Follow the Plants Research Assembly
Image: Sirkku Rosi, Bundle, aquarelle on paper, 2025.
What's New
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Workshop – Breadfruit: Recipes of a Recalcitrant Seed
29 Aug 2026 14:00 — 16:00
Artist Nathalie Muchamad hosts a participatory cooking workshop cooking breadfruit recipes shared by Sour Grass (Caribbean) and Edible Archives (Goa) in Madeleine Collie’s Follow the Plants text “To Mutiny for Life: Against the Violence of the Plantationocene.
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Botanic Garden readings on OOO Radio
28 Aug 2026 16:00 — 18:00
Gather with us in the Kaisaniemi Botanic outdoor gardens and on the OOO Radio airwaves for a late afternoon listening session. 
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Follow the Plants book launch
27 Aug 2026 17:00 — 18:30
Come raise a glass with us in an evening of readings and reflections to celebrate the launch of our newly published book Follow the Plants.
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Kitchen Correspondences from Goa to Helsinki
26 Aug 2026 18:00 — 21:00
Join us for a special menu designed through a correspondence between Goa based artists Shalini Krishan and Anumitra Ghosh Dastidar (Edible Archives), and Helsinki based artists Joona Sorsa and Sonja Donner (Koekeittiö) with some ingredients especially grown by Kulomaan palstat holders in the Kivinokka area.
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SOLU Autumn Breakfast
12 Aug 2026 09:30 — 11:00
Join us for the autumn (yet still summer) edition of our seasonal SOLU breakfast club, a low threshold and casual gathering for connecting with people in the bioart circles.
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Reading matters: Where Does A Body Begin?
26 Mar 2026 17:00 — 18:30
16 Apr 2026 18:00 — 19:30
21 May 2026 18:00 — 19:30
For our next Reading Matters we are going online for a three-part series reading Where Does A Body Begin? Biology’s Function In Contemporary Capitalism written anonymously "Meltdown Your Books" a.k.a "S.R.", as part of their Ph.D studies in Evolutionary Biology.
#RewildingCultures
Reflections on Situated Encounters
Bioart Society’s programme assistant Lukáš Karaba shares his research as part of a Bioart Society case study residency at Kilpisjärvi Biological Station. Combining fieldwork, macrophotography and video, he reflects on human and non-human perspectives, while considering how place, perception, and borders are shaped through situated encounters.
Guest post | Bioart Society | 19 May 2026
#ArsBioarctica
Ars Bioarctica selected projects 2026
Anoucing the selected projects and practitioners for Ars Bioarctica residencies between November 2026 and November 2027.
Guest post | Bioart Society | 19 May 2026
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SOLU dialogues: When the Snow Melts
15 Apr 2026 18:00 — 19:30
In this iteration of SOLU Dialogues artist Line Krom presents her research on snow and atmospheric particals following her Ars Bioarctica Residency and reflects on this with Anu Ruohomäki, Research Coordinator at the Kilpisjärvi Biological Station. 
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SOLU Spring breakfast
20 Mar 2026 09:30 — 11:00
Join us for the spring edition of our seasonal SOLU breakfast club, a low threshold and casual gathering for connecting with people in the bioart circles.
#TokyoArt&ScienceResearchResidency
Genietta Varsi selected for Tokyo Art & Science research residency 2026
We are pleased to announce that Genietta Varsi, a Peruvian sculptor and researcher whose practice explores the material relations between humans and their environments, selected for Tokyo Art & Science research residency in 2026.
Guest post | Bioart Society | 17 March 2026
the dissonance of critical collectif-ness
critical collectif-ness, positioning, listening, dissonance training and self-critical reflection – methodologies of the moment, when we recalibrate the field, this is where we are working from!
Guest post | Antye Greie-Ripatti | 10 March 2026