JILL SORENSEN

I, a human, see you, tree/rock/ plastic cup, and I see that you, in your way are aware of me, a human, to be looking at you and acknowledging that you are, in an un-simple sense looking back at
me.

2023 FINLAND RESEARCH FIELD LAB AND RESIDENCY

FIELD_NOTES: THE NORTH ESCAPING 17 Sept – 1 October 2023: a biennial art and science field laboratory organized by the SOLU Bioart Society at the Kilpisjärvi Biological Station of the University of Helsinki in the Sámi region in Lapland/Finland.

HAIHATUS RESIDENCY: 1 October 2023 – 3 January 2024: a three month residency at Taidelaitos Haihatus Residency and Cultural Centre in Joutsa, Central Finland. Haihatus occupies a cluster of historic buildings, originally built as a poor house and hospital compound, now converted into an artist residency and studios, galleries, event venue and recording studio. It is home to six guest residents and four long-term resident artist/volunteers and hosts a diverse range of art projects, events exhibitions and performances in its 15+ gallery spaces.

Tourist, Scientist, Artist: Reflections on Field_Notes: the North Escaping

Some Places I Walked (Kilpisjärvi 2023) – Video installation at Haihatus, Finland

Cohabitation Collaboration, 2021 – ongoing

After six years of rewilding our suburban Domestic Hub my husband, Mark, and I are launching into a collaborative, multi-disciplinary research hub in Raurimu. A place for experimental rethinking and hands-on reimagining of multi-species cohabitation and regenerative food cycles.