microworlds

2019, 2023 — Till Bovermann

The surrounding of Kilpisjärvi is host to many microworlds — relatively small places with prominent features like rocks, ponds, or streams. They all have in common that they gather a comparably large variety of lifeforms around themselves, marking them as small ecosystems.

During residencies in 2019 (Ars-Bioarctica) and 2023 (Science Trail) at the Kilpisjärvi Biology Station, I identified such microworlds and spend considerable time with them.

Activities Link to heading

• 2024 — Publication in Positionen — Wicked Problems in Kilpisjärvi
• 2023 — Science Trail residency — documented here
• 2022 — Kilpisjärvi Science Trails contribution — Breathing Microworlds | Emerging Microworlds | Rotting Microworlds
• 2019 — Ars-Bioarctica residency — A chronology of the events as they took place in 2019 is listed on the friendly.organisms website.

Compositions and sounds Link to heading

• 2023/2024 — station, a sound portrait of the Kilpisjärvi Biological Station
• 2023–2025 — encounters, sounds and interpretations of my revisitations of the microworlds, commissioned by the Kilpisjärvi Science Trails project.
• 2019/2024 — Microworlds, a collection of compositions, commissioned by the Kilpisjärvi Science Trails project.
• 2019/2023 — Microworlds – ambiences, a collection of nine ambiences recorded at some of the microworlds I visited, commissioned by the Kilpisjärvi Science Trails project.

See also Link to heading