Studiotopia: Art meets Science in the Anthropocene

21/07/2026

🎧 Circus artist F***y Soriano and neuroscientist Kalliopi Ioumpa are exploring how awe and playful interaction with non-human natural objects can create empathy towards nature.

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The podcast is documenting residency organized by Hexagone Scène nationale - Meylan within the European project STUDIOTOPIA 2.0 : Enter the Symbiocene with Art and Science. A unique opportunity to hear artists and scientists at work during both nature/society residencies.

Studiotopia II · Episode

20/07/2026

Visual artist Masha Patsyuk and sound artist Julien Fezans investigate the concepts of right to roam and right to rest developed by environmental jurist Sarah Vanuxem. They focus on the study of a shared landscape in Belledone – a mountain range in the Alps.

Listen here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1NTn1dSk6aQfytJckJvgSE?si=2VhiBKfzQsyL9RYVFfsX6g

The podcast is documenting residency organized by Hexagone Scène nationale - Meylan within the European project STUDIOTOPIA 2.0 : Enter the Symbiocene with Art and Science. A unique opportunity to hear artists and scientists at work during both nature/society residencies.

Studiotopia II · Episode

16/07/2026

🦾 Sometimes the best science lesson starts with folded paper, the scent of lavender, or a bowl of ingredients that looks more suited to a kitchen than a laboratory.

When children are free to make, test and imagine, curiosity becomes the method, and art and science stop being separate subjects.

Explore how the Studiotopia Pop-up Labs from Centrul Cultural Clujean turned experimentation into discovery:�https://studiotopia.art/making-testing-imagining-where-art-and-science-meet/

15/07/2026

💡 Can you explain "energy" in just two minutes?

That was the challenge facing pupils at a Studiotopia Pop-up Lab organised by Centrul Cultural Clujean. Starting with a single word, they had just 20 minutes to research, question sources, work as a team and build a presentation that made science both accurate and engaging.

The result? A reminder that understanding begins when we stop collecting information and start making connections.

Read the full story: https://studiotopia.art/the-creative-work-of-communicating-science/

15/07/2026

🌿 What can nature teach us about collaboration, creativity, and resilience?

Our latest article, Lessons from Nature from Centrul Cultural Clujean, explores how observing natural systems can inspire new ways of thinking about sustainability, innovation, and the relationship between art and science.

Read the full article on the Studiotopia website and discover how nature can become both a teacher and a creative partner: https://studiotopia.art/lessons-from-nature/

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10/06/2026

The lecture The Arts of Conviviality: Rethinking How We Live Together in a Technological World brought philosopher Alberto López Cuenca to LABoral Centro de Arte y Creación Industrial for a timely reflection on how conviviality can guide new forms of coexistence in technologically mediated societies.

Revisiting Ivan Illich’s concept of conviviality, López Cuenca examined how collaborative, interdependent, and sustainable modes of living can counter the extractive logic of industrial and post‑industrial systems. His talk connected these ideas to Smells like kin, the artistic research by Lea Luka Sikau and Denisa Půbalová in collaboration with scientist Felipe Lombó, which explores fermentation as a multispecies practice and a model for rethinking kinship.

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10/06/2026

The Studiotopia Jam Pop‑Up Lab at Gdańskie Centrum Sztuki Współczesnej brought together young creatives, researchers, and cultural practitioners for an intensive hands‑on exploration of how art and science can collaboratively imagine more sustainable futures.

Through workshops, rapid prototyping, collective reflection, and playful experimentation, participants tested new ways of thinking and making — from sensory mapping and material exploration to speculative design and collaborative storytelling.

The Jam created a space where ideas moved fast, disciplines blended, and curiosity led the way. The results: fresh perspectives, unexpected connections, and a shared commitment to shaping the Symbiocene — a future built on interdependence between humans, technologies, and the living world.

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Pop-up Lab: Studiotopia JamFrom April 24–26, 2026, the Łaźnia Centre for Contemporary Art (now the Gdańsk Centre for Contemporary Art) hosted an intensive 48-hour game jam organized as part of the international Studiotopia 2 project. The event also featured a lecture by Łukasz Goraczewski – ...

10/06/2026

In a new video released within the STUDIOTOPIA 2 project, John Palmesino (Territorial Agency) and Dr. Alexander Damianos unpack the core ideas behind their project that they are developing within Ars Electronica residency.

They discuss why the original Great Acceleration graphs, once groundbreaking visualisations of humanity’s impact on Earth systems, no longer capture the complexity of today’s planetary dynamics. Their dialogue brings together art, science and environmental governance, offering fresh insight into how we might visualise and understand the Anthropocene today.

The video invites viewers to explore how artistic research can help make global transformations visible and meaningful. Watch the full conversation to dive deeper into their perspectives.

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New Perspectives on the Anthropocene: Territorial Agency and Dr. Damianos in DialogueIn a new video released within the STUDIOTOPIA 2 project, John Palmesino (Territorial Agency) and Dr. Alexander Damianos unpack the core ideas behind their project. They discuss why the original Great Acceleration g...