The international open call received 168 applications by 18th November 2019 and the jury, composed of Jaana Bäck, professor in Forest-Atmosphere Interactions (INAR, University of Helsinki), Timo Vesala, professor in Meteorology (INAR, University of Helsinki), Henna Paunu, chief curator at EMMA (Espoo Museum for Modern Art), Paula Toppila executive director at IHME Helsinki and Ulla Taipale, curator of Climate Whirl had a demanding task to choose one applicant for the 2020 residency.
More about the selected proposal can be read here:
The home page of Siobhan McDonald is found here:
Her residency will be divided in two parts, first part will happen in the beginning of the summer and the second, in the end of the summer or autumn 2020.
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Other news from Climate Whirl:
Finnish artist Kalle Hamm and his working group
This spring, in dialogue with Anna Lintunen they will study and experiment how to to do sonification of trees. Earlier, the group have recorded sound material from the plants using the method developed by the Soviet botanist Ivan Gunar. There are ionised liquids running inside the plant tissues and the changes in their electro-magnetic field can be converted to the sound range audible for the human ear. The new stage of the project will help in listening to a tree at Hyytiälä. The project of Kalle is funded by Kone Foundation.
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Agnes Meyer-Brandis, German artist and author of the Tealemetree Station and internationally rewarded
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The immersive and site-specific artwork IÄI, by Finnish artist duo