Science, Art, Litt, Science based Art & Science Communication

Bioart Society

Call for professional collaborators

FIELD_NOTES – Cultivating Ground

Kilpisjärvi Biological Station in Kilpisjärvi/ Lapland/ Finland.

26. September – 2. October 2011

Organized by the Finnish Bioart Society in the context of the Ars Bioarctica project together with the Kilpisjärvi Biological Station.

“ Field_Notes – Cultivating Grounds” is a week long field laboratory for theory and practice on art&science work at the Kilpisjärvi Biological Station of the University of Helsinki in Lapland. Five working groups, each hosted by an expert (Oron Catts, Marta de Menezes, Anu Osva, Tapio Makela and Terike Haapoja) together with a team of four, will develop, test and evaluate specific artistic approaches based on the interplay of art&science. The outcome of Field_Notes will result in a publication published by the Finnish Bioart Society in 2012.

We warmly welcome artists, scientists and practitioners to participate and contribute to the development of the field.

Working groups:

Exploring the biological milieu – in search of substrates at the sub-Arctic – hosted by Oron Catts
Body/ Nature relationship – hosted by Marta de Menezes
Arctic Waters – hosted by Anu Osva
Politics and affect of environmental computing – hosted by Tapio Mäkelä
Laboratory Life – hosted by Terike Haapoja

We are looking for 20 artists, scientists and practitioners, which are interested to develop, collaborate and work in one of the groups. Please send your application including CV, Biography, group preference and a max A4 letter of motivation and/or direction of possible Field_Notes research/contribution to erich.berger@bioartsociety.fi

Deadline 30th of June 2011

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Art&Sci&Tech Public Technologies Exhibition

CityBeat -teos valittiin Helsingin osuuteen

Biotaiteen seura valitsi kaupungin ääniä ja liikkeettä havainnoivan ja tuntoaistin varaan rakentuvan CityBeat -teoksen Public Technologies -näyttelyn Helsingin osuuteen. CityBeat -teoksen toteuttavat nuoret, Aalto yliopistossa opiskelevat taiteilijat Ben Dromey ja Mina Arko. Teos tuo näyttelytilaan kaupungin sykkeen ja tunnun.

Public Technologies näyttely on avoinna yhdeksässä Euroopan maassa elokuusta vuoden loppuun. Näyttelyn ensimmäisessä vaiheessa kukin osallistujamaa esittää omassa maassaan valitsemansa teoksen. Toisessa vaiheessa teokset kiertävät eri maissa. Suomen teos nähdään Latviassa ja Suomessa nähdään teos Isosta Britanniasta lokakuussa.

EPAC/MMIC, Latvia

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