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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.

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!

10 March 2026

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Lauri Lähteenmäki: Human–nature relationship through image research

Lauri Lähteenmäki writes about how he spent his Ars Bioarctica winter residency reflecting on the nature of observation and photography and asking "Are nature imageries distancing us from ecological realities?"

27 January 2026

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Santtu Laine: Tokyo Art & Science Research Residency 2025

In 2025, Santtu Laine was selected for a month-long art & science research residency in Tokyo by Bioart Society, BioClub Toyko and the Finnish Cultural Institute in Japan. The following text reflects his research and thoughts during the residency period in Japan in November-December 2025.

19 January 2026

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The Observatory Project at Kilpisjärvi Biological Station

In their residency blog The Observatory Project (Ziggy Lever & Eamon Edmundson-Wells) reflect how the idea of the charged moment became something they actively sought out: It manifested through a sustained attention to process, such as watching for fish scales appearing on a microfiche machine in Fiche Finder, or spending 15 hours carefully cataloguing retired plot markers used in microclimatic vegetation surveys for Stick Survey.

14 December 2025

#Arc-hive

Bioart Biopsy, Shared Specimen Obtained

This text by Adam Zaretsky archives a moment in bioart conservation history, where dual taxonomies are bridged by two national museums in Finland

12 December 2025

Reading Matters: Bacteria to AI responses

Reading Matters: Bacteria to AI responses by Kirsty Hendry & Helen Kaplinsky

9 December 2025

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Archives of Impermanence: Between Ice, Water, and Salt

Laura Heiss and Laura Benech, as part of Antimatter Studio, spent a few weeks at the Ars Bioarctica residency conducting artistic research for their forthcoming installation “Salt of the Times”, a hybrid project that investigates memory, displacement, and materiality. Investigating salt, ice, and water as both material and metaphor, the project delves into how these elements interact, transform, and hold traces.

2 December 2025

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Willing to Soften

Kelley O'Brien spent two weeks in Ars Bioarctica residency listening to the elders, the voices of our 2.8-billion-year-old ancestors – ancient rocks.

17 October 2025

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Vibrant Bodies

Hele Okkonen had their Ars Bioarctica residency in July 2025. What began as a study of regionally endangered lichens shifted into a broader perspective, as the vastness of the landscape made a deep impression on them. Gilbbesjávri gave them a gift, a reminder to return to the body, the ground of their artistic practice.

1 September 2025

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Writings with Arctic Tundra

Claudio Filho had his Ars Bioarctica residency at the Kilpisjärvi Biological Station in June 2025 where he wrote with places, things, and beings.

22 August 2025

#ArsBioarctica / #RewildingCultures

Notes on rewilding the botanical gaze

Agáta Marzecová spent two weeks in the Rewilding Cultures residency in June 2025. She explored ways to rewild her ecological sensibilities through walking, field notes, and attentive observation of plants.

15 August 2025