EcoArt Lab
Educational Project
EcoArt Lab
was a series of free online sessions with artists, researchers, and activists working in the field of environmental art.
Across three weeks, participants explored different ways of engaging with nature: artistic research, bioart, local communities, slow materials, ancestral knowledge, and more-than-human collaboration. The sessions asked how art can respond to the climate crisis, environmental injustice, and extractive systems — not only by reflecting reality, but by imagining otherwise.
Speakers: Robertina Šebjanič, Georg Jagunov, Bazinato, Bishkek School of Contemporary Art, Sofia Sadovskaya, Ancient Futures Collective, and Charli Clark.
Sound of Troubled Worlds = Songs for Serenity
Entering the realm of moss and flint
Behind the Wall of Eden: Artists and Nature
The artist as an agent of wildlife. Practices of symbioticity and biophilicity.
Art, biotechnology and indigenous knowledge. How can artistic practices help restore ecosystems?
Trash Art Festival
From Protest to Planting: Collaboration, Community and More-than-human Others
Sound of Troubled Worlds = Songs for Serenity
Entering the realm of moss and flint
Behind the Wall of Eden: Artists and Nature
The artist as an agent of wildlife. Practices of symbioticity and biophilicity.
Art, biotechnology and indigenous knowledge. How can artistic practices help restore ecosystems?
Trash Art Festival
From Protest to Planting: Collaboration, Community and More-than-human Others
EcoArt Lab connected artistic voices from Eastern Europe, Central Asia, and beyond at a moment when ecological sensitivity is more urgent than ever.
Each meeting offered both inspiration and tools: new perspectives, methods of making, and ways of relating to the world.
Now, some of these conversations remain available through recorded talks so that knowledge and ideas can continue to grow.
Each meeting offered both inspiration and tools: new perspectives, methods of making, and ways of relating to the world.
Now, some of these conversations remain available through recorded talks so that knowledge and ideas can continue to grow.
Robertina Šebjanič
Sound of Troubled Worlds = Songs for Serenity
Robertina Šebjanič is a Slovenian artist whose interdisciplinary practice explores the intersections of art, science, and ecology, with a focus on aquatic environments. Her work listens closely to marine ecosystems and raises questions about the ethics of human-nonhuman coexistence.
She has developed long-term research projects like Aquatocene, Aurelia 1+Hz, and Echoes of the Abyss, using sound, storytelling, and transdisciplinary collaboration to uncover the hidden impacts of pollution, climate change, and militarization on ocean life.
Sound of Troubled Worlds = Songs for Serenity
Robertina Šebjanič is a Slovenian artist whose interdisciplinary practice explores the intersections of art, science, and ecology, with a focus on aquatic environments. Her work listens closely to marine ecosystems and raises questions about the ethics of human-nonhuman coexistence.
She has developed long-term research projects like Aquatocene, Aurelia 1+Hz, and Echoes of the Abyss, using sound, storytelling, and transdisciplinary collaboration to uncover the hidden impacts of pollution, climate change, and militarization on ocean life.
We learned and discussed:
— How sound can reveal invisible ecological crises in marine ecosystems.
— What it means to "think with water" as an artistic and ethical approach.
— How artistic research can engage with science and environmental activism.
— What tools and practices help create sensorial and sustainable experiences in public space.
— How to integrate listening, care, and responsibility into environmental art.
— What it means to "think with water" as an artistic and ethical approach.
— How artistic research can engage with science and environmental activism.
— What tools and practices help create sensorial and sustainable experiences in public space.
— How to integrate listening, care, and responsibility into environmental art.
Georg Jagunov
Entering the realm of moss and flint
Georg Jagunov’s practice is deeply rooted in the interplay between nature, technology, and the passage of time.
His work often serves as a meditative journey, inviting viewers to contemplate human connection to the geological and biological realms that shape our existence.
Entering the realm of moss and flint
Georg Jagunov’s practice is deeply rooted in the interplay between nature, technology, and the passage of time.
His work often serves as a meditative journey, inviting viewers to contemplate human connection to the geological and biological realms that shape our existence.
We learned and discussed:
— Personal artistic practice: from digital animation to moss growing.
— Ephemeral vs. Permanent: Balancing transient living artworks with long-term ecological stewardship.
— Use of materials and resources.
— The stories behind the landscapes.
— Directions and trends in the Danish scene of sustainable art.
— Ephemeral vs. Permanent: Balancing transient living artworks with long-term ecological stewardship.
— Use of materials and resources.
— The stories behind the landscapes.
— Directions and trends in the Danish scene of sustainable art.
Bazinato
The artist as an agent of wildlife. Practices of symbioticity and biophilicity
Bazinato is an artist and researcher who works with interaction and perception, exploring the connections between art, science, digital culture and environmental movements.
