CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS

Case Pyhäjoki - Artistic reflections on nuclear influence
Transdisciplinary expedition, production workshop and events

Location: Pyhäjoki, Finland
Time: 31.7. - 12.8.2013
For whom: artists, activists, scientists, thinkers and doers +
everything in between.
Deadline to apply: 5.5.2013

'Case Pyhäjoki - Artistic reflections on nuclear influence' is a
transdisciplinary artistic expedition, production workshop and
presentation events in Pyhäjoki, North Ostrobothnia, Finland 31st of
July to 12th of August 2013. The sixth nuclear power plant of Finland is
planned to be built at Hanhikivi Cape in Pyhäjoki.

The aim of the project is to explore artistic perspectives on the vast
changes planned in Pyhäjoki, through the planning of a nuclear power
plant at the site, and...

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The Bioartsociety together with Pixelache are inviting you to participate in

Growing Cellulose - a workshop with Margherita Pevere

1st session 11th November 14-18h
2nd session 18th November 14-18h

Location: Pixelache, Kaasutehtaankatu 1/21 Suvilahti (Rakennus/Building 7) 00540 Helsinki Finland, View Pixelache office location in Google maps

The workshop is free of charge but places are limited to 10 participants. Please sign up by sending an email with a short statement of motivation until 6th of November.

The workshop focuses on the aesthetic potential of microbial cellulose (MB) and the philosophical implications of working with leaking, growing, hybrid bodies in artistic practice. MB is a natural polymer which resembles skin and bodily matter. Once dried, it reminds of paper and...

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Call for participants - Merry CRISPR – artistic investigations into CRISPR/Cas9

Merry CRISPR is a workshop produced by the Bioartsociety in collaboration with Biofilia laboratory - Aalto University, and supported by Aalto Univeristy, MA in Ecology and Contemporary Performance and Time and Space Arts (both University of the Arts Helsinki) and TAIKE.

The workshop takes place 11th – 15th of December at the Biofilia laboratory on the Aalto University Campus in Otaniemi/Espoo/Finland.

The participation is free of charge. Participants have to fund their own travel and accommodation but we are happy to provide an invitation letter for funding application purpose.

If you would like to participate in the workshop, please send a brief statement of motivation with a short CV until 31st of...

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OPEN CALL for the Tokyo Art & Science Research Residency in Japan

The Bioartsociety is calling for Finnish artists or artists based in Finland to apply for a one month art & science research residency in Tokyo Japan in autumn/winter 2018. The residency will be hosted by BioClub Tokyo in partnership with the Finnish Institute in Japan.

Applications are submitted via our online form including a research plan, portfolio and CV. The submission deadline is 1st of March 2018.

The selection will be made by the board of the Bioartsociety together with BioClub Tokyo and the Finnish Institute in Japan.

The residency will cover local and international travel and accommodation costs, access to workshops and local art & science communities for one artist.

During the residency, the...

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Field_Notes – Ecology of Senses is an art&science field laboratory organized by the Bioart Society at the Kilpisjärvi Biological Station in Lapland/Finland. Five groups, hosted by Judit van der Elst, Kira O’Reilly, Martin Howse, Marc Dusseiler and Hannah Rogers will work for one week in the sub-Arctic Lapland. We call for a team of collaborators to develop, test and evaluate specific interdisciplinary approaches in relation to the notion of Ecology of Senses.

16th – 23rd September 2018

at the Kilpisjärvi Biological Station, Lapland/Finland

Application deadline: 10th of June 2018

Go to the call and online application

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Image by Till Bovermann

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What does it mean to design and control a living machine? What are the practical, artistic and ethical implications of doing so?
Bio-Robotics workshop happens 18. and 19. of March 2019 consisting of two afternoon sessions and one result review session after some days. The location of the workshop is in Aalto Biofilia on the Aalto University Campus in Otaniemi, Espoo, Finland.

In this workshop participants are invited to think about issues concerning the engineering and production of living machines and then attempt to design and grow crude prototypes made of twitching human heart muscle cells grown over scaffolds made of silk.

The workshop is lead by artists Nathan Thompson and Guy Ben-Ary. Biofilia laboratory manager James Evans is supporting the workshop activities. Bio-Robotics...

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The call is searching for artwork production proposals that explore reproductive futures and how life sciences transform and challenge our ideas and possibilities of reproduction and the maternal. The final work will be included in the m/other becomings exhibition during spring 2022 in Helsinki.

We accept both, new proposals or projects in the making to be finalized or developed further.

We are looking for projects which take a closer look at the im/possibilities of mothering, not as an essence, but as troubled practice and as a modest, utopian, and oftentimes exhausted precursor of hope. We want to ask what it means - and may come to mean - to make, to mend, to make space for kin in spite of and against the social reproduction of sameness and compliance, and the (bio)politics of...

