[spectre] [Bioartsociety] SPLICE Exhibition - 20th May to 12th November 2017, Oulu Museum of Art / Finland
Dear friends and colleagues, we will open our new exhibition SPLICE on May 19th at the Oulu Museum of Art in Oulu / Finland. You will find more information about the exhibition below and on our website https://bioartsociety.fi/projects/splice Best wishes Erich Berger Director, Bioartsociety https://bioartsociety.fi --- SPLICE Re-examining Nature 20 May to 12 November 2017, Oulu Museum of Art / Finland SPLICE – an international art exhibition curated by Nina Czegledy in collaboration with the Bioartsociety and produced in partnership with the Oulu Museum of Art focuses on our changing environment and relationship to Nature. Since time immemorial, we have admired the fundamental order of Nature when looking for inspiration, interpretation and explanations. In more recent times, developments both intentional and unintentional have shaped our physical environment as well as our collective mindscape. This gradual transformation brings together existing and emerging ideas, beings and phenomena, creating unexpected possibilities and connections. The paradigm shifts also create new challenges for artists who question and comment on these issues through their works. SPLICE examines established concepts of the environment, the processes influencing the ongoing changes as well as the emerging personal and collective notions about Nature. The exhibition presents crossover works from contemporary perspectives, revealing current interpretations of the world we live in. SPLICE features artworks by the following artists: Lauri Anttila (FIN), Risto-Pekka Blom (FIN), Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg (UK) & Sacha Pohflepp (GER), Antye Greie (FIN/GER), Ilkka Halso (FIN), Kalle Hamm (FIN), Pekka & Teija Isorättyä (FIN), Tellervo Kalleinen & Oliver Kochta-Kalleinen (FIN), Antero Kare (FIN), Olga Kisseleva (RUS), Carolin Koss (FIN/GER), Mia Mäkelä (FIN), Agnes Meyer- Brandis (GER), Tuula Närhinen (FIN), Kira O'Reilly (IRE), Anu Osva (FIN), Johanna Rotko (FIN), Tibor Szemző (HUN), Leena Valkeapää & Oula A. Valkeapää (FIN) and Jana Winderen (N). The SPLICE exhibition opens on Friday, May 19, 2017, 17-19h with a performance by Kira O'Reilly followed next day, May 20, 2017 from 10 to 15h with an open conference at the Oulu Museum of Art. Invited keynote speaker: anthropologist/archaeologist Judith van der Elst (NL), Professor Seppo Vainio, University of Oulu and exhibiting artists. Thematically linked events include workshops; artist interviews and guided tours further illuminating the SPLICE concepts. Welcome! The exhibition and the special events are supported by Finnish Cultural Foundation, University of Oulu (Genes and Society Argumenta Project), Arts Promotion Centre Finland and AV-arkki https://bioartsociety.fi/projects/splice __ SPECTRE list for media culture in Deep Europe Info, archive and help: http://post.in-mind.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/spectre
[spectre] HYBRID MATTERs symposium - 24th, 25th November in Helsinki/Finland
sorry for crossposting ++ The Bioartsociety would like to cordially invite you to the HYBRID MATTERs Symposium 24th and 25th of November 2016 at the Theatre Academy of the University of the Arts in Helsinki. Thursday 24th of November - HYBRID MATTERs key dialogs with keynotes by Jeniffer Gabrys, Jussi Parikka, Steen Rasmussen and a response by Cecila Åsberg Friday 25th of November - HYBRID MATTERs panels with Kristina Lindström, Åsa Ståhl, Thora Petursdottir, Björn Wallsten, Kira O'Reilly, Tuija Kokkonen, Laura Beloff, Jens Hauser, Monika Bakke, Jonas Jørgensen, Paavo Järvensivu, Maarja Kruusmaa, Erich Berger and more to be confirmed ++ The HYBRID MATTERs symposium investigates hybrid ecologies, the convergence of our environment with technology and essentially the intentional and unintentional transformation of our planet through human activity. More information about speakers and schedule here: http://symposium.hybridmatters.net/ Attendance is for free, but limited seating, please register here: http://symposium.hybridmatters.net/registrations/new ++ HYBRID MATTERs is a Nordic art network program lead by the Bioartsociety/FI, together with IT-University of Copenhagen/DK, Malmö University/SE, Kunsthall Grenland/NO, Nikolaj Kunsthal/DK and Forum Box/FI. http://hybridmatters.net/ We are looking forward to your participation. Best wishes Erich Berger Director / Bioartsociety http://bioartsociety.fi __ SPECTRE list for media culture in Deep Europe Info, archive and help: http://post.in-mind.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/spectre
[spectre] [BIOARTSOCIETY] - Ars Bioarctica Residency 2017 – Open Call - Kilpisjärvi/Lapland/Finland
