Filips Staņislavskis (Amsterdam)
Observe, speculate and care are approaches that encompass all activities of this web(page). I like to think of my projects as tools and mirrors for critical self-reflection, nudging the viewers towards questioning the habitual. This work is an attempt to facilitate moments that aspire for a revision of attitude through humorous gestures and response-ability in a world of complex, constantly reconfiguring entanglements. Besides my personal work, you will find here links to projects done by the design-art collective Nonhuman Nonsense that I am part of.
Feel free to get in touch to chat or collaborate!
EXPERIENCE
2026 (Jul-Aug) Sansusī (artist residency on invasive slug species), with Danute Līva, Susēja, LV
2023 (Sep-May) Hungry EcoCities (S+T+ARTS residency), with Studio Other Spaces, KU Leuven, In4Art, DE, BE
2023 (Sep-Apr) MUSAE (S+T+ARTS residency), with Politecnico di Milano, UC Dublin, Barcelona University, IT, IE, ES
2023 (Mar/May) NaturArchy (residencies), EU Commission Joint Research Centre, Ispra, IT
2022 (July) LIOS labs (arts of ecology residency) Bledowska desert, PL
2022 (Jun) Resonances IV: NaturArchy (Sci-Art Summer School) EU Commission Joint Research Centre, Ispra, IT
2022 (Apr) .RAR (artist group residency) Institut for X, DK
2021 (Sep/Oct) Mustarinda (Nordic-Baltic 2021 artist residency), FIN
2019 - now Nonhuman Nonsense Berlin, DE
2016 - 2021 Design Academy Eindhoven (BA), NL
2018 - 2019 Aalto University (Exchange study), FIN
2018 (Dec) Merry CRISPR workshop (artistic investigations into CRISPR/cas9), Bioartsociety + Biofilia Lab, FIN
2018 (Nov) Biofilia ABC (BioLab Training / Biosafety Level-1 ), Aalto Biofilia Lab, FIN
2015 - 2016 Sculptor assistant of Kārlis Alainis. Rīga, LV
2012 - 2016 Art and Design college of Riga (Form design/sculpture program), LV
EXHIBITIONS
AN ASSEMBLY FOR THE COSMOS
with Nonhuman Nonsense
MICA | Montreal Institute of Contemporary Art
Montreal, CN
11 Sep - 31 Oct 2026
SLIMY BORDERS
with Danute Līva
Sansusī Festival
Aknīste, LV
7 - 9 Aug 2026
COUNCIL OF FOREST
with Nonhuman Nonsense
Kullar & Klang
Vännäs, SE
2 Jul - 2 Aug 2026
CONTAMINATIONS: TOWARDS A SCIENCE GALLERY
with Nonhuman Nonsense
NYCU Gallery
Hsinchu, TW
1 Jun - 9 Jul 2026
WATER FESTIVAL
with Nonhuman Nonsense
Comune di Staranzano
Staranzano, IT
21 - 24 May 2026
CENTRAAL LAAT x IMPAKT
with Nonhuman Nonsense
Centraal Museum Utrecht
Utrecht, NL
12 Feb 2026
EARTH IN CRISIS, (위기의 지구, SOS)
with Nonhuman Nonsense
Gwangiu National Science Museum
Gwangiu, KR
28 Nov 2025 - 22 Mar 2026
UNFRAMED
Destructura touring exhibition
Subtopia, Stockholm, SE, Oct 2025
TIcAS, Tampere, FIN, 26 Sep - 5 Oct 2025
Aparaaditehas, Tartu, EE, 20 - 27 Aug 2025
Club Silencio, Turin, IT, 6 Jun - 10 Jul 2025
BASIS, Silandro, IT, 16 - 31 May 2025
TOWARDS TOXIC-FREE FORUM
with Nonhuman Nonsense
Permanent Representation of France to the EU
Brussels, BE
23 Sep 2025
WATER BALANCE
with Nonhuman Nonsense
Rian Design museum
Falkenberg, SE
13 Sep - 28 Dec 2025
SIMULARCA
with Nonhuman Nonsense
Athens Digital Arts Festival (ADAF)
Online
10 Sep - 10 Oct 2025
CALORIE
with Nonhuman Nonsense
Science Gallery Bengaluru
Bengaluru, IN
9 Aug 2025 - Jul 2026
LIVING THRESHOLDS
Luxembourg Center for Architecture
Luxembourg, LU
27 Jun - 31 Oct 2025
SPECULATIVE WORLD BUILDING
with Nonhuman Nonsense
Eyelove Art Center
Seoul, KR
16 - 22 Jun 2025
COUNCIL OF FOREST - PROTOTYPE LAUNCH
with Nonhuman Nonsense
Transit Kulturinkubator & online
Stockholm, SE
2 Jun 2025
COSMOPOLITICS
with Nonhuman Nonsense
Kunstbruecke am Wildenbruch
Berlin, DE
5 Apr - 1 Jun 2025
EUROPEAN OCEAN DAYS
with Nonhuman Nonsense
Sparks Venue
Brussels, BE
3 - 7 Mar 2025
THE SPIRIT OF ASILOMAR
with Nonhuman Nonsense
Asilomar Conference Grounds
Pacific Grove, USA
23 - 26 Feb 2025
ROCK HOST, INFRUSTRUCTURING THE VOID
