Residency artists and researchers Media and video art Tea Mäkipää MA Visual Arts Tea Mäkipää, originally from Lahti, received a BA at the Finnish Academy of Fine Arts in 1997, and a MA from the Royal College of Art in London in 2003. She has had shared and individual exhibitions in Europe, the United States, Asia, and the Middle East. “People as a part of nature, against nature, dependent on nature, observing themselves, and observing other animals. Man as a changeable and as a world-changing animal. Humanity defined through technology. In my new work Link I explore these themes and search for limits by which we define our position of privilege amongst the species. Where is the borderline between human and animal nature? Will evolution also bring us back to the “state of nature”, or will our nostalgia for our lost animality remain unfulfilled?”