<p>In this third episode of the Art, Science Ecology podcast recorded in March 2025 IHME Helsinki’s Advisory Board member <strong>Maria Lind</strong>, Museum Director of the Kin Museum of Contemporary Art in Kiruna, will discuss art and agriculture with the Kultivator collective. </p><p>Kultivator is an independent art practice on the island of Öland, Sweden, founded and run by<strong> Mathieu Vrijman</strong> and <strong>Malin Lindmark Vrijman</strong>. Kultivator is also an experimental project platform that initiates and runs projects, exhibitions and workshops that investigate our relationship with the landscapes that feed us. In this podcast Maria, Malin and Mathieu discuss points of intersection between art andfarming, emphasizing the importance of long-term perspectives, environmental concerns, and food security.</p><p><br></p><p><a href="https://forms.gle/X21fCBpkRLGhMbwi6" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer"><strong>Tell us, how did you like the podcast: feedback</strong></a></p><p><br></p><p>The contemporary-art-commissioning agency <a href="https://ihmehelsinki.fi/en/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">IHME Helsinki </a>is continuing its collaboration with <a href="https://www.helsinkiopenwaves.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Helsinki Open Waves</a> on new episodes of the <em>Art, Science, Ecology </em>podcast. The members of the IHME Helsinki Advisory Board are hosting its second season, carrying on discussions started in 2021. The new episodes update ideas about ecocide, sustainable energy, and energy identity, and about the role of the arts in all this, topics that are even more urgent today than in 2021.</p><p>IHME Helsinki unites the worlds of art, science, and climate work. We promote the cultural change needed in the environmental crisis and motivate citizens to adapt to a life within planetary boundaries. Each year we produce a public artwork and a series of events with international artists and local partners to bring hope amid the environmental crises. Our work is made possible by support from the Saastamoinen Foundation, Kone Foundation, and Abakanowicz Arts and Culture Charitable Foundation.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Reading recommended in the podcast:</strong></p><p>Alexander Etkind:<a href="https://www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?book_slug=natures-evil-a-cultural-history-of-natural-resources--9781509547586⁠" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer"> <em>Nature’s Evil </em>(2023)</a>, Polity Books: </p><p>Julia Watson: <a href="https://www.taschen.com/en/books/architecture-design/04698/julia-watson-lo-tek-design-by-radical-indigenism/⁠" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer"><em>Lo–TEK. Design by Radical Indigenism</em></a> (2019), Taschen</p><p>Anything published by Donna Haraway.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Makers</strong></p><p>Producer: Paula Toppila, Saara Moisio</p><p>Host and guests: Maria Lind, Malin LindmarkVrijman and Mathieu Vrijman</p><p>Sound technician: Bailey Polkinghorne</p><p>IHME jingle: Viljami Valdén</p>