Ars Bioarctica

Events

80+1 Kilpisjärvi project

18 Jun — 31 Jul 2009

Kilpisjärvi, Finland / Linz, Austria

During spring 2009 Ars Bioarctica took part in the international project 80+1 - A Journey Around the World organized by the Ars Electronica Centre in Linz, Austria. The venture posed 20 crucial...

Bio-science and art - student workshop

19 — 26 May 2010

Kilpisjärvi Biological Station, Finland

Together with the former Environmental Art Programme at Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture, Prof. Markku Hakuri and Ars Bioarctica organized a bio-science and art workshop for...

Weather Tunnel - project

1 Jul — 1 Aug 2011

Kilpisjärvi Biological Station, Helsinki and Beijing, China

Ars Bioarctica participated in the project "Weather Tunnel". It was a translocal project envisioned as a participatory, interventionist component of the international media art exhibition titled...

Stripped Berry Rug

1 Jan — 1 Feb 2012

Kilpisjärvi

This work combines the approaches of environmental art and scientific experiment. Planted cuttings of cowberry (Vaccinium vitis-idaea) and crowberry (Empetrum nigrum) form two sectors in the shape...

Arctic Perspective

17 Nov — 3 Dec 2012

Kilpisjärvi and Helsinki, Finland

This activity, enabled through a grant by the Canadian Arts Council, had six researchers from the art collective Arctic Perspective visiting Kilpisjärvi Biological Station for a research residency,...

Natural Cryptography for Postcards

Helsinki, Finland

Led by Markus Decker and Peter Wagenhofer Produced in collaboration with Pixelache In his Ars Bioarctica residency Markus Decker investigated natural random phenomena like natural radioactivity or...