Publications + Preprints
- BioQuantum Record – Exploring otherness through extremophilic microorganisms
Steward, A., Gfellner, S. V., Pifferi, C., Sforna, M. C., Aucagne, V., & Réfrégiers, M. (2025).
An Art-Science Collaboration.
Status: Preprint: View on Zenodo
A collaborative art-science paper articulating the methodology and speculative framework of the BioQuantum Record project.
Conference Contributions
03/2026 | VAAM 2026, Berlin (DE)
Presented joint talk: “Microbial Archaeologies: Art, Science, and the Speculative Lives of Archaea” (Steward, A., Reichelt, R., Tarau, D., Grewe K., Grohmann, D.)
10/2025 | EANA 2025, Lisboa (PT)
Presented talk: “BioQuantum Record—From the Lab to Exhibition and Into Space: Sculpting Mineral Arkships for Extra-terrestrial Life Narratives” (Steward, A., Gfellner, S. V., Pifferi, C., Sforna, M. C., Aucagne, V., Westall, F. & Réfrégiers, M.)
09/2025 | German Archaea Meeting 2025, Marburg (DE)
Presented talk: “Microbial Archaeologies: Art, Science, and the Speculative Lives of Archaea” (Steward, A., Reichelt, R., Gfellner, S. V., Pifferi, C., Sforna M. C., Aucagne, V., Westall, F., Tarau, D., Grewe K., Grohmann, D. & Réfrégiers, M.)
09/2025 | TTT 2025, Ljubljana (SI)
Presented joint talk: “BioQuantum Record: Chiral Handshakes Between Terrestrial Extremophiles and Their Extraterrestrial Counterparts – An Arts-Science Collaboration” (Steward, A., & Gfellner, S. V.)
07/2025 | BEACON 2025, Reykjavík (IS)
Presented talk: “BioQuantum Record: Chiral Handshakes Between Terrestrial Extremophiles and Extra-Terrestrial Counterparts” (Steward, A., Gfellner, S. V., Pifferi, C., Sforna, M. C., Aucagne, V., & Réfrégiers, M.)
05/2025 | ArtoPod Biocraze, Nuremberg (DE)
Presented joint talk: “Archaeal Connections: Extremophile Microorganisms from the Lab to the Studio, from the Exhibition to Space” (Steward, A., Gfellner, S. V., & Reichelt, R.)
04/2025 | EXO 2025, Berlin (DE)
Presented talk: “BioQuantum Record: Chiral Handshakes Between Terrestrial Extremophiles and Their Extraterrestrial Counterparts – An Arts-Science Collaboration” (Steward, A., & Gfellner, S. V.)
Essays + Independent Texts
Speculative texts and notes in progress.