We are delighted to have hosted Jessica Reisch’s art talk, expanding on post-humanistic notions, with an insight into the technicalities of sound collection and manipulation, biodata sonification, naturescape renditions, and philosophical introspections. Projects such as Fruiting Bodies, Stream Cycles, Ist That You? and Marsh Temporalities were explained from thought to execution. 

We also launch a challenge for unique readings, recommended during the art talk, such as Forest Euphoria by Patty Kaishian, Arts of Living on a Damaged Planet, and Queer Theory for Lichens. 

Jessica Reisch is a new media artist, designer, and educator with an MFA in Computer Arts from the School of Visual Arts (SVA) in New York City, and a BA in Education Studies from Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, USA. She has taught digital design, media, and emerging technology courses at Pratt Institute, New York Institute of Technology (NYIT) and Hostos Community College (CUNY) in New York City, USA. She is also the recipient of a 2025-2026 Fulbright ETA Award to teach at the West University of Timisoara, in Romania.

Through her practice she explores the surrounding environment with a depth usually overlooked or barely perceived by humans and investigates modes of perception that extend beyond human-centered experiences, inviting more profound forms of attention and relational awareness.

Her installations and films have been shown internationally, including at Ars Electronica (Linz, Austria), Locust Projects (Miami, FL), The Engine Room International Sound Art Competition (London, UK), SIGGRAPH 2024 (Denver, CO), and the International Symposium on Electronic Arts (ISEA) 2024 (Meanjin/Brisbane, Australia).