Sorry for cross-posting - please distribute -- Ars Bioarctica Residency 2017 – Open Call Application deadline 31st December 2016 Since 2010 the Bioartsociety is organizing the ARS BIOARCTICA RESIDENCY PROGRAM together with the Kilpisjärvi Biological Station of the University of Helsinki in the sub-Arctic Lapland. Until now more then 90 artists, scientists, and practitioners have been developing work at the Station on topics related to biology, ecology and life sciences. The residency takes place in the facilities of the Kilpisjärvi Biological Station of the University of Helsinki. It provides the residents with a combined living and working environment, a basic laboratory, internet connection and sauna. The Kilpisjärvi Biological Station offers to the residents the same possibilities and infrastructure as its scientists and staff. This includes access to scientific equipment, laboratory facilities, the library and seminar room as well as the usage of field equipment. A dedicated mentor in Kilpisjärvi will familiarise residents with the local environment and customs. The emphasis of the residency is on art collaboration, and the sub Arctic environment. It is open for artists, scientists and interdisciplinary research teams. Applications have to include: • a completed application form available via http://bioartsociety.fi/ars-bioarctica-residency • a CV • a work plan Travel to and within Finland to Kilpisjärvi as well as the accommodation at the Station have to be covered by the applicant. We are happy to provide a letter of support. The evaluation of the applications emphasise the quality of the proposal, its interaction of art, its artistic and scientific significance, the projects relation to the local environment and its feasibility to be carried out at the Kilpisjärvi Biological Station in the given time. Please, note in your application if you wish to have your residency in the beginning of the year so your application will be handled faster. Please, send applications or questions to our producer Piritta Puhto piritta.pu...@bioartsociety.fi Residency info website: http://bioartsociety.fi/ars-bioarctica-residency/ Blog by previous residents: http://www.bioartsociety.fi/residency/ The Kilpisjärvi Biological station: http://www.helsinki.fi/kilpis/english/index.htm __ SPECTRE list for media culture in Deep Europe Info, archive and help: http://post.in-mind.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/spectre
[spectre] Exhibition opening - HYBRID MATTERs - 19th May 2016 - Nikolaj Kunsthal Copenhagen
Dear Spectres, I would like to cordially invite you to the opening of our HYBRID MATTERs exhibition on the 19th May 2016, 17-19h at the Nikolaj Kunsthal in Copenhagen. The exhibition will be on show until 31st if July. HYBRID MATTERs is a Nordic art network program which investigates hybrid ecologies, the convergence of our environment with technology and essentially the intentional and unintentional transformation of our planet through human activity. http://hybridmatters.net best wishes Erich -- Erich Berger Toiminnanjohtaja / Director The Finnish Society of Bioart http://bioartsociety.fi __ SPECTRE list for media culture in Deep Europe Info, archive and help: http://post.in-mind.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/spectre
[spectre] Ars Bioarctica Residency 2016 – Open Call - Kilpisjärvi/Lapland/Finland
Sorry for cross-posting - please distribute Ars Bioarctica Residency 2016 – Open Call Application deadline 30th October 2015 Since 2010 the Bioartsociety is organizing the ARS BIOARCTICA RESIDENCY PROGRAM together with the Kilpisjärvi Biological Station of the University of Helsinki in the sub-Arctic Lapland. Until now more then 70 artists, scientists, and practitioners have been developing work at the Station on topics related to biology, ecology and life sciences. The residency takes place in the facilities of the Kilpisjärvi Biological Station of the University of Helsinki. It provides the residents with a combined living and working environment, a basic laboratory, internet connection and sauna. The Kilpisjärvi Biological Station offers to the residents the same possibilities and infrastructure as its scientists and staff. This includes access to scientific equipment, laboratory facilities, the library and seminar room as well as the usage of field equipment. A dedicated mentor in Kilpisjärvi will familiarize residents with the local environment and customs. The emphasis of the residency is on art collaboration, and the sub Arctic environment. It is open for artists, scientists and interdisciplinary research teams. Applications have to include: * a completed application form available via http://bioartsociety.fi/ars-bioarctica-residency/ * a cv * a work plan Travel to and within Finland to Kilpisjärvi as well as the accommodation at the Station have to be covered by the applicant. The Finnish Society of Bioart will assist with the funding process if wished. The evaluation of the applications emphasize the quality of the proposal, its interaction of art, its artistic and scientific significance, the projects relation to the local environment and its feasibility to be carried out at the Kilpisjärvi Biological Station in the given time. Please send applications or questions to Piritta Puhto piritta.pu...@bioartsociety.fi Residency info website: http://bioartsociety.fi/ars-bioarctica-residency/ Blog by previous residents: http://www.bioartsociety.fi/residency/ The Kilpisjärvi Biological station: http://www.helsinki.fi/kilpis/english/index.htm __ SPECTRE list for media culture in Deep Europe Info, archive and help: http://post.in-mind.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/spectre
[spectre] Reminder - Call for collaborators: Field_Notes – HYBRID MATTERs, 14th – 20th September 2015, Kilpisjärvi Biological Station, Lapland/Finland
