BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:adamgibbons/ics METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VEVENT UID:28350@offbeat.amsterdam SUMMARY:Counter-Protocol of Unstable Life DTSTAMP:20261009T040303Z DTSTART:20261108T180000Z DTEND:20261109T010000Z DESCRIPTION:Step inside our Clean Lab to decode the secret rituals usually hidden away in\nresearch facilities\, and for one night\, take up the lab coat and become the\nscientist yourself.\n\nRooted in the artist’s Mexican heritage\, this project reveals the deep colonial\nhistories embedded in our everyday crops while breeding a speculative hybrid of\ntomato\, vanill a\, and corn. Through an interactive screen\, you’re invited to\ndecoloniz e botany by engineering your very own new plant species.\n\nPresented as a sculptural altar\, Counter-Protocol of Unstable Life treats\ngenetic engi neering not as a cold lab process\, but as a ritual act of\ntransformation . The altar honors the laboratory as a space where nature is\nreshaped and new forms of life are imagined\, bringing together three core\npillars of understanding: Scientific\, Artistic\, and Traditional Knowledge.\n\nIn t his interactive installation experimental proteins are exposed to real-tim e\nfeedback from both plants (such as tomato\, maize\, vanilla\, or beans) and humans.\nRather than forcing a fixed result\, the work allows these l iving\, physical\nresponses to guide the outcome\, turning the protein int o an open conversation\nbetween science and nature.\n\nUltimately\, the pi ece challenges the idea that humans alone control biological\ndesign. By c reating a continuous dialogue between technology\, human choices\, and\nli ving plants\, it asks a fundamental question: who—or what—gets a say in\nd esigning the future of life?\n\nEnlarge\n[https://www.mediamatic.net/image /2026/9/29/screenshot_2026_09_29_at_15_55_46-231493284.png%28%29%287F88EAE 7BFC039C625D785A5C0E8B003%29.jpg]\nhttps://www.mediamatic.net/en/page/3938 13/edible-notions-2024-by-laura-rodriguez\n\nEdible Notions 2024 by Laura Rodriguez -\n[https://www.mediamatic.net/image/2026/9/29/screenshot_2026_0 9_29_at_15_55_46-231493284.png%28%29%287F88EAE7BFC039C625D785A5C0E8B003%29 .jpg]\n\n\n\nEnlarge\n[https://www.mediamatic.net/image/2026/9/28/screensh ot_2026_09_28_at_17_48_58.png%28%29%28E44D98673ED997B9C5464D90BC710BD9%29. jpg]\nhttps://www.mediamatic.net/en/page/393803/counter-protocol-of-unstab le-life-by-laura-rodriguez\n\nCounter-Protocol of Unstable Life by Laura R odriguez -\n[https://www.mediamatic.net/image/2026/9/28/screenshot_2026_09 _28_at_17_48_58.png%28%29%28E44D98673ED997B9C5464D90BC710BD9%29.jpg]\n\n\n \n\nLAURA ELIDEDT RODRIGUEZ\n[https://www.mediamatic.net/en/page/393708/la ura-elidedt-rodriguez]\n\nHer work examines rituals\, bodies\, and mythica l monsters to reimagine\ncoexistence across species and cultures. Based in the Netherlands\, she\ninvestigates what it means to be human in an incre asingly technologized\nworld-positioning non-human intelligence\, living m aterials\, and ancient\ntraditions as essential frameworks for our shared future. Enlarge\n[https://www.mediamatic.net/image/2026/9/21/portraitbw_la urarodriguez_credit_artist.jpg%28%29%28EE0DB0C0F4A24E3A927AD9C72AF88CE4%29 .jpg]\nhttps://www.mediamatic.net/en/page/393750/laura-rodriguez-portrait\ n\nLaura Rodriguez Portrait -\n[https://www.mediamatic.net/image/2026/9/21 /portraitbw_laurarodriguez_credit_artist.jpg%28%29%28EE0DB0C0F4A24E3A927AD 9C72AF88CE4%29.jpg]\n\n\nINFORMATION\n\nExhibition\n19:00 - 02:00\, 7 Nove mber 2026 Mediamatic\, Clean Lab\n\nPart of GMO: How far are you willing t o mutate?\n[https://www.mediamatic.net/en/gmo-how-far-are-you-willing-to-m utate] during\nMuseumnacht Amsterdam 2026.\n\nProduced in partnership with Bioart Society\, who have commissioned and supported\nthe work of HSURAE and Laura Elidedt Rodriguez within the framework of the\nHorizon Europe pr oject deCYPher (2023–2027).\n\nQuestions? program@mediamatic.nl [program@m ediamatic.nl] URL:https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/counter-protocol-of-unstable-life-1 GEO:52.3765012;4.9132763 LOCATION:Mediamatic - Dijksgracht 6\, 1019 BS Amsterdam STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:amsterdam-centrum,eastern docklands,experimental,plants X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Step inside our Clean Lab to decode the sec ret rituals usually hidden away in research facilities, and for one night, take up the lab coat and become the scientist yourself.

Rooted in the artist’s Mexican heritage, this project reveals the deep colonial his tories embedded in our everyday crops while breeding a speculative hybrid of tomato, vanilla, and corn. Through an interactive screen, you’re invite d to decolonize botany by engineering your very own new plant species.

Presented as a sculptural altar, Counter-Protocol of Unstable Life treats genetic engineering not as a cold lab process, but as a ritua l act of transformation. The altar honors the laboratory as a space where nature is reshaped and new forms of life are imagined, bringing together t hree core pillars of understanding: Scientific, Artistic, and Traditional Knowledge.

In this interactive installation experimental proteins a re exposed to real-time feedback from both plants (such as tomato, maize, vanilla, or beans) and humans. Rather than forcing a fixed result, the wor k allows these living, physical responses to guide the outcome, turning th e protein into an open conversation between science and nature.

Ult imately, the piece challenges the idea that humans alone control biologica l design. By creating a continuous dialogue between technology, human choi ces, and living plants, it asks a fundamental question: who—or what—gets a say in designing the future of life?

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Laur a Elidedt Rodriguez

Her work examines rituals, bodies, and mythic al monsters to reimagine coexistence across species and cultures. Based in the Netherlands, she investigates what it means to be human in an increas ingly technologized world-positioning non-human intelligence, living mater ials, and ancient traditions as essential frameworks for our shared future . Enlarge

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Exhibition
19:00 - 02:00, 7 November 2026 Mediamatic, Clean Lab

Part of GMO: How far are you willing to muta te? during Museumnacht Amsterdam 2026.

Produced in partne rship with Bioart Society, who have commissioned and supported the work of HSURAE and Laura Elidedt Rodriguez within the framework of the Horizon Eu rope project deCYPher (2023–2027).

Questions? program@mediamatic.nl

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