Synthetic Ecologies Compendium

The Compendium at Synthetic Ecologies Lab is a growing collective archive of resources, reflections, sketches, conversations that support artistic and critical inquiry into ecology and life sciences. The inaugural season was on fermentation and a deep dive into broad histories of knowledge and the invisible scales of life that govern not only our kitchens, but also our contemporary science, culture and technology.

The project brings artistic and scientific communities into experimental exchanges through iterative narrative building, and contributes to the emergence of Synthetic Ecologies: an intersectional field investigating the interconnectedness of cultural inquiry and living systems in relation to adapting biological developments. Alongside an appointed Guest Curator, for this season, Angela Dimayuga, ,the Compendium’s transdisciplinary team of leading scientists, cultural producers, writers, chefs, artists, and researchers, collectively known as a Guild, work around a seasonal topic that propels this field’s construction.

The Synthetic Ecologies Compendium starts out as an online web tool supported by the platform Are.na, providing the infrastructure for research and on-going conversations. Echoing the topic’s intersectional positioning and the Guild’s diversity of expertise, the Compendium coalesces a variety of formats stemming from different knowledge cultures: journals, papers, diagrams, artwork, articles, aural songs, memes and paintings.

You may explore the Synthetic Ecologies Compendium, integrate it into your own research and connect to the wider communities in the emerging Synthetic Ecologies research.

Executive Direction Yasaman Sheri
Creative Direction & Web Design by Mindy Seu
Curator & Cultural Producer Angela Dimayuga
Project Producer Alex Boyes
System & Archive Design Cab Broskowski & Are.na
Art Direction & Illustration by Somnath Bhatt
Custom Typeface Design Brian Huddleston
Development James Wrenford
& All Guild Contributors on Compendium Site

PROJECT

2023

Principal Investigator

London

Compendium
Synthetic Ecologies Lab

Serpentine R&D

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