Sorry for x-posting. Please consider to apply and share the call amongst your professional network. ** Call for collaborators: Field_Notes – HYBRID MATTERs - From 14th – 20th September 2015 at the Kilpisjärvi Biological Station, Lapland/Finland Application deadline: 29th of Mai 2015 http://hybridmatters.net/calls/field-notes-hybrid-matters - Field_Notes – HYBRID MATTERs Field_Notes – HYBRID MATTERs is an artscience field laboratory organized by the Finnish Society of Bioart at the Kilpisjärvi Biological Station in Lapland/Finland. Five groups, hosted by Marko Peljhan and Matthew Biederman (Arctic Perspective Initiative - API) with Leena Valkeapää, Richard Pell and Lauren Allen (Center for Postnatural History), Antye Greie aka AGF, Antti Tenetz and Lea Schick will work for one week in the sub-Arctic Lapland. Together with a team of five selected collaborators, they will develop, test and evaluate specific interdisciplinary approaches in relation to the notion of Hybrid Ecology. - Application process: We are looking for 25 artists, scientists or other practitioners, which are interested to collaborate and work in one of the five groups. Find more information and the online application system at http://hybridmatters.net/calls/field-notes-hybrid-matters We warmly welcome artists, scientists and practitioners from different fields to apply. - Conditions: We will pay for the journey from Helsinki to Kilpisjärvi and back, as well as for full board and accommodation at the Kilpisjärvi Biological Station for the whole working week. Participants from outside of Finland have to take care about travel to Helsinki and possible accommodation in Helsinki themselves. - Field_Notes - HYBRID MATTERs is a project by the Finnish Society of Bioart and part of the HYBRID MATTERs and CHANGING WEATHERS program. It is co-funded by the Nordic Culture Fund, the Creative Europe programme of the European Union and the Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture. http://hybridmatters.net http://http://www.changingweathers.net/ - Erich Berger Toiminnanjohtaja / Director The Finnish Society of Bioart http://bioartsociety.fi __ SPECTRE list for media culture in Deep Europe Info, archive and help: http://post.in-mind.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/spectre
[spectre] Call for collaborators: Field_Notes – HYBRID MATTERs, 14th – 20th September 2015, Kilpisjärvi Biological Station, Lapland/Finland
Sorry for x-posting. Please consider to apply and share the call amongst your professional network. ** Call for collaborators: Field_Notes – HYBRID MATTERs - From 14th – 20th September 2015 at the Kilpisjärvi Biological Station, Lapland/Finland Application deadline: 29th of Mai 2015 http://hybridmatters.net/calls/field-notes-hybrid-matters - Field_Notes – HYBRID MATTERs Field_Notes – HYBRID MATTERs is an artscience field laboratory organized by the Finnish Society of Bioart at the Kilpisjärvi Biological Station in Lapland/Finland. Five groups, hosted by Marko Peljhan and Matthew Biederman (Arctic Perspective Initiative - API) with Leena Valkeapää, Richard Pell and Lauren Allen (Center for Postnatural History), Antye Greie aka AGF, Antti Tenetz and Lea Schick will work for one week in the sub-Arctic Lapland. Together with a team of five selected collaborators, they will develop, test and evaluate specific interdisciplinary approaches in relation to the notion of Hybrid Ecology. - Application process: We are looking for 25 artists, scientists or other practitioners, which are interested to collaborate and work in one of the five groups. Find more information and the online application system at http://hybridmatters.net/calls/field-notes-hybrid-matters We warmly welcome artists, scientists and practitioners from different fields to apply. - Conditions: We will pay for the journey from Helsinki to Kilpisjärvi and back, as well as for full board and accommodation at the Kilpisjärvi Biological Station for the whole working week. Participants from outside of Finland have to take care about travel to Helsinki and possible accommodation in Helsinki themselves. - Field_Notes - HYBRID MATTERs is a project by the Finnish Society of Bioart and part of the HYBRID MATTERs and CHANGING WEATHERS program. It is co-funded by the Nordic Culture Fund, the Creative Europe programme of the European Union and the Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture. http://hybridmatters.net http://http://www.changingweathers.net/ - Erich Berger Toiminnanjohtaja / Director The Finnish Society of Bioart http://bioartsociety.fi __ SPECTRE list for media culture in Deep Europe Info, archive and help: http://post.in-mind.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/spectre
[spectre] [Bioartsociety] HYBRID MATTERs - open call for artwork productions in the Nordic countries
Please apply and distribute - sorry for cross posting: Open call for artwork productions in the Nordic countries: ++ About HYBRID MATTERs is a two year Nordic artscience network program which investigates the convergence of the physical and digital world into a hybrid ecology. HYBRID MATTERs is an interdisciplinary and integral program consisting of artistic research, citizen artscience and artistic field work activities, the production of artworks, a touring exhibition, workshops and a final conference. HYBRID MATTERs will select two Nordic artists or artist groups who will receive each a production grant of EURO 10.000 to produce a work for the HYBRID MATTERs touring exhibition in 2016. The exhibitions will be at Kunsthall Grenland in Porsgrunn/NO (March 2016), Nikolaj Kunsthall in Copenhagen/DK (July 2016) and Forumbox in Helsinki/FI (October 2016). ++ Eligibility: Artists and artist groups from or based in the Nordic countries: Denmark, Finland, Island, Norway, Sweden, Faroe Islands, Greenland and Aland. ++ Deadline: Friday 3rd of April 2015 ++ Theme: We are looking for proposals of new works which address and respond to convergent ecologies and examine the digital as a converging factor. We consider anything with a physical and digital aspect at the same time as hybrid matter and thus an actor in a hybrid ecology. For more information please visit http://hybridmatters.net ++ Application process Apply via http://hybridmatters.net For questions please contact i...@bioartsociety.fi -- Erich Berger Toiminnanjohtaja / Director The Finnish Society of Bioart http://bioartsociety.fi __ SPECTRE list for media culture in Deep Europe Info, archive and help: http://post.in-mind.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/spectre