In his practice, he combines artistic methods with scientific approaches, calling for collaboration with the environment and a rethinking of the relationship between humans and nature, beyond dualism and hierarchies.
The artist as an agent of wildlife. Practices of symbioticity and biophilicity
Bazinato is an artist and researcher who works with interaction and perception, exploring the connections between art, science, digital culture and environmental movements.
In his practice, he combines artistic methods with scientific approaches, calling for collaboration with the environment and a rethinking of the relationship between humans and nature, beyond dualism and hierarchies.
We learned and discussed:
— How artistic practices are becoming a new form of dialogue and interaction with the non-human world.
— Using the example of the artistic and research practices of Bazinato, we immersed ourselves in the strange world of environmental connections and biocenoses.
— Using the example of the artistic and research practices of Bazinato, we immersed ourselves in the strange world of environmental connections and biocenoses.
Bishkek School of Contemporary Art / Trash Art Festival (Aymeyrim Tursalieva, Bermet Barubaeva)
Building Green Communities Through Trash Festivals
Aymeyrim Tursalieva is the founder of Tazar. Bermet Barubaeva is a researcher and co-founder of the Bishkek School of Contemporary Art.
Building Green Communities Through Trash Festivals
Aymeyrim Tursalieva is the founder of Tazar. Bermet Barubaeva is a researcher and co-founder of the Bishkek School of Contemporary Art.
We learned and discussed:
— How green initiatives are built in close cooperation with partners from various fields, including the public sector.
— How eco-actions, through a symbiosis of activism, science, art and research, bring environmental problems to a new interdisciplinary level using the example of Trash Festivals in Kyrgyzstan.
— How eco-actions, through a symbiosis of activism, science, art and research, bring environmental problems to a new interdisciplinary level using the example of Trash Festivals in Kyrgyzstan.
Sofia Sadovskaya / Behind the Wall of Eden: Artists and Nature ↓
Sofia Sadovskaya’s practice is at the intersection of art, ecology, and education. She is interested in rethinking artistic narratives and creating spaces for the inclusion of diverse audiences, from children to professionals.
Sofia has curated the EVAA project on the ecological dimension in art; exhibitions of Belarusian photographers and the project “Bezmezhniki”, is the co-author of three books on contemporary art for children, and the creator of educational programs at the Gallery “Ў” and the Belarusian National Museum of Art.
We learned and discussed:
Sofia has curated the EVAA project on the ecological dimension in art; exhibitions of Belarusian photographers and the project “Bezmezhniki”, is the co-author of three books on contemporary art for children, and the creator of educational programs at the Gallery “Ў” and the Belarusian National Museum of Art.
We learned and discussed:
- How the image of nature has transformed throughout the history of European art.
- How the relationship between man and nature has changed: from nature as an object of admiration to nature as a co-author of works.
- How the landscape genre gained independence and why this happened in the Netherlands of the Golden Age.
- Who, when and how made the sky, light and air visible and tangible?
- What relationships do modern artists build with nature?
Ancient Futures Collective / Art, biotechnology and indigenous knowledge. How can artistic practices help restore ecosystems? ↓
Anel Umirbayeva is a molecular biologist-researcher at Nazarbayev University, ambassador of the global synthetic biology community iGem in Central Asia. Altyn Mustafina is an ecologist-geographer and researcher working at the intersection of science, art and technology.
We learned and discussed:
We learned and discussed:
- How bioart and biodesign rethink the boundaries between science and art.
- How synthetic biology is used in the artistic process.
- How interdisciplinary practices can influence ecological processes and contribute to the restoration of ecosystems.
- How art interacts with indigenous knowledge and the ethics of caring for the Earth.
- Why is it especially important today to rethink the relationship between humans, nature and technology.
Charli Clark / From Protest to Planting: Collaboration, Community and More-than-human Others ↓
Charli is a Bristol-based artist working with plants, people, and the more-than-human world. With a background in gardening and beekeeping, she creates ecological installations, performances, and living artworks. Her practice combines environmental art with community engagement and spans exhibitions, residencies, and collaborations across the UK, Finland, Sweden, and beyond. Charli holds a Master’s in Environmental Art from Aalto University and is a member of the Bioart Society.
We learned and discussed:
We learned and discussed:
- Specific turning points in her understanding/career (protester, performer, maker, public facilitator, beekeeper, scientist, gardener, collaborator, co-creator, carer).
- Thoughts on collaboration and working with more-than-humans in public space - its challenges and its rewards - the importance of community.
- A moment of perspective from artists/ theologists that keep her going (including Agnes Denes, Robin Wall Kimmerer and Eija-Liisa Ahtila).