- Residency period: Spring 2023
- Bodies as Lands – Sociotechnical Imaginaries and Spatial Arrangements in Eastern Europe
Ilona Jurkonytė, PhD is a film and media researcher and curator. Her background is in philosophy, communication studies, art theory, and film studies. She was a Vanier Scholar at Concordia University, Montreal (2015–2019). Her research interests span environmental
media studies and transnational film studies. Her work critically examines frontier regimes in moving image production and circulation, as well as their geo- and hydro- political implications. She is particularly invested in decolonial methodologies in relation to these fields of inquiry. Her current research bridges nuclearity studies, implicaitons of ecosystem theory, and the little-known history of astrobotany.
Some of her latest works include:
On & For Production and Distribution (2018–2021) – co-organizing the international collaboration that focused on advancement and strengthening the production and distribution of artists’ moving image works. The project included international exchanges, film programs, artists’ talks, and a symposium.
Curated film program – Temperature of War (2019) in Mediating Spatiality of Conflicts, organized by Borders and Territories Research Group, Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment, Delft University of Technology.
Artistic contribution to the exhibition Arabidopsis Thaliana (2021), co-authored with Santiago Reyes Villaveces Museum of Modern Art Bogota. Exhibition cycle MAMBO 2021-1/Landscape, Nature and Territory. The resilient quality of life under extreme circumstances.
Publication “Bomb Archive: The Marshall Islands as Cold War Film Set” (2023).
Excerpts from installation Arabidopsis Thaliana Museum at Modern Art Bogota (Exhibition cycle MAMBO 2021-1/Landscape, Nature and Territory. The resilient quality of life under extreme circumstances).