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In this second part of the series of talks/presentations aiming to discuss openly the multitudes of bio art | sci | tec and related practices we invited a very interesting guest from Finland, who’ll present their activities with the Finnish Society of Bioart, aswell as present their residency program in Kilpisjärvi in northern Lappland. Additionally, a special guest, Yashas Shetty (IN), Co-Founder of Hackteria, will also be present and give an overview of their activities in Bangalore, India.
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Erich Berger erich.berger@bioartsociety.fi http://bioartsociety.fi
Belof, Berger, Osva - Midnightsun, 2009, Linz/Kilpisjärvi
The Finnish Society of Bioart- established May 2008 at the Kilpisjärvi Biological Station
Supports and produces interdisciplinary activities around art and natural sciences with a focus on ecology and biology
71 members from diferent disciplines
● is a contact node in international networks of art&science and bioart
● favours critical thinking, expertise and artistic and scientiic integrity
is the motor behind Ars Bioarctica together with the Kilpisjärvi Biological Station
What is Bioart:
Bioart is an art practice in which the medium is living matter and the works of art are produced in laboratories and/or artists' studiosreworked as laboratory.
Antero Kare – SWAN - 2000
Erich Berger erich.berger@bioartsociety.fi http://bioartsociety.fi
What is Bioart:
● Originally it is deined as art which is utilizing Life science and its technologies as its media of expression.
● It is rather actual then representational
● The process often is in the foreground and object/material based
● Established artistic practices are being Updated and informed by related questions
● Becomes related to environmental art, ecological art, landart, locative media and updated in connection with contemporary information technology and media
→ new practices
Erich Berger erich.berger@bioartsociety.fi http://bioartsociety.fi
Victimless leather – TCA - 2001
The Finnish Bioart Society - currently 67 members Artists, scientists and practitioners with a diverse background, profession and practice
water ecology, ilm, the Baltic Sea, performance, pollution, electronics, climate change, DNA, genetic information, philosophy of life, philosophy of science, human physiology, trees, dreaming, politics of art&science, nature, environmental politics, music, media-art, bioart, photography, archaeology, activism, installations, microbiology, curating, theatre, DIY, water leas, cultural history, forest research, painting, genetics, producing, video
Terike Haapoja – Entropie - 2004
Erich Berger erich.berger@bioartsociety.fi http://bioartsociety.fi
Strategic lines of work
● Ars Bioarctica
● Training and education
● Production of art&science related activities
● Promotion of Finnish artists and practitioners
● Local and International networking and collaboration
Anu Osva - Traveller, 2011
Erich Berger erich.berger@bioartsociety.fi http://bioartsociety.fi
Tuula Närhinen - The Art of Cooking down the Baltic Sea - 2012
Erich Berger erich.berger@bioartsociety.fi http://bioartsociety.fi
Finnish partners:
Helsinki University● Kilpisjärvi Biological Station● HENVI● Faculty of Biological and
Environmental Sciences
Aalto University● Aalto Arts● Bioilia
Finnish Academy of Fine Arts
Laura Belof – Appendix 2013
Erich Berger erich.berger@bioartsociety.fi http://bioartsociety.fi
International partners:
● Techno Ecologies EU-Culture
● SYNENERGENE EU-FP7
● HYBRID MATTERS NCF
● HACKTERIA
● PIXELACHE
● DIY- BIO – EUROPE
… and similar organisations in Norway, Estonia, Denmark, UK, Germany, Netherlands,Austria, Spain, Portugal, Australia etc.
Why art&science work ?
● Science and technology are amongst the most potent forces transforming our life world
Richard Pell Post Natural History Museum 2011
Erich Berger erich.berger@bioartsociety.fi http://bioartsociety.fi
Why art&science work ?
● Science and technology are amongst the most potent forces transforming our life world
● Predominant position of science in picturing the world
Terike Haapoja, Laura Gustavson – The Museum of Cattle - 2013
Paul Vanouse – Latent Figure Protocol - 2007
Erich Berger erich.berger@bioartsociety.fi http://bioartsociety.fi
Why art&science work ?
● Science and technology are amongst the most potent forces transforming our life world
● Predominant position of science in picturing the world
● Kinship - both are creative practices exploring our world through common core processes and questions
Anu Osva – Cotravellers - 2008
Rüdiger Trojok – Gene Gun - 2012
Erich Berger erich.berger@bioartsociety.fi http://bioartsociety.fi
Why art&science work ?
● Science and technology are amongst the most potent forces transforming our life world
● Predominant position of science in picturing the world
● Kinship - both are creative practices exploring our world through common core processes and questions
Problematic global situations attract multidisciplinary approaches
Mari Keski Korsu – Albedologger - 2012
Erich Berger erich.berger@bioartsociety.fi http://bioartsociety.fi
Why art&science work ?
