Ars Bioarctica is long term art& science program by the Finnish Society of Bioart together with the Kilpisjärvi Biological Station. Since 2010, it is organizing an artist-in-residency program at the Kilpisjärvi Biological Station of the University of Helsinki in the sub-Arctic Lapland.

The emphasis of the residency is the Arctic environment and art& science collaboration and it is open for artists and art& science research teams. The residency takes place in the facilities of the Kilpisjärvi Biological Station. The Kilpisjärvi Biological Station offers to the visiting artists the same possibilities and infrastructure as its scientists and staff. This includes access to all scientific equipment, laboratory facilities, the library and seminar room as well as the usage of field equipment. A dedicated contact person in Kilpisjärvi will familiarize residents with the local environment and customs.

Ars Bioartica is currently accepting applications for visiting artists. The application deadline is January 31, 2012.

Read the full call (.pdf)

For more information, visit:
http://bioartsociety.fi/
http://www.bioartsociety.fi/residency/
http://www.helsinki.fi/kilpis/english/index.htm

Dr. Jennifer Willet from The School of Visual Arts announces BioARTCAMP, an Art/Science event hosted by INCUBATOR lab and The Banff Centre in July 2011.

BioARTCAMP is a hybrid workshop/symposium/performance event where artists, scientists, theorists, filmmakers, and students will work together to build a portable laboratory in Banff National Park. Participants will contribute to the general construction of an art/science field research station at Castle Mountain, an offsite and outdoors location. A variety of collaborative art actions and projects will be conducted in the outdoor laboratory. Senior artists will present bioartworks within a camping/laboratory context at a public art/science fair event hosted live at the Castle Mountain location. The two-week residency will conclude at The Banff Centre with a symposium and panel discussion including all participants.

BIOARTCAMP is currently accepting applications for student participants. The deadline is May 10, 2011.

For more information, visit:
http://www.incubatorartlab.com/home/projects/bioartcamp/
http://www.banffcentre.ca/programs/program.aspx?id=1151

TAGC is an official sponsor of the BioARTCAMP.

Two Art History professors of Leiden University, Prof. Dr. Kitty Zijlmans and Prof. Dr. Robert Zwijnenberg, have joined forces into a new honours class! "Art matters" is an investigation into contemporary art practices in the age of globalization (with a focus on processes of interculturalization) and technologization (with a focus on biotechnology). The course will address the ethical, cultural, societal and political implications of globalization and technologization from both a scholarly perspective and art practice itself.

For the purposes of this honours class,  The Arts & Genomics Centre is coordinating three workshops by artist Anna Dumitriu. During these sessions, students will be engaging in a practical and theoretical understanding of art/science collaborations. In the tradition of previous bioart courses, they are expected to get their hands wet!  

"Art Matters" is part of the Leiden University Honours Programme 2011.