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Biotoopia’22 is organized as a festival with numerous series events throughout Estonia, with eco-aesthetics as the primary focus curated by artist Peeter Laurits.  As long as there have been people, there has been eco-aesthetics. It is about fundamental qualitative values and is anything that is regarded as beautiful and deserving of careful consideration as a…

Thursday,  August, starting at 19:00, a Biotoopia 2022 festival walk took place in Lasnamäe, Tallinn’s largest district, where UT Ethnology MA student Hildegard Reimann explores the possibility of life in the city from the perspective of different species. The walk links urbanity with sensory fieldwork, encouraging participants to actively engage with the environment and place…

BIOTOOPIA’22 invites everybody to consider the importance of beauty in the process of evolution.  You are welcome to attend the main Biotoopia events in August in Tallinn and the Viinistu Art Harbour (North coast of Estonia), as well as the events organized by our partners from July through October around Estonia. Most of the events…

The Interaction Design Project, which began with the Biotoopia challenge at Tallinn University and was led by professor Merja Bauters, yielded six outcomes, two of which were specifically targeted at Tallinn City.  One solution introduced how to reduce plastic waste using an awareness raising smart application and the other suggested a map of community gardens…