Lunchtime lecture: Atmospheric Encounters 25.3.2022

24.03.2022
Image of work by Heidi Pietarinen woven on the Textile Center's Tc2 digital loom in March 2022.
Image of work by Heidi Pietarinen woven on the Textile Center's Tc2 digital loom in March 2022.

On Friday, March 25, we invite you to join us for an online lecture "Atmospheric Encounters: “Kangas” , a long-term bioart project involving scientists and artists presented by current artist in residence and our 2022 Nordic-Baltic Mobility Programme scholarship recipient Heidi Pietarinen. 

The lecture will be streamed on our Ós Residency Facebook (12:00 - 13:00). There will be time for questions and discussion, and Heidi, who is an associate professor at the University of Lapland, Faculty of Art and Design, will also give us some insights on textile education in Finland. 
 
About “Atmospheric Encounters”: 
 

BioARTech, Future Bio Arctic Design (F.BAD) and High-Altitude Bioprospecting (HAB) are innovative combinations of natural sciences, technology and textile design of the Arctic Finnish Lapland area. They allow for participation in multidisciplinary working groups that include a variety of expertise from biochemists to artists. The working group shares an interest in (textile) art, environment and bioart, the study of living organisms that are too small to be visible. (For example, the Finnish idea of “kangas” – a word that translates as both “fabric” and “forest type” – describes the intricate meshing of species, human, non-human, aerial, and terrestrial.)

BioARTech Laboratory: https://www.ulapland.fi/EN/Webpages/BioARTech-Laboratory; Future Bio Arctic Design: https://www.ulapland.fi/FI/Yksikot/Taiteiden-tiedekunta/Taiteen-ja-muotoilun-tutkimus/Projektit/Future-Bio-Arctic-Design-%e2%80%93-FBAD; HAB: https://h-a-b.net/ExpeditionsandExhibitions/atmospheric-encounters-2021

 

                

 

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