In March 2024, Jean Danton carried out a field study on permafrost in an area of peat mounts (palsas) around Kilpisjärvi. He extracted soil and ice samplers while explored the ecological network in interaction with the permafrost thawing process. Permafrost is, in some way, a bioindicator of both atmospheric temperatures and social dynamics of the globalization; a trace of impermanence from a distant latitude. A geo-somatization that reveals a dispossession, an epochal swerve.

We are looking for a Finnish artist or an artist based in Finland for a month-long art & science research residency in Tokyo, Japan, during autumn and winter 2024.

Andscapes was one of the groups of Field_Notes – The North Escaping. The group critically engaged with questions of scale and the tools used to understand our surroundings. In this blog post, the group shares their journey and process during the two-week-long field laboratory.

TALE was one of the groups of Field_Notes – The North Escaping. The group set out to navigate the plurality of times that present themselves in the landscape in and around Kilpisjärvi. In this blog post, the group shares their journey and process during the two-week-long field laboratory.

Wait and Hear was one of the groups of Field_Notes – The North Escaping. The group proposed an open exploration based on listening and the groups activities were based on both listening and somatic experience. In this blog post, the group shares their journey and process during the two-week-long field laboratory.

Artists, researchers and technologists can apply for support for sustainable mobility or mobility-related work taking place in 2024. Deadline for applications is 30th March 2024.

Andrew Gryf Paterson was selected as one of the Rewilding Cultures Mobility Conversation grant receivers in spring 2023. They are travelling from Finland to Montenegro, exploring potential future routes of human climate migration in reverse. During their travel, Paterson will keep a travel diary on the Bioart Society website. This is the fourth and final blog entry.

We are happy to announce our yearly open call for Ars Bioarctica residency program at the Kilpisjärvi Biological Station. Deadline for applications is 15th February 2024.

With another year passing in a flash, it is time to reflect on the phenomenal year of 2023 at Bioart Society.

Andrew Gryf Paterson was selected as one of the Rewilding Cultures Mobility Conversation grant receivers in spring 2023. They are travelling from Finland to Montenegro, exploring potential future routes of human climate migration in reverse. During their travel, Paterson will keep a travel diary on the Bioart Society website. This is the third blog entry.

Dale Rio spent two weeks in Ars Bioarctica residency at the Kilpisjärvi Biological Station in June 2023. She spent her time in residency documenting and working in collaboration with the landscape to create images unique to the region.

Elle Rose Nish was selected for a week-long residency in TUO TUO's facilities in Joutsa, Finland. The residency was part of TUO TUO‘s community of cultural pollinators project which is a platform designed to increase cross-pollination among artist communities. In this blog entry, Elle writes about her experiences in residency.