Situated Ecologies: Alice Sharp (Invisible Dust) on exchanging methods between art and science
GENERAL INFO
- DATE
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1 October 2026
- Artist / Facilitator
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Alice Sharp (Artistic Director & Founder, Invisible Dust)
- Partners / Supporters:
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Invisible Dust
British Council
From 30 September to 4 October, the Institute for Postnatural Studies (IPS) hosts a research residency with Invisible Dust, the UK-based organization founded in 2009 by Artistic Director Alice Sharp. Invisible Dust develops ambitious collaborations between leading artists and scientists, working to inspire UK and global audiences to engage critically with pressing environmental issues — treating art not as illustration of climate data, but as a way of generating new thinking and public understanding around ecological crisis. Currently active in Brazil, Turkey, Finland, France and the UK, the organization has worked with artists including Elizabeth Price, Wangechi Mutu, Jeremy Deller and Raqs Media Collective, alongside scientific partners such as Oulu University, the Natural History Museum and Imperial College London.
Alice Sharp. Photo: Rosa Ruuskanen.
Supported by the British Council, the residency is articulated as a space for exchanging methodologies and knowledge between IPS and Invisible Dust. Alice Sharp will lead collaborative working sessions on situated artistic practices, review ongoing research, and explore new forms of cultural mediation — alongside internal sessions with the IPS team and meetings with local cultural agents and institutions in Madrid.
The residency highlight is a public talk on October 1st, where case studies on the intersection of art, ecology and social engagement developed will be shared with the wider public.
Rana Begum, No. 1574 Stone, Climate Clock. Courtesy Oulu26. Maija Toivanen/Oulu2026
Antti Laitinen, Olet Tässä (You Are Here), 2026. Photo: Maija Toivanen/Oulu2026
Dryden Goodwin, Breathe:Lahore, 2024. Photo: L. Wood for Invisible Dust.
