BIOROBOTY 019 are an art group based in St Petersburg. Formed by Svetlana Sidorova, Viktoria Romanova, Marta Mikhailova, and Alyona Koroleva during their studies at ITMO University, the group works with science art. BIOROBOTY 019 actively use irony in their practice and satirise subjects from latest trends to gender stereotypes and posthumanist ideas.
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Physarum-Fortune Teller, 2019-2020. In this interactive installation, both biology and IT are used to read the viewer’s palm and finally provide a “scientific” fortune-telling service
Physarum-Fortune Teller, 2019-2020. Physarum polycephalum, a slime mold, is famous for its intellect and maths skills. Here, it is used to predict the viewers’ future
Physarum-Fortune Teller, 2019-2020
“Wet lush blossoms! Free, no login required!” Vegetal Porn, 2020. The project explores the fluid sexuality of plants and invites the viewers to reflect on the parallels with the human sexuality
Goldfish, The Residential Complex, 2020. Concerned with the state of environment in the world and, more particularly, in St Petersburg, the group gave a chance for a better living to some fish from the Neva river
The Wonder Meadow 2.0, 2020. The Wonder Meadow is a place not far from St Petersburg, where 5 endangered plant species grow together. This place is not p
The Wonder Meadow 2.0, 2020. The group tries to create a dialogue with the plants and find a better way of coexisting with them
Krasnoyarsk, 2020. The installation is based on the found object—a mirror optical system of unknown purpose that was kept at ITMO university for at least 40 years. The only information was the word Krasnoyarsk written on the object
Krasnoyarsk, 2020. Most likely, the system was built for a secret military project, but was never used and served as a paper holder at the university
Hungry Hungry Humanity, 2019. Based on the famous board game Hungry Hungry Hippos, this interactive installation is a commentary on the contemporary consumption culture
