Climate change with its extreme temperatures and fluctuating precipitations is affecting agricultural land conditions and crop yields. Therefore it is essential to understand and improve the details of plant growth. Laxmi Mishra has developed new knowledge about a family of chloroplast proteases called FtsH. She is defending her dissertation at Umeå University.
Zanele Muholi is one of the most acclaimed photographers working today. The extensive exhibition at Bildmuseet presents their career as a photographer and visual activist from the early 2000s until today. Welcome to the press preview on Thursday 25 November at 10:00 (RSVP).
Iwo Myrin’s motifs are drawn from the taiga, the geographical zone of the northern hemisphere dominated by coniferous forest. In bronze casts and pinhole photographs of mushrooms, pine needles and moss, the taiga makes a direct impression in his exhibition at Bildmuseet. Welcome to the press preview on Thursday 25 November at 10:00 (RSVP).
Associate professor Per Stenberg at the Department of Ecology and Environmental Sciences at Umeå University, Sweden, is awarded a grant of almost 16 million SEK from Formas’ announcement The role of the Swedish forest in climate change. A total of nine projects were approved.
For a record sixth consecutive year, Umeå institute of Design at Umeå University, Sweden, has claimed top spot in the Red Dot Ranking, listing top design educations in Europe and the Americas.
On Saturday 16 October, Bildmuseet in Sweden will open a solo exhibition with French-Moroccan artist Bouchra Khalili. Media are welcome to a preview of "Stories Within Stories" on Thursday 14 October: digitally and on-site at Bildmuseet.
Umeå Institute of Design alumnus Shuai Li is the national winner of the James Dyson Award with his graduate project CANNE, a self-directed CPR kit consisting only of cardboard and a smartphone app.
Computing scientist Adna Bliek receives the Women's STEM Award in AI for her Master's thesis titled "Backchanneling in Human-Robot Communication" at Umeå University. “Our work pioneers backchanneling behavior by a human listener, triggered by a robot speaker. A robot with the capability of triggering backchanneling by humans and then reacting or adjusting to it will lead to human-centered and im
Zineb Sedira will represent France at the Venice Biennale next year. However, those who want to experience her art already this Summer should go to Bildmuseet, Sweden. Sedira’s solo exhibition Standing Here Wondering Which Way to Go opens on Saturday, June 19.
An upcoming exhibition brings together Nordic architects and projects that, in various ways, reveal a shift in contemporary architecture. Architectures of Transition opens at Bildmuseet, Sweden, on Saturday, June 19. Welcome to join a digital press preview on Thursday, June 17 at 10am and to experience the exhibition on-site from 11am the same day (RSVP).
Get a glimpse of tomorrow as the next generation of designers showcase their visionary grad projects. This year's degree show at Umeå Institute of Design offers up a unique collection of innovations - ranging from autonomous taxi boats in the year 2086, to a crisis device for producing your own electricity, to a culinary tasting box with edible insects.
"In an Exceptional Time" is the title of this year’s master’s degree exhibition from the Umeå Academy of Fine Arts at Umeå University, Sweden. Welcome to a digital press preview at Bildmuseet on Thursday 6 May at 10–11 AM.