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Biofriction is a Creative Europe project realised in collaboration with Hangar (ES), Cultivamos Cultura (PT), Kersnikova Institute (SI) and the Bioart Society, committed to supporting bioart and biohacking practices. The title refers to the combination of biology, biotech, fiction, and arts as surfaces of friction, with particular attention to the emancipatory potential of biotechnology through interfaces in the context of artistic practices.

We're now looking for projects in the field of experimentation with biomaterials and living systems, with a special emphasis on transhack feminism as an approach (or method multiplier) to repoliticize feminism through (bio)practice. It is aimed at researchers, artists, developers, hackers and members of collectives of all ages (over 18 years old)...

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Rewilding Cultures Mobility Conversation – Open Call

Rewilding Cultures (RC) is a Creative Europe collaboration project, which wants to reposition the wild within the field of art practices connecting to science and technology. As the European cultural sector has been and still is affected by multiple subsequent and coincident crises (incl. COVID-19, war-induced inflation, migration) we need to rewild on terms fit for the present and future.

In this spirit and with this open call, Rewilding Cultures aims to initiate a conversation on cultural exchange and offers grants for mobility beyond the current forms of support, as well as backing for work and experiments which contribute to the rethinking of mobility and cultural exchange in novel ways.

Overview

Over the next 3 years the RC...

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The Bioart Society is calling for Finnish artists and artists based in Finland to apply for a one month art & science research residency in Tokyo, Japan, during autumn and winter 2023. The residency will be hosted by BioClub Tokyo in partnership with the Finnish Institute in Japan.

The residency will cover international and local travel, accommodation, working materials, access to workshops and local art & science communities for one artist for up to EUR 4000. The selection will be made jointly by members of the Bioart Society together with BioClub Tokyo and the Finnish Institute in Japan.

During the residency, the facilities of the BioClub Tokyo will be available for the artist. This includes a fully equipped BSL1 lab, as well as a co-working space with fabrication...

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We are happy to announce three open calls for different residencies all falling under the Ars Bioarctica programme at the Kilpisjärvi Biological Station. Deadline for all opportunities is 2nd June 2023. The selected applicants will be contacted during June.

The residencies take place in the facilities of the Kilpisjärvi Biological Station of the University of Helsinki. The Biological Station offers the residents the same possibilities and infrastructure as its scientists and staff: a combined living and working environment, an internet connection, a sauna, access to scientific equipment, laboratory facilities, the library, and a seminar room as well as the usage of field equipment. A dedicated mentor in Kilpisjärvi will familiarise residents with the local environment and customs.

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Bioart Society is a Helsinki-based association developing, producing and facilitating activities around art and natural sciences with an emphasis on biology, ecology and life sciences. The association facilitates Ars Bioarctica, an art & science program with focus on the sub-arctic environment together with the Kilpisjärvi Biological Station of the University of Helsinki as well as the Tokyo Art & Science Research residency together with the BioClub Tokyo and The Finnish Institute in Japan. Bioart Society was established in May 2008 and it currently has over 140 members from Finland and other countries. The Bioart Society runs the SOLU Space in Kalasatama, where we host different events and also have our office space.

We are looking for interns to join our small team of four for...

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The CLUVEX (Climate University for Virtual Exchanges) (2023-2026) project organises international workshops on Zoom for students during virtual exchange weeks, focusing on topics related to climate change and sustainable development. The workshops will last one week each and are held once per semester during 2023-2026.

The project is now recruiting 10 moderators to support the virtual exchange weeks. Moderators will guide discussions in smaller groups and help facilitate active student participation. The group discussions will be conducted in English.

Prior to the exchange weeks, moderators will receive specialised training on how to facilitate groups participating in online education, with an emphasis on climate and environmental sustainability learning (including technical,...

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We are happy to announce our yearly open call for the Ars Bioarctica residency programme at the Kilpisjärvi Biological Station for 2024–2025.

The emphasis of the Ars Bioarctica residency programme is on the sub-Arctic environment and art & science collaborations. Previous Ars Bioarctica fellows have spent their residencies, for example, researching snow, darkness, bacteria and lichen, working on projects varying from screenwriting to photography and from filmmaking to soundscape and dance. We welcome applications from artists, scientists and interdisciplinary research teams from all over the world, in all stages of their careers. We hope to receive applications from people of all backgrounds.

This opportunity is not financially supported. We do provide support in the form of a local...

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Rewilding Cultures (RC) is a Creative Europe collaboration project, which wants to reposition the wild within the field of art practices connecting to science and technology. As the European cultural sector has been and still is affected by multiple subsequent and coincident crises (incl. COVID-19, war-induced inflation, migration) we need to rewild on terms fit for the present and future.

In this spirit, Rewilding Cultures aims to initiate a conversation on cultural exchange and offers grants for mobility yearly during 2023-2025. The grants are aimed for mobility beyond the current forms of support, as well as backing for work and experiments which contribute to the rethinking of mobility and cultural exchange in novel ways.

With this open call, altogether 8 grants up to 1400 EURO...

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