The Conference of the Birds
The Conference of the Birds is a transdisciplinary and socially engaged art project exploring creative ways to coexist with birds in a more-than-human world. The project reflects on different bird cultures in the Nordic countries. We examine our shared human-avian histories to create new lines of thought and action to ensure the continuance of our co-existence in an uncertain future.
Nests
The project consists of a series of site-specific collaborations between artists, bird researchers and local partners called Nests. The artworks have hatched out of these collaborations, exploring topics relating to birds and their habitats. The works are exhibiting in the participating countries or together as a group show.
News
How words can change the life of birds.
In this video PhD Katri Aholainen talks about her research and the impact art can have on bird…
Birds in Finnish literature
For the Winged Words Nest the Finnish literary scholar Karoliina Lumma has contributed with an essay that was…
Sensing Birdpoetic Worlds
Jessica Sunnebo’s Master thesis from 2023 explores the Swedish poet Nina Södergren’s (1924–2015) poetry through an ecocritical and…
Ahoo Ahoo – a film in the making
Selvær is an island of the Helgeland archipelago on the coast of North Norway. For centuries the islanders…
I-the Duck
Mesmerized by the magical qualities of eiderdown Eva is making an eiderdown suit inspired by the “sleeping pyjamas”…
The city with a bird perspective
In Göteborg, the Conference of the Birds focuses on Frihamnen, a part of the former industrial harbor that…