JONESBORO – The Bradbury Art Museum (BAM) at Arkansas State University is hosting "more-than-human," an international exhibition of immersive and interactive media art, now on display through Oct. 10. Admission to the exhibit is free.
The exhibition, curated by Jane Tingley, chair of computational arts at York University in Toronto, explores the connections between art, science, Indigenous perspectives, and the environment. Through video, projection, sound, scent, and scientific data, the artists challenge the traditional belief that humans are central to the natural world.
“'more-than-human' asks us to reconsider some very basic assumptions about our place in the world,” said Julia Wintner, director of the Bradbury Art Museum. “These questions feel particularly meaningful in Northeast Arkansas, a region shaped by agriculture, environmental change, and close relationships among people, land and community.”
A reception for the exhibition is set for 5 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 24, and will also mark the launch of BAM’s participation in the NEA Big Read, which will center on Joy Harjo’s book, *An American Sunrise*. Copies of the book are being distributed for use in A-State’s fall classes, and the reception begins a year of interconnected events, including additional exhibitions, community programs, and literary discussions inspired by Harjo’s exploration of themes such as memory, land, and history.
The exhibition invites visitors to engage with elements of the natural world—including fungi, plants, atmospheric systems, and water—as active participants in complex networks of relationships. Using technology, the artists translate phenomena that often lie beyond human perception into sensory experiences that spark reflection.
Tingley expressed her enthusiasm for bringing the exhibition to Northeast Arkansas, calling BAM a "wonderful setting" for the works. The featured artists include Ursula Biemann, Marko Cindric, Lindsey french, Dolleen Tisawii’ashii Manning and Mary Bunch, Suzanne Morrissette, François Quévillon, Rasa Smite and Raitis Smits, and Tingley herself, collaborating with Hrysovalanti Maheras and Ilze Briede [Kavi].
The exhibit provides a contemplative space for questions about interconnected living systems, agency, and communication with non-human beings. It aligns with BAM’s broader engagement through visual and sensory tools, creating a foundation for the Big Read’s exploration of similar ideas.
For more information, visitors can contact BAM at the Fowler Center, 201 Olympic Drive, or by calling (870) 972-3687.