BioARTech Laboratory: Creating and Performing with Multispecies

Kuvaus

This keynote introduces case studies and discusses theoretical underpinnings of creating and performing with multispecies. The researchers of the BioARTech Laboratory are Heidi Pietarinen, Satu Miettinen and Amna Qureshi from the Faculty of Art and Design at the University of Lapland (Finland) and Melanie Sarantou from Kyushu University (Japan). The BioARTech Laboratory focuses on developing new knowledge about bioart, seeking to create activities combining bioart, fashion and textile art, and creative research, such as arts-based enquiry. The technologies used include biotechnological methods, biomaterials, smart textiles and new materialism. The BioARTech laboratory aims to explore biomimicry, or mimicking behaviour or knowledge obtained from nature and other species and transforming it into design or innovation. Another key aim of the laboratory is to explore the notion of biophilia, a term that was established by E.O. Wilson in 1984 and refers to humans’ positive responsiveness to nature, which is based on shared genetics between humans and nature.

Aikajakso	2025
Tapahtuman otsikko	Sustainable Naturecultures and Multispecies Future Symposium
Tapahtuman tyyppi	Konferenssi
Sijainti	Rovaniemi, SuomiNäytä kartalla
Vaikuttavuus / laajuus	Kansainvälinen