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#deCYPher
HORIZON artists in residence selected
HSURAE, Laura Elidedt Rodriguez and the collective of Kristof De Clercq, Roberta Gigante and Christina Stadlbauer will be joining Bioart Society’s deCYPher project. Joining the sister project Bioindustry 4.0 will be Špela Petrič.
6 February 2025
#CLUVEX
Open call for CLUVEX moderators
We are looking for moderators for the next interarctive virtual exchange week of the CLUVEX project. Deadline for applications is 15th March.
3 February 2025
Bioart Society's updated values
In our spring meeting in 2023, Kemê Pellicer facilitated a workshop in which we reflected our organisational values. These will inform Bioart Society's purpose and vision for the future.
31 January 2025
Looking back on 2024
With another year passing in a flash, it is time to reflect on the phenomenal year of 2024 at Bioart Society.
20 December 2024
#ArsBioarctica
Ars Bioarctica open call for 2025–2026
We are happy to announce our yearly open call for Ars Bioarctica residency program at the Kilpisjärvi Biological Station. Deadline for applications is 19th January 2025.
17 December 2024
#ArsBioarctica
The changing nature of field studies
In November 2024 Ellen Bjerborn spent time at Kilpisjärvi Biological station, observing the changing nature of field studies in a new era. Much of the field work at the station is no longer done by human hands but rather by machines, and the staff at the station function to service the machines that monitor and collect samples.
Guest post | Ellen Bjerborn | 13 December 2024
#ArsBioarctica / #RewildingCultures
Wind Machine
In the fall of 2024 Lauri Linna studied the wind and its life, observing the arctic atmosphere at the Rewilding Cultures residency at Kilpisjärvi Biological Station.
Guest post | Lauri Linna | 29 November 2024
#ArsBioarctica
Carbon Synthesis
Donna Franklin, Tracy Hill and Sarah Robinson were in Ars Bioarctica residency at Kilpisjärvi in September working on their long-term Carbon Synthesis project.
Guest post | Donna Franklin, Tracy Hill & Sarah Robinson | 31 October 2024
#TheNorthEscaping
IORE/AORTA -  A Terrestrial Hope Affair
Hannah Wiker Wikström travelled to Kilpisjärvi Biological Station for The North Escaping residency in July 2024. During her time in residency, she worked with a film, which will be a part of a longer research on timespacematter imagination.
Guest post | Hannah Wiker Wikström | 16 October 2024
Eliisa Suvanto starting at Bioart Society
Eliisa Suvanto will start as the new Managing Director at the end of October.
9 October 2024
#RewildingCultures
Homecoming with gifts from distant relatives
Bioart Society selected Višnja Kisić and Goran Tomka as the Rewilding Cultures Mobility Conversation 2024 grant receivers in spring 2024. They are travelling from Serbia to Finland by land in a manner of 'symbiotic movement'. In this second blog entry they write about their experiences on the road.
Guest post | Goran Tomka | 26 September 2024
#RewildingCultures
Symbiotic wilderness
Bioart Society selected Višnja Kisić and Goran Tomka as the Rewilding Cultures Mobility Conversation 2024 grant receivers in spring 2024. They are travelling from Serbia to Finland by land in a manner of 'symbiotic movement'. In this first blog entry they write about the methodology of their trip.
Guest post | Goran Tomka | 6 September 2024