2017
[...]
Publications
“Hearing colours, feeling sounds and tasting shapes”, Public Pressure - 2023
“Riprogettare il maschio: la sfida ecoqueer al Maschiocene” in Linguaggi part I, Kabul Magazine - 2021
“Irrisolto: partiture per corpi liberi” in Sensory Hiatus, Roots Routes Magazine #27 - 2018
Roll Up - 2016
A.N.G.AR. in residenza, self-published online catalogue - 2013
Visual Arts at Iuav, Venezia 2001-2011 - 2011
Listen party #3 - 2010
Videominuto, kaleidoscope online catalogue - 2008