Affective Arrangements is a two‑week residency on the island of Korppoo for the students and staff from EcoSenda academies to explore artistic practice through presence, listening, and collective attunement. Borrowing its name from philosopher Jan Slaby, the residency embraces the idea that people, nonhumans, materials, spaces, and actions form temporary constellations of affecting and being affected.
During the residency, participants experiment with slower, attentive modes of working, moving through a landscape without predetermined aims, allowing subtle gestures, stories, and ecologies to emerge. Field notes, impressions, and traces collected throughout the stay are arranged and rearranged in a shared workspace, forming draft-like, intertwined responses to the island.
Set within Korppoo’s unique nature—part of the Archipelago Sea UNESCO Biosphere Reserve—the residency combines workshops (natural pigments, photogrammetry, charcoal making, cloud identification, maze drawing), communal dinners, artist talks, island visits, and time for independent work. Students and staff live in close proximity at AARK and Bonus Villa, shaping a temporary community of shared rhythms, conversations, and reflection.