● Science and technology are amongst the most potent forces transforming our life world
● Predominant position of science in picturing the world
● Kinship - both are creative practices exploring our world through common core processes and questions
Problematic global situations attract multidisciplinary approaches
● New aesthetic and material possibilities
Lucas Czjzek – Anima - 2013
Erich Berger erich.berger@bioartsociety.fi http://bioartsociety.fi
Ars Bioarctica – a long term art&science initiative at the Kilpisjärvi Biological Station
Kilpisjärvi Biological Station 2013
Erich Berger erich.berger@bioartsociety.fi http://bioartsociety.fi
Ars Bioarctica – a long term art&science initiative at the Kilpisjärvi Biological Station
● Residency program profess. practitioners
● Workshops profess. practitioners, students
● Field_Notes art&science ield lab, biennial
Arctic Waters workshop 2011
Erich Berger erich.berger@bioartsociety.fi http://bioartsociety.fi
Kilpisjärvi 69°N
Helsinki 60°N
Zürich 48°N
Erich Berger erich.berger@bioartsociety.fi http://bioartsociety.fi
Ars Bioarctica Residency
Ars Bioarctica Residency Program 2009- ongoing
Erich Berger erich.berger@bioartsociety.fi http://bioartsociety.fi
Erich Berger erich.berger@bioartsociety.fi http://bioartsociety.fi
Field_Notes - Cultivating Grounds 2011 Field_Notes – Deep Time 2013
Field_Notes – HYBRID MATTERS 2015
Arctic Waters 2011 Saana Fjell Dividal 2013
Erich Berger erich.berger@bioartsociety.fi http://bioartsociety.fi
Field_NotesFrom Landscape to Laboratory 2013
Edited by Laura Belof, Erich Berger and Terike Haapoja
Bilingual in Finnish and English 17 articles and additional material of Finnish and international contributors.
Field_Notes Book Cover
Erich Berger erich.berger@bioartsociety.fi http://bioartsociety.fi
Yeastogram Workshop 2013Lucas Czicek
Johanna Rotko – Yestogram 2014UV exposure
Erich Berger erich.berger@bioartsociety.fi http://bioartsociety.fi
Curies Children [glow boys and radons daughters] 2014Martin Howse and Erich Berger
Curies Children - 2014Curies Children - 2014
Erich Berger erich.berger@bioartsociety.fi http://bioartsociety.fi
Making_Life - Art & Synthetic Biology research platform 2014Oron Catts +20
Making_Life 2014GFP E-COLI 2014
Erich Berger erich.berger@bioartsociety.fi http://bioartsociety.fi
Bio-Commons summit 2014
Philipp Boeing, Alexander Murer, Stefano Golinelli, Thomas Margoni, Günter Seyfried, Jens Hauser, Pieter Van Böhmen, Rüdiger Trojok, Erich Berger, Markus SchmidtLaura Poplow, Laura Belof, Pia Lindman, Denisa Kera, Brian Degger, Eugenio Battaglia,Haosin Chang, Wisnu Wisdantio and more ….
Bio-Commons summit 2014Bio-Commons summit 2014
Evolving territory
Agnes Denes’ Tree Mountain – A Living Time Capsule - 11 000 Trees, 11 000 People, 400 years (1992-96)
Erich Berger erich.berger@bioartsociety.fi http://bioartsociety.fi
Nancy Holt - Up and Under by - 1987-98
Erich Berger erich.berger@bioartsociety.fi http://bioartsociety.fi
Evolving territory
Ilkka Halso - Kitka River – 2004
Ilkka Halso - Boulder Corridor – 2011
Erich Berger erich.berger@bioartsociety.fi http://bioartsociety.fi
Evolving territory
API - Bramor – 2013
Laura Belof - Fruitlyfarm – 2006
Erich Berger erich.berger@bioartsociety.fi http://bioartsociety.fi
Evolving territory
Erich Berger erich.berger@bioartsociety.fi http://bioartsociety.fi
Erich Berger – Polsprung - 2012
Erich Berger, Martin Howse – as part of Case Pyhäjoki - 2013
Evolving territory
Erich Berger – Polsprung - 2012
Tarja Trygg - Solargraphy of Saana– 2009
Tuula Närhinen – Frutti Di Mare – 2008
Erich Berger erich.berger@bioartsociety.fi http://bioartsociety.fi
Evolving territory
Remains of ammunition depot explosion (1916) in Kilpisjärvi in 2013
Junkers 88 – crash site (1942) on Saana 2013
Erich Berger erich.berger@bioartsociety.fi http://bioartsociety.fi
Evolving territory
80+1 team – Kilpisjärvi - 2009
Field_Notes Cultivating Ground team – Kilpisjärvi - 2011
Field_Notes Deep Time team – Kilpisjärvi - 2013
Erich Berger erich.berger@bioartsociety.fi http://bioartsociety.fi
Thank You !
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