Beatriz da Costa showcases the work of Beatriz da Costa (1974–2012) as an investigation into technoscientific experimentation, political activism, and art-making, contextualized for our contemporary moment. In the spirit of da Costa’s practice, the project weaves together an exhibition, publication, public programming, performances, educational workshops, and study groups to evoke the artist’s approach. Born in Germany, da Costa collaborated with artists, scientists, activists, and students from various technoscientific communities. While a graduate student at Carnegie Mellon University, she was deeply interested in the intersection of art and robotics. In 2003 she joined the faculty at UC Irvine’s innovative interdisciplinary Arts, Computation, Engineering (ACE) program. da Costa died in 2012 after a long battle with cancer, leaving many of her artistic and intellectual projects unfinished. For Beatriz da Costa, LACE is reactivating several of her projects, including her most famous collaboration: PigeonBlog, a community science project developed in collaboration with engineers, scientists, and pigeons to track air pollution data in California.

Beatriz da Costa:(un)disciplinary tactics Higher Education Curricular Resource

Exhibition catalog.