During their UA Miniresidency, Amy Gelera and Alejandra Alarcón will work on an experimental online archive project that stems from Alejandra’sproject: Exploring Edible Ecologies. This archive, which’s name will be determined through the work, is an edible inquiry into more-than-human urban and forest ecologies in Finland, combining stories, recipes, preservation techniques, memories, direct perceptions, and embodied understandings. Amy’s and Alejandra’s goal is to create an archive of shared knowledge, accessible to non-Finnish speakers, focusing on local plant wisdom through the lens of different rhythms of life. In residency, they are focusing on the first phase of archiving, consisting of reviewing, organising, and shaping an archiving methodology and aesthetic.
When: 20 November 2025 at 17:00-18:30
Where: Museum of Impossible Forms (Aallonhalkoja 9 L1)
Language: English
Alejandra Alarcón is an interdisciplinary Mexican artist based in Helsinki, Finland. Her work is situated at the intersection of food and art and her interest in (food)sustainability—the seasonality of things, non-human collaborations—is grounded in a decolonial and ecofeminist approach to knowledge production.
Amy Gelera is a Guatemalan graphic designer and art director based in Helsinki, Finland. They are co-creator and chair of S.U.R., a Latin American decolonial design collective.
Alejandra’s and Amy’s friendship began during their studies at Aalto University, where they worked closely in the founding of S.U.R. and supported each other’s practices through care and dialogue. Having both settled in Finland, they now wish to deepen their collaboration and explore how their creative practices unfold in diaspora—working far from the Latin American context, yet always in conversation with it. Their shared position allows them to connect experiences of location, belonging, and creation, finding resonance in each other’s work while nurturing new ways of working together in Finland.