Artists in Residence Share

Join Genspace’s Fall 2024 Artists in Residence, Tajah Ellis and Ezra Moth, for an open discourse on their ecological, biological and chemical research through an artistic perspective.

Ezra Moth (he/they) is a sculptor, ecologist, and drag performer. Their work deals with the intersection of ecology and queer liberation. Presenting radical alternatives to the climate catastrophe, they center nonbinary and nonhuman perspectives. Plants, algae, fungi, and bacteria are their inspiration to imagine new mythologies and speculative utopias.

While in residence at Genspace, Ezra has been studying phytoestrogens in fennel plants, with the intention of growing a garden of experimental plants for use in hormone replacement therapy.

As a designer and artisan, Tajah Ellis’ research base centers growth, decay, and circularity. Through intuitive chemistry, organic mapping and biological emergences, her craft synthesizes the undercurrent into the apparent, reflecting the dynamic expressions of convergence, divergence and integration within natural systems.

Tajah's project, [ss] ::: Solar Seeds is a series of material growth of algae pigment onto protein fiber, focused on collecting, testing, and exploring temperature, pH and sunlight collected from local ecologies. The intention is to quantify data with visual exploration of color shifts within the microorganisms of our immediate environment.

Join us afterwards for a short conversation between the AIRs and Alvaro Azcarraga, one of the inaugural Genspace Artists in Residence.

Free Event with Refreshments Served

About Genspace’s Artist in Residence (AIR): This program was designed for artists who want to devote intensive time to delving into biology's tools, knowledge, and techniques to explore the intersection between molecular biology and their unique artistic practice. The AIR program provides three months of scientific mentoring, access to laboratory facilities, classes, immersion in the active and collaborative Genspace community, public engagement, and a stipend. This AIR program also deepens one of the founding components of Genspace and its rich community - the research into and questioning of our human relationship with biological processes and entities through artistic exploration and creative expression.

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COVID-19 Safety Notice: If you are feeling unwell, suspect that you have been exposed to COVID-19 or test positive, please do not attend .

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Genspace, 132 32nd Street, Brooklyn, United States