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Contemporary Art Archipelago: Ecology of/in practices

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Taru Elfving is a curator and writer based in Helsinki, Finland. Her practice focuses on nurturing site-sensitive artistic investigations and encounters at the intersections of ecological, feminist and de-colonial thought. Previously Head of Programme at Frame Contemporary Art Finland (2013-2018) and HIAP Helsinki International Art Programme (2012-13), Elfving is currently developing a new multidisciplinary platform for artistic research in collaboration with the Archipelago Sea Research Institute of Turku University. Her curatorial projects include Earth Rights (Kunsthalle Turku 2019), Politics of Paradise (Tallinn Art Hall 2019), Beyond Telepathy (Somerset House Studios & Wysing Arts Centre 2017), Hours, Years, Aeons (Finnish Pavilion, Venice Biennale 2015), Frontiers in Retreat (HIAP 2013-2018), Contemporary Art Archipelago CAA (Turku 2011, European Capital of Culture), and Towards a Future Present (Lofoten International Art Festival 2008). Elfving has published an extensive body of writing internationally and has co-edited publications such as Contemporary Artist Residencies. Reclaiming Time and Space (Valiz, 2019), and Altern Ecologies. Emergent Perspectives on the Ecological Threshold at the 55th Venice Biennale (Frame, 2016). She holds a PhD from Visual Cultures, Goldsmiths University of London (2009), and continues to supervise practice-based doctoral students at the University of the Arts Helsinki.