Bio Portraits: Technology-based Art Performance | Alexey Sergienko | TEDxLugano

Alexey Sergienko demonstrates the process of creation of “bio portraits,” art drawings based on technology invented in the Soviet Union to test health snapshots of cosmonauts. Alexey's team has perfected the technology with modern means of computations and now use it to produce unique works of art while they are useful to interpret the snapshots of anyone's health. His assistant Alexander Loubanets presents the procedure and the results throughout the performance. Alexey Sergienko is an artist, gallery owner, author and the owner of the interactive museum of contemporary art “The Museum of Emotions.” Often called “the Russian Andy Warhol,” his work was initially inspired by pop and political art. In recent years, he has been focusing on action performance, installation, and sculpture. His performances aim to have an impact on the audience, causing changes at both the physical and the emotional level. In 2016, Alexey Sergienko held the performance named “Yoga is an art” during the “Realism” exhibition in the General Staff building of the Hermitage in St Petersburg. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at