{"id":7075,"date":"2026-06-29T13:04:51","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T13:04:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/genoageneticdiversity.eu\/?p=7075"},"modified":"2026-06-29T13:04:51","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T13:04:51","slug":"genoa-to-co-curate-art-exhibition-on-genetic-diversity-at-the-7th-european-conservation-genetics-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/genoageneticdiversity.eu\/index.php\/2026\/06\/29\/genoa-to-co-curate-art-exhibition-on-genetic-diversity-at-the-7th-european-conservation-genetics-meeting\/","title":{"rendered":"GENOA TO CO-CURATE ART EXHIBITION ON GENETIC DIVERSITY AT THE 7TH EUROPEAN CONSERVATION GENETICS MEETING"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1216.8px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\" style=\"--awb-font-size:20px;--awb-text-font-family:&quot;Arial Nova Light&quot;;--awb-text-font-style:normal;--awb-text-font-weight:400;\"><p>GENOA\u00a0WG5 will co-curate an art exhibition during the 7th European Conservation Genetics Meeting in Antwerp, Belgium, bringing together artists and scientists to explore how genetic diversity can be communicated beyond scientific language.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0exhibition,\u00a0<em>Evolving Narratives<\/em>, curated by Xiatong Cai, Siyu Gao, and Ivan Vander Biesen, unfolds as a journey from genetic data to public imagination. Artist Simon Martin&#8217;s visualization of population structure introduces genetic diversity as a pattern and scientific evidence, while Yi Zhao&#8217;s DNA-based practice expands it into questions of identity, society, and human connection. Ivan Vander Biesen&#8217;s\u00a0<em>Basil<\/em>\u00a0reflects on growth, transformation, and the timing of conservation across a species&#8217; life cycle.<\/p>\n<p>The exhibition continues with Filipe Martinho, Milene Alexandra Guerreiro, and\u00a0Ana Ligia Primo&#8217;s photographs\u00a0of fish larvae, revealing the fragile beauty of early life and phylogenetic diversity. Yifei Cheng&#8217;s\u00a0<em>Pseudomorpho<\/em>\u00a0explores butterfly co-evolution under human disturbance, while Bowen Wu&#8217;s\u00a0<em>Astrofin<\/em>\u00a0connects animal behaviour, sound, technology,\u00a0and multispecies futures.<\/p>\n<p>The narrative then turns to loss and responsibility. Christine Fitzgerald&#8217;s\u00a0<em>Requiem<\/em>\u00a0reflects on extinction and natural history collections, while Zihang Qi&#8217;s\u00a0<em>Pentimento<\/em>\u00a0questions whether storing DNA as data can ever replace protecting living species. Finally, Adi Habul&#8217;s comics translate conservation genetics into accessible visual storytelling.<\/p>\n<p>Through video works, artist talks, and digital displays, GENOA aims to strengthen dialogue between conservation genetics, contemporary art, and public engagement, highlighting genetic diversity as both a scientific concept and a living cultural reality.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6878,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34,66],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7075","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-upcoming-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/genoageneticdiversity.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7075","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/genoageneticdiversity.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/genoageneticdiversity.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/genoageneticdiversity.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/genoageneticdiversity.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7075"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/genoageneticdiversity.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7075\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7078,"href":"https:\/\/genoageneticdiversity.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7075\/revisions\/7078"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/genoageneticdiversity.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6878"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/genoageneticdiversity.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7075"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/genoageneticdiversity.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7075"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/genoageneticdiversity.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7075"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}