Kathy High, "Gut Love"

The Gut Love project arises from questions concerning gut microbiota and the immune system. As a patient with Crohn’s disease, my interest in gut microbiota started with my own diseased body. The recent developments in medical research concerning this area create a paradigm shift in the treatment of patients, extending beyond our bodies to include ecological systems.

KATHY HIGH (USA) is an interdisciplinary artist working in the areas of technology, science, speculative fiction and art. She produces videos and installations posing queer and feminist inquiries into areas of medicine/bio-science, and animal/interspecies collaborations. She hosts bio/ecology+art workshops and is creating an urban nature center in North Troy (NATURE Lab) with media organization The Sanctuary for Independent Media. High is Professor of Video and New Media in the Department of Arts, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, NY. She teaches documentary and experimental digital video production, history and theory, as well as biological arts.