Artist researcher Bartaku practices the art of enquiry. His main interests lie in cognitive ecology, consciousness studies, neurobiology, energy and the philosophy of knowing and becoming. His practice is shaken by worldviews that humbly embrace the fluidity of the understanding of life. It is often process-based, collaborative and situated in the folds and cracks of formal classifications. Most renowned is the questioning of mankind’s relation with energy in the “temporary Photoelectric Digestopians” Lab series, featuring edible solar cells and human tongues in a live lab setting (2010 onwards).

Since March 2016 the entanglement with the Aronia m. BaBe appleberry evolves in the form of practice based Doctoral studies at the Department of Arts, Design and Architecture of Aalto University (Fin).

Bartaku is a member of both cultural lab FoAM (Bru) and the Finnish Bioartsociety.

Bartaku is the artist name of Bart H.M. Vandeput (1970°, Hasselt (BE) / living and working since 2016 in Helsinki (FIN))

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