[spectre] Ars Bioarctica Residency 2015 – Open Call - Kilpisjärvi/Lapland/Finland
Sorry for cross-posting - please distribute Ars Bioarctica Residency 2015 – Open Call Application deadline 14th November 2014 Since 2010 the Finnish Society of Bioart is organizing the ARS BIOARCTICA RESIDENCY PROGRAM together with the Kilpisjärvi Biological Station of the University of Helsinki in the sub-Arctic Lapland. Until now more then 50 artists, scientists, and practitioners have been developing work at the Station - including Marko Peljhan and Matthew Biedermann from the Arctic Perspective Initiative, Oron Catts from Symbiotica or sound poet AGF. The residency takes place in the facilities of the Kilpisjärvi Biological Station of the Univeristy of Helsinki. It provides the residents with a combined living and working environment, a basic laboratory, internet connection and sauna. The Kilpisjärvi Biological Station offers to the residents the same possibilities and infrastructure as its scientists and staff. This includes access to scientific equipment, laboratory facilities, the library and seminar room as well as the usage of field equipment. A dedicated contact person in Kilpisjärvi will familiarize residents with the local environment and customs. The emphasis of the residency is on the Arctic environment, artscience collaboration and is open for artists, scientists and interdisciplinary research teams. Applications have to include: * a completed application form available via http://bioartsociety.fi/ars-bioarctica-residency/ * a cv * a work plan Travel to and within Finland to Kilpisjärvi as well as the accommodation at the Station have to be covered by the applicant. The Finnish Society of Bioart will assist with the funding process if wished. The evaluation of the applications emphasizes the quality of the proposal, its interaction of artscience, its artistic and scientific significance, the projects relation to the themes of Ars Bioarctica and its feasibility to be carried out at the Kilpisjärvi Biological Station in the given time. Please send applications or questions to Erich Berger erich.ber...@bioartsociety.fi Residency info website: http://bioartsociety.fi/ars-bioarctica-residency/ Blog by previous residents: http://www.bioartsociety.fi/residency/ The Kilpisjärvi Biological station: http://www.helsinki.fi/kilpis/english/index.htm -- Erich Berger Toiminnanjohtaja / Director The Finnish Society of Bioart http://bioartsociety.fi __ SPECTRE list for media culture in Deep Europe Info, archive and help: http://post.in-mind.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/spectre
[spectre] Call for workshop participation: Curie’s Children [glow boys, radon daughters] - Workshop in Helsinki/Finland
Call for workshop participants: “Curie’s Children [glow boys, radon daughters]: An investigation of radioactivity in the context of art, physics and activism” originating from the Case Pyhäjoki project. http://bioartsociety.fi/archives/2429 When/Where: 2nd-5th of June 2014, Helsinki, Finland (exact place TBC) Guides: Erich Berger and Martin Howse Guests: Mari Keski Korsu, Andrew Paterson, and others Application deadline: send your application including CV and motivation until 18.4.2014 to erich.ber...@bioartsociety.fi Participation fee for coffee and radiation detector: 20€ The Curie’s Children [glow boys, radon daughters] workshop allows the uninitiated to easily enter into a physical and intuitive relation to nuclear and atomic processes, following simple hands-on experimentation, construction and research. This relation promotes an understanding of the complex issues surrounding contemporary uses of nuclear and atomic technologies, which could inform and help to formulate an artistic “response”. As part of the Case Pyhäjoki project in 2013, Berger and Howse designed a minimal, low budget geiger radiation detector which is fast and simple to build. The detector serves as an introduction for the workshop participants to start a relationship with the complex political, economic and artistic positions orbiting the phenomena of nuclear decay. During the Curie’s Children [glow boys, radon daughters] workshop participants will be guided through their own construction of the radiation detector device, and will extend this with further investigations, experiments, lectures, discussion, screenings, presentations and field trips. Workshop schedule 2.6. 18h: Presentation “Case Pyhäjoki – Artistic reflections on nuclear influence” with Mari Keski Korsu and guests. 3-5.6. 