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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear Friends and Colleagues,</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">What can one do in the middle of the Summer?
(or Winter for the other half): Prepare a trip to Oulu, north of
Finland to attend the seminar "Earth Gazes Back" organised by
Photo North as part of the More-than-Planet project.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">All info here: </p>
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before September 20th:</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="fi">And for a first idea, the press
release below from Photo North<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="fi">All the Best</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Photo North’s Earth Gazes Back seminar,
publication, and accompanying exhibition
invite us to - dive into the urgent situation in our environment,
explore where
we are now, and consider the possibilities for navigating the
unknown futures
through the observations of artists, local people, and
researchers. Developing
environmental literacy—our capability to understand the
environment and our
part in it—happens through creating new planetary imaginaries for
our processes
and environments, bioregions, and biomes, from microbes to humans
and at the
planetary level here on Earth and on other planets and celestial
objects. </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white">The first day of the
Earth Gazes Back seminar takes us into space to view planets and
explore how we observe Earth and its changes through art and
science. Starting
with Project Manager Antti Tenetz
introducing the project and activities. This is followed by
Associate Professor Jaan Praks from Aalto University’s Department
of Electronics
and Nanoengineering with a talk on how
Planetary processes are interlinked with the developing biosphere,
natural catastrophes, and lucky coincidences that have shaped the
environment
we know today. Philosopher Lukaš
Likavčan talks about Philosophy of planetary habitability and
director of
the Finnish Museum of Photography Anna-Kaisa
Rastenberger will bring the role of
contemporary photographic art in the observation and documentation
of
environmental change. Artists Marko
Peljhan and Minna Långström are
presenting their works using documentary film and Unmanned Aerial
Vehicles in
their art. In the afternoon seminar topics returns back to ground
level and
researcher of Mushroom Archaeology Anatolijs
Venovcevs talks about Fungal Heritage Ecologies in an
Anthropogenic World
and Artist collective Cesar & Lois
present their work produced during the Photo Norths
More-than-Planet residency
in Oulanka Research Station. Day ends with an Environmental
literacy panel
discussion with artists, scientists and local politicians.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Seminar day two focuses on new views
of the planet and how the planet might sense us, multi-species and
other-than-human interactions, and system changes. It starts with
a
presentation by artist Mari Keski-Korsu about the human
relationship with
landscapes and microbes through art. Keynote speaker Tero Toivanen
will discuss
systemic change and the development of new perspectives and
practices. Activist Riikka
Karppinen brings up activities to develop environmental literacy.
Seminar ends on Waag Futurelab workshop focusing on innovative
methods for
earth observation, space research, and understanding planetary
changes as a
path for new questions by Miha Turšič, while project manager
Antti Tenetz will present best practices and examples of using
satellite data
in art and everyday life.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The More-than-Planet EU project
builds capacity for a richer planetary image and aims to develop
environmental
literacy for everyone—artists, researchers, and citizens. Earth
Gazes Back exhibition opens on Tuesday 24th September at 7pm
and publication will be published during the Autumn 2024.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Combining
satellite data, artistic research, citizen science and
photography, the
More-than-Planet project develops environmental literacy through
artistic work
and collaborations linking space, climate and environmental
research from 2022
to 2025. Project partners include the Waag Society in the
Netherlands, the Ars
Electronica Centre in
Austria, Leonardo/Olats
and Makery in France
and Project Atol in
Slovenia. Photo North’s local partners include the University of
Oulu’s Oulanka
Research Station, the
Pyhäsalmi Mine’s Callio Lab research and testing organization, and
the University of Oulu’s Kerttu
Saalasti Institute.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The
international research project <a
href="https://waag.org/en/project/more-planet/">More-than-Planet</a>
develops environmental literacy through space
exploration, artistic work and collaboration between 2022 and
2025. This
project receives funding from the European Union’s Creative Europe
programme
under grant agreement No 101056238 and national match funding from
the City of
Oulu and the Finnish National Agency for Education.</p>
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