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#DIYBio
A Series of Copper-Kimchi (김치) / Cu(I)O/C6H10CuO6 Portraits in the Bio-Commons Landscape
As part of the new DIYBio network in the Nordic and Baltic region the Bioartsociety organizes the network kickoff with a workshop by Andrew Gryf...
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Newly shaping Nordic/Baltic DIYBio network
The Bioartsociety is part of of Nordic/Baltic DIYBio network which invites to join for experimentation The Bioartsociety joins the newly shaping...
#ArsBioarctica
Open Call - Ars Bioarctica - fully funded Nordic/Baltic residencies 2017/18
Application deadline the 22nd of June 2017 We are glad to announce an open call for up to 3 fully funded Ars Bioarctica residencies during autumn...
#SPLICE
SPLICE exhibition opening
We would like to cordially invite you to the opening of the SPLICE exhibition on Friday 19 May at 5–7 p.m. at the Oulu Museum of Art. Exhibiting...
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Be-Wilderment (Nature Drag) - Performance by Kira O'Reilly
During the openig of the SPLICE exhibition, Helsinki based artist Kira O'Reilly will perform Be-Wilderment (Nature Drag). The opening is on Friday...
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Working Notes on Visualizing the Snow Characteristics
At last here is an update on our project. We have been getting used to being back in California after a few months in Finland and I have to say,...
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HYBRID MATTERs Symposium video documentation
Watch the video documentation of the HYBRID MATTERs Symposium which took place 24th and 25th of November at the Theatre Academy of the University...
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Quick info during the Symposium
SYMPOSIUM: Thursday 09-16h, Friday 08:45-17h - SCHEDULE, Live Stream SYMPOSIUM address: Theatre Academy Helsinki Haapaniemenkatu 6, 00530 Helsinki...
ARS Bioarctica

The Finnish Bioart Society is the motor behind Ars Bioarctica which is a long term art&science initiative with a focus on the Arctic environment which was started in autumn 2008 in Kilpisjärvi. The activities of Ars Bioarctica encompass the development and implementation of courses, workshops, lectures, conferences and seminars, exhibitions, an artists in residency programme, the establishment of national and international relations as well as the production of works, promotion of Finnish artists and publishing of related material.

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Featured Projects
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SPLICE
2017
The SPLICE exhibition focuses its gaze on our relationship with nature, including diverse approaches towards the transforming environment. Canadian curator Nina Czegledy and the Finnish Bioart Society compile a review of relevant ideas approaching from a cross-disciplinary viewpoint.
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HYBRID_MATTERs
2015 - 2016
A Nordic art&science network program which investigates hybrid ecologies, the convergence of our environment with technology and essentially the intentional and unintentional transformation of our planet through human activity.
Activities
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SPLICE
The SPLICE re_examining Nature international exhibition produced by Finnish Bioart Society and the Oulu Art Museum focuses its gaze on our...
20 May — 12 Nov 2017 | Oulu Museum of Art
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PLASTIC IMAGINARIES
The workshop is part of the Hybrid_MattersSymposium, and took place at Forumbox Helsinki and was held by Asa Stahl and Kristina Lindstrom. How do...
26 Nov 2016 | Helsinki, Finland
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HYBRID MATTERs exhibition Forumbox

The exhibition took place at Forum Box with: participating artists: Hanna Husberg FI/SW, Lawrence Malstaf BE/NO, Laura Belof FI/DK, Jonas...
24 Nov — 18 Dec 2016 | Helsinki, Finland
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HYBRID MATTERs Symposium
HYBRID MATTERs investigates hybrid ecologies, the convergence of our environment with technology and essentially the intentional and unintentional...
24 — 25 Nov 2016 | Theatre Academy, Helsinki, Finland
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HYBRID MATTERs exhibition Nikolaj Kunsthal
The exhibition investigates current hybrids of biology, technology and art. The exhibition looks at today's brave new world in which genetically...
19 May — 31 Jul 2016 | Denmark
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HYBRID_MATTERs exhibition Kunsthal Grenland
The detritus from human activity has reached such proportions, both in extent and amount, that there is scarcely a single place Earth that is pure...
19 Mar — 8 May 2016 | Porsgrun, Norway
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Field_Notes – HYBRID MATTERs

Field_Notes – HYBRID MATTERs is an art&science field laboratory organized by the Finnish Society of Bioart at the Kilpisjarvi Biological...
14 — 20 Sep 2015 | Kilpisjärvi, Biologocal Station of the University of Helsinki
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Making_Life – Seminar
In the seminar, Making_Life participants gave an introduction to synthetic biology and why and how they are interested in engaging with it....
23 May 2015 | Urban Workshop, Lasipalatsi, Helsinki
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Making-Life III – exhibition
An exhibtion with artistic responses to synthetic biology The exhibtion Making_Life was the presentation of the artistic prototyping workshop...
22 — 31 May 2015 | Lasipalatsi Näyttely, Helsinki
Making-Life III – a research platform for art and synthetic biology
Making_Life I (May 2014) introduced the molecular biological foundations of synthetic biology. Making_Life II (November 2014) looked into proto-...
17 — 22 May 2015 | Bioflia, base for biological arts, Aalto University, Helsinki
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Martin Hanczyc, Public Lecture
The lecture was part of Making_Life, a project by the Finnish Society of Bioart in collaboration with Biofilia – Base for Biological Arts – Aalto...
27 Nov 2014 | The House of Science and Letters, Helsinki, Finland
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Bio-Commons Workshop
The Commons consist of any common resource that is available to all, narrowing basically to two: physical resources or man-made. A plenitude of...
7 — 8 Jun 2014 | Vartiosaari, Helsinki, Finland
About
The Bioart Society

The Bioartsociety is an association based in Helsinki with more than 80 members from Finland and other countries. It was established in May 2008 at the Kilpisjärvi Biological Station in Lapland. The Bioartsociety is developing, producing and facilitating activities around art and natural sciences, with an emphasis on biology, ecology and life sciences. Together with the Kilpisjärvi Biological Station of the University of Helsinki it runs Ars Bioarctica, an art&science program with focus on the sub-arctic environment.

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Suomen Biotaiteen Seura ry / Finnish Bioart Society
Kaasutehtaankatu 1
FI-00540 Helsinki

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