Greg Nijs
Biography
Greg Nijs is a sociologist working as a researcher at Urban Species (hosted by Université Libre de Bruxelles – Faculty of Architecture/Faculty of Social Sciences and Philosophy & LUCA School of Arts – Intermedia). Bringing together social research and collaborations with artists and designers, his interests revolve around issues of human and other-than-human entanglements, participation, experience, affect and cognition in the design and use of urban environments, other/ed knowledge practices, and questions of the urban, nature, and technology. In his approach, he draws on a range of social scientific sources such as science and technology studies (STS), design studies, multispecies studies, cognitive sciences, HCI, pragmatism, and the like. Greg is also curator and co-director at c-o-m-p-o-s-i-t-e, a Brussels-based contemporary art space, as well as guest lecturer at the Printmaking department at ENSAV La Cambre.
Activities
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Rounding up by Caveat 'dramaturgs' at Artist Placement Discussion initated by Caveat 'dramaturgs' Steyn Bergs and Greg Nijs
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Artist Placement. Caveat at Argos Artist Placement is a two-day series of presentations and discussions on the Artist Placement Group (APG), its ongoing relevance, and current projects and initiatives that taking inspiration from it.
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Activities (participant)
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franck leibovici, '(some forms of life) – an ecology of artistic practices', book presentation, artist talk and Q & A Dialogue-format artist talk with franck leibovici around his publication Forms of life (Questions théoriques, 2012) in the context of 'Publishing & Performing Relationships. Caveat at Bâtard Festival'. 30 October - 3 November 2018
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Caveat Reading Room #6, Translating Creleisure Collective reading and translation of original texts by Brazilian artist Hélio Oiticica in relation to stock images portraying a new model of worker, one who is both on vacation and at work. The texts and images were selected by Sofia Caesar, one of the artists at the core of Caveat’s collective research.