Deep LAB Symposium in Pyhäjärvi, Finland, 2023
29 May – 2 June 2023, Pyhäjärvi, Finland
The Deep LAB is a 5-day-symposium for artists and scientists gathering together with the idea of sharing knowledge and thoughts. Organized in Pyhäjärvi, Finland between May 29 and June 2 2023.
What new perspectives, knowledge and novel solutions can we imagine in an era of accelerating environmental change? The LAB invites artists and workgroups who approach future studies, change detection and environmental change broadly through art and science.
The More-than-Planet / Deep LAB provides access to the 1,444-metre deep Pyhäsalmi Mine. The station and the environment provide opportunities for research and art across an extensive range of fields including extreme environmental conditions, geology, particle and space research, analogue astronautics, industrial transformation, underground safety, security and testing, biotope art, renewable energy (geothermal and hydroelectric), and remote sensing as well as the past, the present and the potential futures.
The site allows for the study of the impact of the mine and its closure on the local population, the nature and the vitality of the area. The residence partner is international, multidisciplinary research and development centre Callio Lab.
Invited participants are: writer Emmi Itäranta, researcher on social and economic history Tero Toivanen, artist Eriz Moreno, artist Tuomo Kangasmaa, physicist Kai Loo, artist Felicia Honkasalo, and Photo North's collaborator from Pyhäjärvi mine. People from the municipality and the CEO of the Mine were invited to the presentations of the participants.