Coaction Lab is dedicated to the compulsive exploration of un/stable relationships between organisms Outside the University, we have collaborated with the U.S.
interaction among organisms within a community
The Coaction Lab examines unstable relationships between organisms, environments and technology; exploring site specific histories, stories and inspiration. We are interested in the symbiotic worlds of bio & ecological art, interactive systems, 2D & 3D prototyping, video projection mapping, biosensors and multi-sensory data translation. Within the bo
02/23/2026
I'm so excited and honored to a part of this incredible dialogue series with the Living Art & Ecology Lab at OSU, Jennifer Willet & Nicole Condon-Shih around the theme of speculative engagement with the nonhuman world.
Join us on zoom here: https://u.osu.edu/livingartecolab/natureculture-dialogues/
01/02/2026
Happy New Year and Holidaze from the Felice / Lopez / Avery clans
10/17/2025
The Coaction Lab is excited to share it's work on the "Retention / Detention" project and new work by Gene A. Felice II, "Biological Stained Glass" as a part of the Sympoiesis show at the Fort Hayes Shot Tower Gallery in Columbus Ohio. Felice was honored to be chosen as one of the curated artists for this incredible array of artists brought together by the Lichen Likers art research group in the Dept. of Art at the Ohio State University. Please visit the show website for more details:
https://u.osu.edu/livingartecolab/call-for-entry-sympoiesis/ & https://coactionlab.org/
07/12/2025
04/22/2025
We're very excited to share an Earth Day update on the next phase of our Retention / Detention project! Big thanks for the folks in the OUR office at UNCW for helping to create this video! https://vimeo.com/1071888169 You can read more about the project on our website here https://coactionlab.org/retention-detention/
Retention / Detention: A bioremediation intervention bridging art & science Video by Bradley Pearce and Jesse Bradley at the UNCW Office of University Relations Retention / Detention is a sculptural and biological intervention that uses…
10/31/2024
A special thanks goes out to Bradley Pearce and the Office of University Relations at UNCW for putting together this incredible video showing off all of the amazing work that took place at this years FlowILM event at the Cameron Art Museum
FlowILM 2024 FlowILM 2024 A recap of the 2024 FlowILM event at the Cameron Art Museum on October 19, 2024. FlowILM is a free community art event focused through an art &…
10/19/2024
Check out the schedule / map for the today's FlowILM event at the Cameron Art Museum! The 2024 event kicks off at 3:30 with the Dislocated / Dislocated film series and runs through 9:30pm. See you there! https://flowilm.com/event-map/
10/19/2024
https://flowilm.com/biota-v/
Following the ebb and flow of the tide cycle, Biota V explores the rhythms and depths of our oceanic ecosystems. This multidisciplinary team of artists includes Nicole Dextras from Vancouver, Canada who has created a bioplastic / alginate based couture ensemble for dancer Janice Lancaster from Winston Salem, NC to bring alive through contemporary movement and dance. Kimathi Moore from Asheville, NC has created a sampled and electronic soundscape that connects symbiotically to the light based, projection mapped visuals of Gene Felice from Wilmington, NC.
10/17/2024
https://flowilm.com/jenny-holzer-inspired-water-animations/
ART 260 – An Intro to Graphic Design with Professor Madison Creech. An animated text project focused on water and inspired by Jenny Holzer.
10/16/2024
https://flowilm.com/environmental-filmmaking/
FST 416/516 Environmental Filmmaking: Classroom in the Wild is a production course offered by UNCW Film Studies that encourages students to engage more directly and contemplatively with the more-than-human world. Students experiment with such techniques as macro-photography, underwater photography and 360 video in addition to honing their senses through recording audio.
The list of films and directors:
“A Black River Adventure” by Alex Cordero (Field Video Assignment using 360 camera)
“Black River” by Janneke Wade DeJong (Field Video Assignment using 360 camera)
“Inhale/Exhale” by Claire Welborn (Macrophotography Assignment)
“Macro Film” by Ashley Dalton (Macrophotography Assignment)
“Brewing Up Sustainable Soils” by Joey Katos, Jess Kotrick and Molly Walters (Advocacy Documentary Assignment)
“NHC Arboretum” by Joey Katos (Macrophotography Assignment)
“Predator Roots” by Sarah Morris (Macrophotography Assignment)
Additional Faculty Films:
“Black River” by André Silva
“Tides” by André Silva
“To Live and Die in the Shadows: Meditations on Ferns, Survival, and Horizontal Gene Transfer” by Shannon Silva