Crossroads – New Views on Art and Environment offers a kaleidoscopic view of artistic practices that respond to the complex, at times contradictory entity that we choose to call “environment”. The book is co-published by the Finnish Cultural Institute in New York and The Academy of Fine Arts at the University of the Arts Helsinki, and edited by Ilari Laamanen. The publication will be launched in a seminar hosted by Bioart Society at the SOLU Space in Katajanokka on 12th of December, 2019.

Since its establishment in 2008, the Bioart Society has been producing and facilitating trans-disciplinary collaboration between art and science both in Finland and internationally. One strong emphasis has been on Nordic-Baltic collaborations, and thanks to the generous support of the A. P. Møller Fonden we can continue developing those relations.

Join us for the finissage of Christina Stadlbauer's exhibition Narratives of Imperfection on Saturday, November 30! Tervetuloa viettämään kanssamme Narratives of Imperfection -näyttelyn päätöstilaisuutta lauantaina 30.11.!

12.12.2019–31.1.2020
SOLU Space, Luotsikatu 13   The exhibition features works by Leena and Oula A. Valkeapää, Tarja Tella, Silvia Ploner & Nicolas Perret and Alice Smits.

The Bioart Society is happy to announce the selection of artists and practitioners for 2020–2021 residencies

On the occasion of the opening of SOLU Space our esteemed colleagues and friends Kira O'Reilly and Ava Greyson performed a ritual to invoke the qualities, hopes and aspirations of the ‘SOLU Temple’ and to perform the opening and sealing rites for the mysterious '‘interdimensional portal’ the opening to which is located in the kitchen area.

During my Ars-Bioarctica residency at the Kilpisjärvi Biology Stationthe first weekI was taking part of Field Notes 2019 in a group Strange Weather. It was intence and inspiring week to dive into different layers and stories of the area. But it was too short time to understand more than fragments of different knowledges...

Since 2018, the Bioart Society has collaboratedwith the Finnish Institute in JapanandBioClub Tokyo,running the Tokyo Art & Science Research Residency. Our current artist-in-residence is Emilia Tikka, whohas beenfocusing on CRISPR technology,Yamanaka factorsand non-western perspectives on longevity during her...

Christina Stadlbauer: Narratives of Imperfection
November 8–30, 2019
SOLU Space, Luotsikatu 13
WED12–17h |THU12–19h |FRI12–17h |SAT-SUN12–16h

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Welcome to the exhibition opening on Thursday, November 7from 17–19h! As part of her art practice Christina Stadlbauer explores breakage and repair,...

Join us for a talk byMohamed Jawad Husein Hameed,a Bahraini musician and singer and the firstArtist and Ecologist at Risk Resident at AR-Safe Haven Helsinki. Friday, October 25, 2019, 18–20h
SOLU Space, Luotsikatu 13 - - Mohamed Jawad Husein Hameed is a Bahraini environmental activist and musician. Jawad, as he likes to...

Join us for a talk byPekka Niskanen and Mohamed Sleiman Labat,artists behind PhosFATE project!

Tuesday, October 8, 2019, 17–19h
SOLU Space, Luotsikatu 13 - - "Exhaustion and processing of finite resources such as phosphate hasconsequencesfor both humans and the environment. Large amounts of man-made phosphate processing...

The surrounding of Kilpisjärvi is host to many “microworlds” — relatively small places like rocks, small ponds, or streams that gather a relatively big variety of plants, mushrooms and animals around themselves. As a sound artist, I am interested in the biophony and soundscape (“how does it sound?”) of such microworlds....