10-18h: Building of radiation detector, experiments and investigations, presentations, screenings and field trips. About Erich Berger and Martin Howse Erich Berger is an artist and cultural worker based in Helsinki/ Finland. His interests lie in information processes and feedback structures, which he investigates through installations, situations,performances and interfaces. His current explorations of deep time and hybrid ecology led him to work with radiogenic phenomena. Through the construction of experimental situations (within process-driven performance, laboratories, walks, and workshops), material art works and texts, Martin Howse explores the rich links between substance or materials and execution or protocol, excavating issues of visibility and of hiding within the world. Curie’s Children [glow boys, radon daughters] is a collaboration between the Finnish Society of Bioart, Case Pyhäjoki and Pixelache and part of the pre program of CampPixelache 2014. http://bioartsociety.fi http://casepyhajoki.info http://pixelache.ac The workshop is generously funded by the Finnish Arts Promotion Centre -- Erich Berger Toiminnanjohtaja / Director The Finnish Society of Bioart http://bioartsociety.fi __ SPECTRE list for media culture in Deep Europe Info, archive and help: http://post.in-mind.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/spectre
[spectre] Reminder - Call for participants: Making_Life – a research platform for art and synthetic biology by the Finnish Society of Bioart
Reminder - Call for participation - please share! Making_Life – a research platform for art and synthetic biology with three working periods Making_Life is a project by the Finnish Society of Bioart in collaboration with Biofilia - Base for Biological Arts - Aalto University Finland and Bio:Fiction Vienna Austria within the SYNENERGENE EU Project. Working period I: 22nd – 27th of May at Biofilia - Base for Biological Arts - Aalto University Helsinki/ Finland. Instructors for working period I: Oron Catts/SymbioticA, The University of Western Australia with the support of Marika Hellman, Biofilia, Aalto University and selected guests. For more information and the application form please visit http://bioartsociety.fi Application deadline: send your application form with attachments until 15.3.2014 to erich.ber...@bioartsociety.fi Support: we are able to give partial support for travel and accommodation if required. About: The Finnish Society of Bioart http://bioartsociety.fi Biofilia - Base for Biological Arts -Aalto University Helsinki http://biofilia.aalto.fi/en/ Oron Catts http://www.symbiotica.uwa.edu.au/residents/catts Bio:Fiction http://bio-fiction.com SYNENERGENE http://www.synenergene.eu/ Funded by the 7th Framework Programme of the European Union -- Erich Berger Toiminnanjohtaja / Director The Finnish Society of Bioart http://bioartsociety.fi __ SPECTRE list for media culture in Deep Europe Info, archive and help: http://post.in-mind.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/spectre
[spectre] Call for participants: Making_Life – a research platform for art and synthetic biology by the Finnish Society of Bioart
Call for participation - please share! Making_Life – a research platform for art and synthetic biology with three working periods Making_Life is a project by the Finnish Society of Bioart in collaboration with Biofilia - Base for Biological Arts - Aalto University Finland and Bio:Fiction Vienna Austria within the SYNENERGENE EU Project. Working period I: 22nd – 27th of May at Biofilia - Base for Biological Arts - Aalto University Helsinki/ Finland. Instructors for working period I: Oron Catts/SymbioticA, The University of Western Australia with the support of Marika Hellman, Biofilia, Aalto University and selected guests. Please download the application form from: http://bioartsociety.fi/Making_Life_AF.pdf Application deadline: send your application form with attachments until 15.3.2014 to erich.ber...@bioartsociety.fi Synthetic biology is a new area of biological research that combines science and engineering. Synthetic biology encompasses a variety of different approaches, methodologies and disciplines, with the aim to design and construct new biological functions and systems not found in nature. Most approaches of synthetic biology are based on genetic engineering but goes much further. In genetic engineering the goal is to manipulate an organism’s genes, usually by transferring one gene from a donor to a host organism. Synthetic biology, on the other hand, aims at creating whole new biological functions, systems and eventually organisms (Schmidt 2012). Other SB approaches are dealing with making novel life-forms from “scratch” (for example protocells). Synthetic Biology is still in its beginnings but if it reaches its potential promises it will become a highly transformative technology in terms of economy, ecology and ethics. Making_Life is a series of three consecutive work periods over the course of 12 months. The first period will take place between 22nd – 27th of May 2014 in Helsinki, the second is planned for November 2014 in Vienna, and the third, in May 2015, will take place again in Helsinki. The goal of Making_Life is to enable practitioners to critically and in an informed manner, engage with the socio-cultural, political and ethical ramifications of synthetic biology through art. We will select a group of international multidisciplinary participants composed of artists, designers, engineers, scientists and students who will cooperate within this bottom-up devised program. The methods will shift from workshops, laboratory sessions and field trips, to forums, seminars and lectures. It