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Empirica – Research on art, design and culture

Tutkimusryhmän tutkimusasenteessa on keskeistä taide, design ja kulttuuri.
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Empiricans at the latest research Gìgroup workshop in 2025. Photo Teija Kettunen

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Ongoing projects

Several people examine an old map spread out on a floral tablecloth. One person points at a location on the map.

Empirica: Sense of Water (2022–26)

Research project exploring human relationships with water through artistic and design practices.

Department of Design
A gloved hand holds a soil sampler with soil inside, over a forest floor covered in leaves and moss.

Empirica: Soil Laboratory (2020–26)

Research project investigating soil as material, collaborator, and site for artistic inquiry.

Department of Design
Two people arranging various textured and coloured fabric samples on a white table.

Empirica: MakerStudioPeda (2020–24)

Research project examining maker pedagogies and studio-based learning in art and design education.

Department of Design

Publication highlights

A lush garden with purple flowers and tall grasses in front of a brick structure, with trees and buildings in the background.

Making Things that Change: EMPIRICA Research Group—Research in Art and Education

Vega, Luis; Valle-Noronha, Julia; Markle, Gary; Latva-Somppi, Riikka; Hulkkonen, Sara; Falin, Priska; Korolainen, Hanna-Kaisa; Suomi, Mai...

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A wooden sculpture resembling two faces, split in the middle, displayed on a white pedestal against a grey background.

Material-led creative processes in the context of design education: Tarja-Kaarina Laamanen, Maarit Mäkelä, & Pirita Seitamaa-Hakkarainen — Art, Design & Communication in Higher Education

Laamanen, Tarja-Kaarina; Mäkelä, Maarit; & Seitamaa-Hakkarainen, Pirita (2023)

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Two people working with red and white paper on a table. One wears a blue shirt, the other has a bracelet.

Listening to the Sociomaterial: Luis Vega, Maarit Mäkelä, & Pirita Seitamaa-Hakkarainen — Design Studies

Vega, Luis; Mäkelä, Maarit; & Seitamaa-Hakkarainen, Pirita (2023)

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Soil Laboratory Exhibition – Exploring the Dialogue Between Human and the Earth in Utsjoki

Soil Laboratory explores the relationship between humans and the earth as a living landscape through ceramic practices in Utsjoki.

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A group of people holding round loaves of bread, standing outdoors on a stone path near wooden steps and greenery.

Empirica Workshop: Sourdough, Forest, Fire

In Empirica, we gather annually to work as a group, with our hands, to pay attention to the lively materialities that also co-constitute and with which we co-exist in many of our research practices.

Department of Design
Poster for AeRaTe Artistic Research Event at Aalto University, 5-12 May 2025. Includes exhibition and symposium details.

AeRaTe

Artistic Research Exhibition and Symposium at Aalto University See event page The AREA artistic research doctoral school of Aalto Univers...

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Four people are gathered around a table with art supplies, a laptop, and various objects. One person is pouring tea.

Studio visit: Montana Torrey’s residency at HIAP Augusta Gallery

In Empirica, different creative practices from the realm of art, craft and design are used as a catalyst for thinking and making research

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Public defense by Luis Vega

MA Luis Vega will defend his doctoral thesis on November 15, 2024, at noon

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