BIOTOOPIA'23 - Art, Science and Biosphere Hybrid Conference "Underground Networks"

Name: BIOTOOPIA'23 - Art, Science and Biosphere Hybrid Conference "Underground Networks"
Start: 2023-05-11T09:00:00+02:00
Location: Tallinna Botaanikaaed

Schedule

Thu May 11 2023 at 09:00 am

UTC+02:00

Location

Tallinna Botaanikaaed | Tallinn, HA

BIOTOOPIA'23 - Art, Science and Biosphere Hybrid Conference at Tallinn Botanic Garden/Online & Maarjamäe Wasteland

☘️The 3rd year Biotoopia conference on May 11-13 focuses on UNDERGROUND NETWORKS.

International and local researchers and artists who have been invited to speak at Biotoopia will begin to assemble underground networks during the first two days of the conference (11.05.-12.05) held at the Tallinn Botanic Garden and online. The lectures and discussion panels will include participation from the audience. On the art and music event, which will take place on the final day of the conference (13.05) at Maarjamäe Wasteland area, we also will experience Tallinn's natural beauty.

Many artists, natural scientists, philosophers, posthumanists, teachers, students, and nature lovers from all over the will world meet at Biotoopia’23. You are welcome to join us!

The curator of the Biotoopia'23 conference programme is renowned Estonian artist Peeter Laurits, this year's art and music day is curated and organised by Vaim Sarv and Anette Pärn.

The programme is in English and it will also be accessible via online conference platform. A limited number of early bird and discounted tickets are available until 28.02.2023. here: bit.ly/biotoopia

The speakers are announced on our home page www.biotoopia.ee. We have opened the Library section on our webpage where you may find the presentations of previous Biotoopia events.

Many thanks to Biotoopia`23 sponsors: Tallinn - European Green Capital 2023, Medivar, Liivalill, Kuuldeaparaadid, Tallinn Botanic Garden, and to our partners: Event Media, Tallinn University, Tartu University, Citizen OS, ERR.

Biotoopia is organized by the Estonian Anthropocene Center NPO.
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Biotoopia synopsis
We are living in a time of great changes. The pressure our civilization exerts on living environments has exceeded a reasonable limit, and the imbalanced natural processes are presenting us with increasingly unpleasant surprises. We are becoming aware of our responsibility for the life of the planet, but we cannot solve the accumulated ecological problems with technology alone. We need to achieve cooperation and good relations with other participants of the biosphere, learn their sign systems, and cooperate with them, respectfully.
Biotoopia is a citizens’ initiative in Estonia that seeks to build networks between the arts, sciences and biotic communities.
Biotoopia propagates the power of multispecies communities by shifting patterns of thought and behavior in order to sustain a flourishing future for all.
* We borrowed the name from the 1995 exhibition curated by Sirje Helme, Eha Komissarov, and Ando Keskküla, the thematic developments of which we will continue.