will comprise theoretical as well as hands on approaches. The first and second work period will cover the introduction to synthetic biology, its sciences and technologies, the work on associated questions in art, ecology, ethics and politics and practical experience in the laboratory and with experiments. The third work period will be an intense session to create prototypes for artworks. The time in between the periods is for developing and deepening the participants’ focus of investigation. Participants are expected to join work periods I+II after which the participants for the period III are selected. Support: we are able to give support for travel and accommodation if required. About: The Finnish Society of Bioart http://bioartsociety.fi Biofilia - Base for Biological Arts -Aalto University Helsinki http://biofilia.aalto.fi/en/ Oron Catts http://www.symbiotica.uwa.edu.au/residents/catts Bio:Fiction http://bio-fiction.com SYNENERGENE http://www.synenergene.eu/ Funded by the 7th Framework Programme of the European Union -- Erich Berger Toiminnanjohtaja / Director The Finnish Society of Bioart http://bioartsociety.fi __ SPECTRE list for media culture in Deep Europe Info, archive and help: http://post.in-mind.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/spectre
[spectre] Ars Bioarctica Residency 2014 – Open Call - Kilpisjärvi/Lapland/Finland
Sorry for cross-posting - please distribute Ars Bioarctica Residency 2014 – Open Call Since 2010 the Finnish Society of Bioart is organizing the ARS BIOARCTICA RESIDENCY PROGRAM together with the Kilpisjärvi Biological Station of the University of Helsinki in the sub-Arctic Lapland. Until now 39 artists, scientists, and practitioners have been developing work at the Station - including Marko Peljhan and Matthew Biedermann from the Arctic Perspective Initiative, Oron Catts from Symbiotica or sound poet AGF. The residency takes place in the facilities of the Kilpisjärvi Biological Station. It provides the residents with a combined living and working environment, a basic laboratory, internet connection and sauna. The Kilpisjärvi Biological Station offers to the residents the same possibilities and infrastructure as its scientists and staff. This includes access to scientific equipment, laboratory facilities, the library and seminar room as well as the usage of field equipment. A dedicated contact person in Kilpisjärvi will familiarize residents with the local environment and customs. The emphasis of the residency is on the Arctic environment, artscience collaboration and is open for artists, scientists and interdisciplinary research teams. Applications have to include: * a completed application form available via http://bioartsociety.fi/ars-bioarctica-residency/ * a cv * a more detailed work plan if necessary Travel to and within Finland to Kilpisjärvi have to be covered by the applicant as well as the accommodation at the Station. The Finnish Society of Bioart will assist with the funding process. The evaluation of the applications emphasizes the quality of the proposal, its interaction of artscience, its artistic and scientific significance, the projects relation to the themes of Ars Bioarctica and its feasibility to be carried out at the Kilpisjärvi Biological Station in the given time. Send applications or questions to Erich Berger erich.ber...@bioartsociety.fi Residency info website: http://bioartsociety.fi/ars-bioarctica-residency/ Blog by previous residents: http://www.bioartsociety.fi/residency/ The Kilpisjärvi Biological station: http://www.helsinki.fi/kilpis/english/index.htm -- Erich Berger Toiminnanjohtaja / Director The Finnish Society of Bioart http://bioartsociety.fi __ SPECTRE list for media culture in Deep Europe Info, archive and help: http://post.in-mind.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/spectre
[spectre] Symposium: Deep Time / Deep Futures 23.-24. September, VILHO, Kuvataideakatemian seminaaritila, Sörnäisten Rantatie 27 C, Helsinki Finland
Please distribute ! Deep Time / Deep Futures - a symposium on artistic responses to the dichotomy between human time-perception and time in biological, environmental and geological processes within which we are embedded. Time: 23rd September 16:00h – 19:30h and 24th September 09:00h – 16:30h Location: VILHO, Kuvataideakatemian seminaaritila, Sörnäisten Rantatie 27 C, Helsinki/Finland Accessible for everyone and free entry! Schedule: http://bioartsociety.fi/deep_time/symposium/ Deep Time and Deep Futures are two concepts referring to the history and future of our planet on a geological time scale. From 15th to 22nd of September 2013, a group of Finnish and international artists, scientist and practitioners meet for “Field_Notes – Deep Time”, an artscience field laboratory at the Kilpisjärvi Biological Station in Lapland, organized by the Finnish Society of Bioart. Composed in work groups, think tanks, and workshops they carry out basic interdisciplinary research and field work with specific topics concerning Deep Time and Deep Futures. In the symposium the five work groups will present and discuss their preliminary findings from the working week. http://bioartsociety.fi/deep_time/ Contributors: Amanda Crowley (AUS), Andy Gracie (ES/GB), Antero Kare (FI), Antti Tenetz (FI), Anu Osva (FI), Astrida Neimanis (SE/LT), Elizabeth Ellsworth (US), Erich Berger (FI/AT), Heather Davis (US), Jamie Kruse (US), Jasmine Idun Lyman (SE), Johanna Rotko (FI), Jukka Hautamäki (FI), Karolina Sobecka (US), Kathy High (US), Kira O’Reilly (GB), Kristiina Ljokkoi (FI), Laura Beloff (FI), Leena Valkeapää (FI), Markku Nousiainen (FI), Mia Makela (FI), Minna Pöllänen (FI), Ole Kristensen (DK), Oliver Kellhammer (CA), Oron Catts (AUS), Perdita Phillips (AUS), Pia Lindman (FI), Simo Alitalo (FI), Tarsh Bates (AUS), Tere Vaden (FI), Terike Haapoja (FI), Till Bovermann (FI/DE), Tuike Alitalo (FI), Zachary Reyna (US), Zahra Mani (GB) Program: Erich Berger, Pia Lindman Contact: erich.ber...