The BioFutures workshop will take place from June 7-11 (10-17h) in Helsinki, either at SOLU Space or at the Aalto Design Factory. It is hosted locally by artists Christina Stadlbauer and Noora Sandgren and led remotely by Tina Auer and Tim Boykett of Time’s Up. Apply by May 14!

BIO·FICTION Shorts is a touring collection of short films exploring the theme of Futurebody. The films are accompanied by a panel discussion and a series of conversations.

Talking BIO·FICTION is a discussion format that gives space to reflect together on the content and context of a selection of short films watched together. 

The Upside-Down Landscapes: discovering a map of the holes in the Kilpisjärvi landscape

The layers of myths, history and beliefs become palpable when being surrounded by peaks silenced with snow.

For my project Wild Matters, I investigate my relationship to nature through 360° video, and I explore the medium for artistic possibilities to communicate about this.

A panel discussion about neurotechnology and its current and potential impact on society featuring artist and educator Kasperi Mäki-Reinikka, festival director Markus Schmidt, neuroscientist Riitta Hari and artist Pia Tikka.

How to Capture Flow, Part II: The Light Journals. One week of attempts to capture the arctic light in a petri dish.

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.
Apply now! 

An introduction to the now-closed Criss-Crossing Ecologies exhibition and its artists

A series of conversations by artists Laura Beloff & Kira O'Reilly with experts from the biosciences and the humanities concerning ticks, the pathogens they carry and the implications for humans and non-humans within changing environments.

/d a t a c e n t r e by artist Maija Annikki Savolainen is an exhibition shifting through time. Mirroring the format of a residency, the exhibition performs as a site for ongoing research, material experimentation and knowledge transmission. Curated in collaboration with Yvonne Billimore, video projections in collaboration with media artist Otso Havanto.