The Terrabytes Glitch Lab, a phygital collective founded by Augusto Calçada and Xristina Sarli, announces the launch of the TTTLab Official VR World. Developed during their online interaction with participants of the TTTlabs BioFeral.BeachCamp Fall 2024 on the island of Crete from September 15 to 25, this immersive virtual reality project brings together artists, researchers, and technologists to explore new forms of creative expression that blend the digital and physical worlds.
The TTTLab Official VR World reflects Terrabytes Glitch Lab’s commitment to open-source innovation, connecting bio-life, technology, and art in a collaborative digital platform. Through this project, the Lab fosters inclusivity and creativity by amplifying a shared digital space where global participants can engage with one another, regardless of location, to explore the future of art and technology.
Onground participants included:
Nupur Doshi, Nathalie Dubois Calero, Lyn Hagan, Malaika Kinyua, Mellissa Monsoon, Praba Pilar, Chiara Pitrola, Chinedum Muotto, Ivana Tkalčić, Isidora Paz Fernandez, Viktoria Koniaeva, Kristin Lucas, Serafim Parsaloglou Marathias, Nikolas Marsellos, Janet Sarson, and Nafsika Tzanoulinou.
Online participants included:
Brian Contreras, Callum J. Siegmund, Vlada Oleynik, and the Terrabytes Glitch Lab team: Xristina Sarli and Augusto Calçada.
The VR world debuted as part of the broader TTTlabs BioFeral.BeachCamp Fall 2024 events, which took place from September 15-25, 2024, in-person on Crete. Organized by the Department of Audio and Visual Arts of the Ionian University within the framework of Rewilding Cultures, a project co-financed by the European Union, the event was hosted by the Athens School of Fine Arts’ Annex of Rethymno. The scientific coordinator for the event was Dalila Honorato, with Adam Zaretsky serving as the art director and contributions by Yiannis Melanitis.
TABOO – TRANSGRESSION – TRANSCENDENCE
The sixth international conference “Taboo – Transgression – Transcendence in Art & Science” will take place September 9–13, 2025, in Slovenia, in partnership with Kino Šiška. The TTT2025 Ljubljana conference remains dedicated to exploring (a) the forbidden and the aesthetics of liminality through art that employs or is inspired by technology and science, and (b) a free and inclusive space for creative, interdisciplinary convergence between science and art. With our host partner and collaborating institutions, we look forward to building upon the collaborative spirit of previous gatherings, fostering discussions on the boundaries of art, ethics, and innovation.
From mythology to contemporary inquiry, taboos define experiential borders. Humankind’s fascination with the limits of knowledge and experimentation, akin to the tale of Icarus, is as relevant as ever. As boundaries shift, what once seemed transgressive may become mainstream. Science and technology push us to reconsider our ethical frameworks, especially in fields like genome editing, human augmentation, and AI, which pose essential questions about the nature of humanity and our evolving identity. Echoing Frankenstein’s pursuit of life’s mysteries, the drive to transcend limitations persists, fueling both caution and curiosity.
The post-pandemic era invites us to reassess collective identity and belonging, questioning self-containment, isolation, and our evolving relationship with communal experiences and existential risks. The delicate balance between control and liberation emerges, especially as we face the residual impact of genetic engineering and health crises. Art and science engage in a transgressive dance, probing limits to unveil fragilities and societal values. Could this intersection foster a reimagining of identity, resilience, and ethics? The interplay of taboo, transgression, and transcendence in this context challenges us to rethink identity, boundaries, and freedom, particularly within the context of art-science fusion.
ABOUT
The international conference Taboo – Transgression – Transcendence in Art & Science (TTT) is an interdisciplinary and nomadic event, where both practitioners as well as theorists present and discuss the status of art-science and/or art & technology. The conference focuses (a) on questions about the nature of the forbidden and about the aesthetics of liminality, as expressed in art that uses or is inspired by technology and science, and (b) on the opening of spaces for creative transformation in the merging of science and art. Topics explored in the TTT Conferences include: Biopunk, hybridity and aesthetics of mutation; Cyborg, augmentation, and bοdy modification; Chemistry of the mind, natural healers, and mind enhancement; Biotechnology, DIY&DIWO, and biohacking; Ethology, human and nonhuman; Evolution, genetics, and plasticity; Post-gender, transgressive identities, and social models; Human sexual response, laws of attraction, and queer eroticism; Parasitology, symbiosis, and microbiome; Biopolitics, displacement, and resistance; Pandemic, bioterror, and scientific trust; Witchcraft, gender narrative, and history of science; Rewilding, degradation and restoration.
TTT, created by Dalila Honorato, is based on the support of a large informal network of international researchers and practitioners that develop their activities at the edge of art and science intersections. Taboo-Transgression-Transcendence in Art & Science (TTT) conferences lasts three days presenting two parallel sessions and following peer-reviewed selection of abstracts. Since its beginning TTT seeks to provide a comfortable setting for the interaction of its participants and the attendants at the institution hosting it. This is accomplished through coordinating the conference’s agenda with the development of other activities such as art exhibitions and performances, developed within the hosting institution in collaboration with other organizations. The major outcome of the conference is the publication of its proceedings in the peer-reviewed journal Technoetic Arts published by Intellect and an open-access book with ISBN number by the Ionian University Publications.
The TTT conference series is supported by its Steering Committee whose members include: Roy Ascott (UK), Andreas Floros (GR), Dalila Honorato (GR/PT), Gunalan Nadarajan (US), Melentie Pandilovski (AU/MK), Stelarc (AU), Polona Tratnik (SI) and Adam Zaretsky (US/GR). Each TTT conference has a different hosting institution as well as a distinct organizing committee (responsible for the entire structure of the program and production) and a new guest artistic-scientific committee (responsible for peer-reviewing the presentation proposals submitted).
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