@bioartsociety.fi , piu...@mit.edu A collaboration between the Finnish Society of Bioart and the Finnish Academy of Fine Arts Helsinki as part of the Techno-Ecologies EU project. WELCOME -- Erich Berger Toiminnanjohtaja / Director The Finnish Society of Bioart http://bioartsociety.fi __ SPECTRE list for media culture in Deep Europe Info, archive and help: http://post.in-mind.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/spectre
[spectre] New Book Field_Notes – From Landscape to Laboratory” - Edited by Laura Beloff, Erich Berger and Terike Haapoja
Dear all, I would like to draw your attention to the first publication by the Finnish Society of Bioart: Field_Notes – From Landscape to Laboratory – Maisemasta Laboratorioon” Edited by Laura Beloff, Erich Berger, Terike Haapoja The Finnish Society of Bioart 2013 Bilingual English/Finnish Every second year the Finnish Society of Bioart invites a significant group of artists and scientists to the Kilpisjärvi Biological Station in Lapland/Finland to work for one week on topics related to art, biology and the environment. “Field_Notes – From Landscape to Laboratory” is the first in a series of publications originating from this field laboratory. It emphasizes the process of interaction between fieldwork, locality and the laboratory. Oron Catts, Antero Kare, Laura Beloff, Tarja Knuuttila amongst others explore the field and laboratory as sites for artscience practices. More information: http://bioartsociety.fi/books -- Erich Berger Toiminnanjohtaja / Director The Finnish Society of Bioart Tel: 0504338898 http://bioartsociety.fi __ SPECTRE list for media culture in Deep Europe Info, archive and help: http://post.in-mind.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/spectre
[spectre] Reminder - Call for participants: Field_Notes – Deep Time, 15th – 24th September 2013, Kilpisjärvi Biological Station, Lapland/Finland
- Call for professional collaborators: Field_Notes – Deep Time http://bioartsociety.fi/deep_time/ - Field_Notes – Deep Time Field_Notes – Deep Time is a week long artscience field laboratory organized by the Finnish Society of Bioart at the Kilpisjärvi Biological Station in Lapland/Finland. Five working groups, hosted by Oron Catts, Antero Kare, Leena Valkeapaa, Tere Vaden, Elisabeth Ellsworth and Jamie Kruse, together with a team of five, will develop, test and evaluate specific interdisciplinary approaches in relation to the Deep Time theme. Field_Notes – Deep Time is in search of artistic and scientific responses to the dichotomy between human time-perception and comprehension, and the time of biological, environmental, and geological processes in which we are embedded. The local sub-Arctic nature, ecology, and geology, as well as the scientific environment and infrastructure of the Kilpisjärvi Biological Station will act as a catalyst for the work carried out. - Dates and places: 15th – 22nd September 2013, field laboratory at the Kilpisjärvi Biological Station 23rd, 24th of September 2013, conference in Helsinki - Application process: We are looking for 25 artists, scientists and practitioners, which are interested to develop, collaborate and work in one of the below mentioned groups. Please send your application including CV, group preference and a max A4 letter of motivation and/or direction of possible Field_Notes research/contribution to erich.ber...@bioartsociety.fi Application deadline: 31st of May 2013 We warmly welcome artists, scientists and practitioners from different fields to apply. We will pay for the journey from Helsinki to Kilpisjärvi and back, as well as for full board and accommodation at the Kilpisjärvi Biological Station for the whole working week. Participants from outside of Finland have to take care about travel to Helsinki and possible necessary accommodation in Helsinki themselves. - Groups, hosts and fields: During one week the five groups will approach the Deep Time theme from different angles. They will organize themselves in work groups, think tanks, and workshops. They will carry out their work in their related field environment, as well as have common activities of lectures, presentations and feedback sessions. Expected results include abstracts, collaborations, data, documentation, future workshops, hard an software, ideas, knowledge, photos, presentations, prototypes, skills, sounds, projects, videos and more. The languages used are Finnish and English. The five groups are: * Journey to the Post-Anthropogenic - hosted by Oron Catts, takes place in the sub-Arctic nature, in the lab, and in the study * Deep Futures in the Making - hosted by Elizabeth Ellsworth and Jamie Kruse, takes place in the sub-Arctic nature and in the study * Deep Time of Life and Art - hosted by Antero Kare, takes place within the sub-Arctic geology of bedrock, sediments and caves, the lab and the study * Time and Landscape - hosted by Leena Valkeapää, takes place in the sub-Arctic landscape, amongst reindeer and the Sami culture * Second Order - hosted by Tere Vaden, takes place amongst the working groups and in the study - More information at: http://bioartsociety.fi/deep_time/ or contact erich.ber...@bioartsociety.fi -- Erich Berger Toiminnanjohtaja / Director The Finnish Society of Bioart http://bioartsociety.fi __ SPECTRE list for media culture in Deep Europe Info, archive and help: http://post.in-mind.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/spectre
