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«Waterscapes: An Art-Science Workbook»
Riikka Tauriainen & Marta Musso
«Waterscapes: An Art-Science Workbook»
Riikka Tauriainen & Marta Musso
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We are happy to share Waterscapes: An Art-Science Workbook, a publication emerging from the artistic-scientific research project Plankton Ecosystems. The workbook accompanies our ongoing research and documents fieldworks, workshops, and shared exercises developed through collaboration between the marine biologist Marta Musso and the visual artist Riikka Tauriainen.
Conceived as a living document, the workbook is not only a record of processes, but an open and adaptable format meant to be activated. It introduces artistic and community science exercises that invite readers to observe, sense, draw, map, and sample water bodies in their own contexts. Alongside documentation, it proposes ways of engaging with microorganisms that are central to aquatic ecosystems and climate regulation, yet largely invisible beyond scientific discourse.
The workbook brings together four Plankton Studio exercises, two field trips from mountain rivers to the Limfjord in Denmark, and a range of visual materials and research tools. It moves across scientific protocols and artistic practices, working with sampling methods, taxonomy tools, mapping, drawing, and cyanotype impressions made with sunlight and water.
Waterscapes is an invitation to think with plankton, to drift with water, and to explore ecological processes through both scientific and artistic lenses. The workbook is trilingual and works in English, Italian, and German, reflecting the multilingual nature of our collaboration.
Plankton Ecosystems is a programme by EcoArtLab at the Bern Academy of the Arts HKB in collaboration with Kunsthaus Biel Centre d’art Bienne, ETH Zurich, European Research Institute, and Kunstmuseum St.Gallen, with the support of Pro Helvetia Synergies
Musso, Marta; Tauriainen, Riikka. "Waterscapes: An Art-Science Workbook" produced by EcoArtLab, Institute for Practices and Theories in the Arts (IPTK), Bern Academy of the Arts HKB, BFH, Bern, 2025.
Conceived as a living document, the workbook is not only a record of processes, but an open and adaptable format meant to be activated. It introduces artistic and community science exercises that invite readers to observe, sense, draw, map, and sample water bodies in their own contexts. Alongside documentation, it proposes ways of engaging with microorganisms that are central to aquatic ecosystems and climate regulation, yet largely invisible beyond scientific discourse.
The workbook brings together four Plankton Studio exercises, two field trips from mountain rivers to the Limfjord in Denmark, and a range of visual materials and research tools. It moves across scientific protocols and artistic practices, working with sampling methods, taxonomy tools, mapping, drawing, and cyanotype impressions made with sunlight and water.
Waterscapes is an invitation to think with plankton, to drift with water, and to explore ecological processes through both scientific and artistic lenses. The workbook is trilingual and works in English, Italian, and German, reflecting the multilingual nature of our collaboration.
Plankton Ecosystems is a programme by EcoArtLab at the Bern Academy of the Arts HKB in collaboration with Kunsthaus Biel Centre d’art Bienne, ETH Zurich, European Research Institute, and Kunstmuseum St.Gallen, with the support of Pro Helvetia Synergies
Musso, Marta; Tauriainen, Riikka. "Waterscapes: An Art-Science Workbook" produced by EcoArtLab, Institute for Practices and Theories in the Arts (IPTK), Bern Academy of the Arts HKB, BFH, Bern, 2025.
