(p)Art of the Biomass is a collaborative art and research platform for transdisciplinary explorations, where art, ecology, science, and the humanities can meet and frolic. The platform is based in Sweden and was initiated by artist and gardener Malin Lobell and artistic researcher Janna Holmstedt. Long-term collaborators include director and film maker Karin Wegsjö, and the soil activist and permaculturist Jenny Salmson. We explore multispecies relations, co-cultivation, speculative futures, and participatory processes through arts-based methods where we always get our hands dirty.
In collaboration with art organisations, researchers, marine biologists, growers, and other curious-minded people, we have develop exploratory labs, exhibitions, festivals and public adventures. Nordic venues and partners include, among others, Malmö Art Museum, Österängen Art Gallery, ArtLab Gnesta, Mossutställningar, Gylleboverket, NOBA – Norwegian BioArt Arena, and Lund University. We are members of ecoartspace, The Posthumanities Hub, and Kollektiva Hjärnan – initiatives that each in their own way connect locally grounded practices with international networks.
Ongoing work include Window to the Underground, an art and science collaboration led by soil ecologist Edith Hammer, with her team at Lund University, The Soil Chip Project, and Holmstedt & Lobell. To Wash an Island – A Story About Undesirable Heritage, a filmic journey to Gipsön, an artificial island made of phosphogypsum, a waste product from manufacturing fertilizer for agricultural use, by Holmstedt, Lobell & Wegsjö. Compost-o-scene, exploring multispieces conviviality, natureculture heritage, and entangled, hidden life through microbial composting as a form of ceremony and ecosocial sculpture, with Holmstedt, Lobell & Salmson.
CONTACT US:
Janna Holmstedt: mail[@]jannaholmstedt.com
Malin Lobell: info[@]malinlobell.se