[spectre] Call for participants: Field_Notes – Deep Time, 15th – 24th September 2013, Kilpisjärvi Biological Station, Lapland/Finland
- Call for professional collaborators: Field_Notes – Deep Time http://bioartsociety.fi/deep_time/ - Field_Notes – Deep Time Field_Notes – Deep Time is a week long artscience field laboratory organized by the Finnish Society of Bioart at the Kilpisjärvi Biological Station in Lapland/Finland. Five working groups, hosted by Oron Catts, Antero Kare, Leena Valkeapaa, Tere Vaden, Elisabeth Ellsworth and Jamie Kruse, together with a team of five, will develop, test and evaluate specific interdisciplinary approaches in relation to the Deep Time theme. Field_Notes – Deep Time is in search of artistic and scientific responses to the dichotomy between human time-perception and comprehension, and the time of biological, environmental, and geological processes in which we are embedded. The local sub-Arctic nature, ecology, and geology, as well as the scientific environment and infrastructure of the Kilpisjärvi Biological Station will act as a catalyst for the work carried out. - Dates and places: 15th – 22nd September 2013, field laboratory at the Kilpisjärvi Biological Station 23rd, 24th of September 2013, conference in Helsinki - Application process: We are looking for 25 artists, scientists and practitioners, which are interested to develop, collaborate and work in one of the below mentioned groups. Please send your application including CV, group preference and a max A4 letter of motivation and/or direction of possible Field_Notes research/contribution to erich.ber...@bioartsociety.fi Application deadline: 31st of Mai 2013 We warmly welcome artists, scientists and practitioners from different fields to apply. We will pay for the journey from Helsinki to Kilpisjärvi and back, as well as for full board and accommodation at the Kilpisjärvi Biological Station for the whole working week. Participants from outside of Finland have to take care about travel to Helsinki and possible necessary accommodation in Helsinki themselves. - Groups, hosts and fields: During one week the five groups will approach the Deep Time theme from different angles. They will organize themselves in work groups, think tanks, and workshops. They will carry out their work in their related field environment, as well as have common activities of lectures, presentations and feedback sessions. Expected results include abstracts, collaborations, data, documentation, future workshops, hard an software, ideas, knowledge, photos, presentations, prototypes, skills, sounds, projects, videos and more. The languages used are Finnish and English. The five groups are: * Journey to the Post-Anthropogenic - hosted by Oron Catts, takes place in the sub-Arctic nature, in the lab, and in the study * Deep Futures in the Making - hosted by Elizabeth Ellsworth and Jamie Kruse, takes place in the sub-Arctic nature and in the study * Deep Time of Life and Art - hosted by Antero Kare, takes place within the sub-Arctic geology of bedrock, sediments and caves, the lab and the study * Time and Landscape - hosted by Leena Valkeapää, takes place in the sub-Arctic landscape, amongst reindeer and the Sami culture * Second Order - hosted by Tere Vaden, takes place amongst the working groups and in the study - More information at: http://bioartsociety.fi/deep_time/ or contact erich.ber...@bioartsociety.fi -- Erich Berger Toiminnanjohtaja / Director The Finnish Society of Bioart http://bioartsociety.fi __ SPECTRE list for media culture in Deep Europe Info, archive and help: http://post.in-mind.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/spectre
[spectre] reminder: Call for Ars Bioarctica artscience residency deadline 31.1.2012
reminder: Call for Ars Bioarctica artscience residency - deadline 31.1.2012 http://bioartsociety.fi -- Erich Berger Coordinator Ars Bioarctica The Finnish Bioart Society http://bioartsociety.fi __ SPECTRE list for media culture in Deep Europe Info, archive and help: http://post.in-mind.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/spectre
[spectre] Update - Interface and Society: conference, performances and exhibition
+ INTERFACE and SOCIETY investigates artistic practices and strategies that deal with the transformation of our everyday life through electronic interfaces. + CONFERENCE: 10th and 11th of November EXHIBITION: 10th to 19th of November PERFORMANCES AND EXHIBITION OPENING: 10th of November at 20h PLACE: Henie Onstad Kunstsenter, Oslo, Norway + See http://www.anart.no for detailed information. + Download the reader with introductions and full program: http://anart.no/2006/10/30/interface-and-society-reader/ + Interface and Society is produced by Atelier Nord in collaboration with Henie Onstad Kunstsenter and Le Monde Diplomatique (Nordic Edition). Supported by Arts Council Norway and Freedom of Expression Foundation, Oslo. + __ SPECTRE list for media culture in Deep Europe Info, archive and help: http://coredump.buug.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/spectre
