Mira Heikkilä, SER's first Pantopian in Residence, wrote this thoughtful text at the end of her year-long residency. It reflects a significant development in her position as an artist. It is also a beautiful tribute to Michel Serres, a guide and inspiration during the residency.

Mira Heikkilä is SER’s inaugural Pantopian in Residence. This Finnish artist-researcher materialises her quest for the root stories of civilisation in ‘himmeli’: luminous, geometric sculptures made from wheat stalks.

Serres’ ‘The Natural Contract’, originally published in 1990, was one of his most influential books. Read an introduction to the work and its legacy.

Biogea is a testimonial to the sentiment of urgency that the octogenarian philosopher experienced at the start of his final decade. Central is the idea that our Western way of knowing, our brand of science, is running aground.