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MIZUNO Nagisa

Participating Project	Exchange Residency Program (Japan-based creators sent abroad)
Activity Based	Tokyo
City / Place stayed	Helsinki / HIAP (Helsinki International Artist Programme)
Period	2025.8 - 2025.11

Purpose of the residency

During this residency, the project “Forage the Poetry” combines a tour workshop and poetry creation in the Vuosaari Hills, a former landfill now transformed into a vast recreational area with a thriving ecosystem. Together with a local geologist and poet, the tour weaves a narrative around the glacial rocks, where the tour participants write a poem. The poetry is projected onto glass made from local sand and plants to explore the relationship between people and the transforming land, while creating a living archive of urban ecology.

Plan during the residency

• Research on and fieldwork at Vuosaari Hill
• Conduct a tour on Vuosaari Hill
• Make glass from local sand and plants around Vuosaari Hill
• Research on the relationships between the people and the land in Finland
• Collaboration with a local geologist, a biologist, and artists

Creator Information