Simon Gmajner
Simon Gmajner’s background lies in International Relations, but he has been working in the cultural field for the past 15 years, mostly as a project developer and producer at Kersnikova Institute. He develops and manages international projects in the field of contemporary investigative art, more specifically in the area of hybrid arts, facilitating national and international transdisciplinary collaborations between art, technology and science. He managed various European Culture, and Research and Innovation programmes of the European Commission. His interests lie in the field of artistic investigation of living systems, and the ethics connected to working with life systems in artistic context, which he implements in his role as the coordinator of Vivarium (Laboratory for Plants, Animals and Robots) at Kersnikova Institute.