Ars Bioarctica

A diverse and multidisciplinary group of fellows selected for the Ars Bioarctica residency for 2023-2024.

Jacek Smolicki spent two weeks at Kilpisjärvi Biological Station within the North Escaping residency. During his stay, he engaged in a series of listening excursions, soundwalks and field recording sessions exploring past, present and future soundscapes of this unique environment.

The Critical Garden Collective spent two weeks in residency at the Kilpisjärvi Biological Station searching for bipolar mosses and working with hybrid creatures, named Cybryonts.

Aino Johansson spent three weeks in Ars Bioarctica residency working on her soil and forest related projects with chromatographies, butoh dance, forest mapping, activism and environmental education.

In these times of hurries, constant haste and immediacy, there are still places where you must arrive slowly.

aRzu and Maria Lepistö are having their North Escaping residency at the Kilpisjärvi Biological Station. They are planning to create an augmented sound expedition and will present their work at SOLU Space on 24th of May.

Three open calls for Ars Bioarctica residency programmes at the Kilpisjärvi Biological Station. Deadline for applications 2nd June 2023.

aRzu and Maria Lepistö are having their North Escaping residency at the Kilpisjärvi Biological Station. They are planning to create an augmented sound expedition and will present their work at SOLU Space on 24th of May.

During her Ars Bioarctica residency, Sanni Priha worked on her film project 'Farewell to Snow'.

Cynthia Blanchette spent two weeks exploring the January darkness of Kilpisjärvi. Her residency was part of her year-long artistic research focused on wetland swamps.

The prospect of traveling to Lapland may seem daunting to a city dweller living outside the Nordic countries. To help you prepare, here are a few tips from a fellow city dweller who had never traveled to the far north.

As a screenwriter, I came to Kilpisjärvi to better understand the experience of the locals, scientists and researchers at this station in the heart of Lapland. My goal was to document their stories and emotions to inspire my TV series project – one detail at a time.