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| Tuomo Kangasmaa, Traces / Traces, image series, 2022 |
29.5.–2.6.2023 Mäkikylän monitoimitalo, Tornitie 1A, 86900 Pyhäkumpu
The Deep LAB is a symposium for artists and scientists gathering together with the idea of sharing knowledge and thoughts. Organized in Pyhäjärvi, Finland between May 29 and June 2.
What new perspectives, knowledge and novel solutions can we imagine in an era of accelerating environmental change? The LAB invites artists and workgroups who approach future studies, change detection and environmental change broadly through art and science.
The More-than-Planet project aim to re-examine our understanding of the bigger picture on the planetary level. The themes of the LAB are observation of environmental change and artistic exploration of alternative futures and solutions through questions concerning climate, ecology, land use patterns, water ecology, the carbon cycle and social and cultural change.
The More-than-Planet / Deep LAB provides access to the 1,444−metre deep Pyhäsalmi Mine. The station and the environment provide opportunities for research and art across an extensive range of fields including extreme environmental conditions, geology, particle and space research, analogue astronautics, industrial transformation, underground safety, security and testing, biotope art, renewable energy (geothermal and hydroelectric), and remote sensing as well as the past, the present and the potential futures.
The site allows for the study of the impact of the mine and its closure on the local population, the nature and the vitality of the area. The residence partner is international, multidisciplinary research and development centre Callio Lab.
