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title: "Nature Morte: The Natural History of Death"
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# Nature Morte: The Natural History of Death

**Hosted by:** Biophilium

**Type:** Residency | **Location:** Online | **Deadline:** November 16, 2026

## About This Program

> "The natural history of death"

Nature Morte is an online death school for artists. This 10-day webinar supports artists as they pursue their curiosity about death and explore and develop their identity as a death-curious artist. The virtual residency focuses on the natural history of death and involves daily live video lectures with international historians, curators and biologists about a range of death related topics, and several short one on one meetings with artists who make art about death around the world.

Built in to the 2 – 3 hours of daily programming are discussions, recommended assignments and show and tell. The program is designed to give insight into death knowledge and ritual from a wide range of perspectives.

### Outline

- Animal Psychopomps with the director of Morbid Anatomy
- Wild Death and Feral Women with Prof. of Death and Photography Ashley Czajkowski of the University of Arizona
- Working with Wild Bones: Skeletal articulation and archiving with the Canadian Museum of Nature
- Ecological succession and fire ecology in the pyroscene at Arizona State University
- Wild Death and Mourning Ritual in Contemporary Art with the director of the Biophilium
- Memorials for the More-Than-Human with artist and pet death care worker Alyssa Ellis
- Botanical poisons with Kew Gardens
- How to Talk about Impending Environmental Doom with photographer and documentary film maker Chris Jordan
- The history of Earth's mass extinctions with the University of Ottawa
- Butoh and embodied philosophies of decay with Blue Ceiling Studio
- Crow funerals and how animals grieve with the College of Williams & Mary
- Fungal decay with Cardiff University
- Scrimshaw workshop with Towson University
- Participants are invited to give an artist talk to share your work with the group

### Duration of residency

10 days

### Accommodation

A comfy seat in front of your computer

### Disciplines, work equipment and assistance

all

### Fees and support

600$ USD fee

### Expectations towards the artist

You are invited to show your work to the group in a 15 – 20 minute artists talk

### Application information

Send the following material to ArtLovesScience@gmail.com

1. Artist CV
2. Artist statement (about 200 words)
3. Application form PDF or docx
4. Portfolio 5 – 10 examples of your work

We are flexible and forgiving with application formats and deadlines.

### Application deadline

2026-11-15

### Residency starts

2027-01-04

### Residency ends

2027-01-15

### Location

Global

## Eligibility & Requirements

- **Geographic Eligibility:** International
- **Disciplines:** All disciplines
- **Note:** No previous experience related to death is necessary but a portfolio showing your creative practice is required to apply. Artists, writers, poets, musicians and dancers are invited to apply.

### Additional Requirements

- Artist CV
- Artist statement (about 200 words)
- Application form PDF or docx
- Portfolio 5 – 10 examples of your work

## Compensation & Benefits

600$ USD fee. Official invitations will be given to accepted applicants to help support grant and funding applications.

## Timeline

- **Opens:** October 16, 2026
- **Deadline:** November 16, 2026
- **Program Start:** January 4, 2027
- **Program End:** January 15, 2027

## Contact

**Email:** ArtLovesScience@gmail.com

## How to Apply

Apply at: https://www.artayatana.com/MortemNatureMort.html