EMERGENCE: A CONVENING
Two inspired days of learning, exchange, and co-creation at the nexus of art, culture, and our biological futures.
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.
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.
CURATORS IN CONVERSATION
Excerpts from Fathomers’ first public program for Emergence
1,000 DAYS
A conversation with Dr. Drew Endy, Dr. Yewande Pearse and Dr. Jennifer Willet, with a performance by Hirokazu Kosaka.
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.
DARK MATTER CYPHER
As part of Sage Ni’Ja Whitson’s project The Unarrival Experiments, the Dark Matter Cyphers bring together a range of artists, scholars, musicians, and scientists to experiment wildly in and about the dark.
SCIENCE SPEED DATING
A night of exploration dedicated to bringing the research of individuals underrepresented in the sciences to the forefront.
WORLD-BUILDING, AT NEUEHOUSE
An event with the creators of the Afrofuturist Podcast to play-test a new game for radical imagining, whose goal is to co-speculate in visions of equitable futures.
ART & PERMISSION
In conjunction with Frieze Week at NeueHouse, Fathomers presents a film screening of The Proposal and a conversation with artists Jill Magid and Jill Soloway.
DEAR DONOR
Fathomers screens artist Heather Dewey-Hagborg’s short film T3511 (2018), a “post-genomic love story” that follows a biohacker’s increasingly obsessive interactions with an anonymous saliva donor.
ETA
Fathomers presents a one-night-only “earthbound travelers anthology” to muse on deep time, the here-and-now, and other scales of experience.
O BY SSION
Fathomers hosts a listening party and video premiere for longtime collaborator Cody Critcheloe and SSION’s latest record, O.
ANCIENT ATMOSPHERE
Artist Michael Jones McKean and collaborators discuss the challenges and poetics of reproducing a 300-million-year-old atmosphere.
MYCO-COSMOS
A guided exploration of biology, space travel and the interconnected universe led by famed mycologist Paul Stamets, with live accompaniment by new age musical legend Laraaji, conceived and directed by artist Phil Ross.
SCIENCE SPEED DATING
Seven top scientists give 7-minute talks on their latest developments and game-changing work. Co-presented by the Science and Entertainment Exchange (a National Academy of Arts and Sciences program) and the Museum of Imagined Futures.
ON MYCOTECTURE
Join Fathomers for a casual breakfast discussion with artist Phil Ross — and hear why fungus is the future.
P&P LAUNCH HIGHLIGHTS
Thank you to all who attended our Problems and Provocations book launch in both NYC and Kansas City. Check out some of the highlights from the launch!
FUN PROBLEMS W/SMART PEOPLE
Transcendental tour guide Timothy “Speed” Levitch leads a dynamic cruise through creative practice — as artists (including Mel Chin, pictured), writers, and thinkers from Grand Arts’ constellation take the stage to puzzle out problems of risk, magic, pleasure, ghosts, and what comes after art.