Beiqiu Museum of Contemporary Art,
Beiqiu, CN
7 Dec 2024 - 16 Feb 2025
FUTURES (ZUKÜNFTE)
with Nonhuman Nonsense
GRASSI Museum of Applied Arts
Leipzig, DE
21 Nov 2024 - 24 Aug 2025
CHIMERA ISLAND (鎧美拉之島)
with Nonhuman Nonsense
Taiwan Contemporary Culture Lab
Taipei, TW
2-17 Nov 2024
NATURARCHY
with Nonhuman Nonsense
IMAL + JRC SciArt
Brussels, BE
25 May - 29 Sep 2024
COUNCIL OF FOODS
with Nonhuman Nonsense
Studio Other Spaces
Berlin, DE
17 May 2024
ART SAFARI #39 KRÁSA VESMÍRNÁ
with Nonhuman Nonsense
Studio Bubec
Prague, CZ
18-26 May 2024
FUTURE FOODSCAPES
with Nonhuman Nonsense
MUSAE, University of Barcelona
Barcelona, ESP
9-10 Apr 2024
Dinosaure Domestique
with Nonhuman Nonsense
Museum of Postnatural History
Neuchâtel, CH
16 Mar 2024 - 11 Aug 2024
WeWe Futures: 投你的未來
Taiwan Design Museum
Taipei, TW
1 Jul 2023 - 22 Oct 2023
AI-Bert's Fresh Place
with Nonhuman Nonsense
re:publica
Berlin, DE
5-7 June 2023
The Animal Farm Simulator
with Nonhuman Nonsense
Hyundai Motorstudio
Beijing, CN
28 Apr - 8 Oct 2023
Turning Matters | 斗转新仪
CHA X ART
Amsterdam, NL
29 Apr 2023 - 13 May 2023
Beyond Borders and Binaries
with Nonhuman Nonsense
MU Hybrid Art House
Eindhoven, NL
16 Dec 2022 - 16 Apr 2023
The Planetarian "置身何处"
with Nonhuman Nonsense
751 d park, Beijing Design Festival
Beijing, CN
28 Oct 2022 - 29 Nov 2022
Supermarket of the Future
with Nonhuman Nonsense
Eindhoven, NL
22 - 30 Oct 2022
Gene Cultures
with Nonhuman Nonsense
MIT Museum
Boston, USA
2 Oct 2022 - 2024
1.5° Celsius
Detroit, USA
6 Sep 2022 - 25 Feb 2023
The Energy Show
Rotterdam, NL
3 Sep 2022 - 5 Mar 2023
Unknown Unknowns
with Nonhuman Nonsense
Triennale Milano
Milan, IT
15 July 2022 - 9 Jan 2023
Art Ii Biennial: In The Air
KulttuuriKauppila Art Centre
Ii, FIN
15-19 June 2022
Cosmopolitiques
with Nonhuman Nonsense
Buropolis, Polynome
Marseille, FR
15 Apr - 14 May 2022
Anthropocene / Global Green Room
Museum Helmond
Helmond, NL
9 Apr - 11 Sep 2022
HEF MÁL
Galleri TESE, performative evening
Aarhus, DK
9 Apr 2022
Rethinking Plastic
Yksi Expo
Eindhoven, NL
16 Oct 2021 - 6 Mar 2022
Dutch Design Week 2021
Graduation show 2021, DDW'21
Eindhoven, NL
16-24 Oct 2021
Notes on Breath
Research Exhibition at Mustarinda
Hyrynsalmi, FIN
9-31 Oct 2021
Kantava maa / Solid Ground
Aalto Vāre
Espoo, FIN
8-20 Oct 2021
Greenfest'21
Environmental and Land Art Festival
Gauja National Park, LV
8 Aug - 31 Oct 2021
Migrācija
Tallinas ielas kvartāls
Riga, LV
17-27 July 2021
Made In Eindhoven
Heuvel
Eindhoven, NL
16 July - 31 Oct 2021
Theatre Festival De Parade
Parktheater
Eindhoven, NL
18-27 June 2021
Nature Takes Over
with Nonhuman Nonsense
Österängens konsthall
Jönköping, SE
26 June - 23 Aug 2020
The Age of Entanglements
with Nonhuman Nonsense
Stockholm design week
Stockholm, SE
3-9 Feb 2020
Hatttch
Atelier ttt
Berlin, DE
Feb 2020
Tomorrow's Archives
Helsinki design week
Iittala & Arabia Design Centre
Helsinki, FIN
6 Sep - 10 Nov 2019
Scarcity and Abundance
Grote Kerk Veenhuizen "Hiëronymus Aemilianus"
Veenhuizen, NL
July/Aug 2019
City Circles
WOW contemporary art space
Amsterdam, NL
June - Aug 2019
Sonic Sculpture
Aalto Vāre
Espoo, FIN
15-22 Nov 2018
Matter of Will
De Bank Eindhoven
Eindhoven, NL
4-6 July 2018
Experimental Zoo
TAC.NU
Eindhoven, NL
21 June - 22 July 2018
Design Isle
Riga International Design Exhibition
Riga, LV
Sept/Oct 2016
TALKS & WORKSHOPS
Slimy Borders, the workshop
Sansusī Festival
workshop
Aknīste, LV, Aug 2026
Hidden Futures - Prediction and Promise
PACT Zollverein
talk & discussion with Chelsea Haramia
Essen, DE, May 2026
Centraal Laat x IMPAKT x Queer Ecology
Centraal Museum Utrecht
talk & "Council of Forest" demonstration
Utrecht, NL, Feb 2026
TASTE – On art, nature and technology
Luxembourg University
talk & panel discussion with
Christl Baur & Dr. Gerben Zaagsma
Luxembourg, LU, Feb 2026
Lecture for MA Eco-Social Design class
Free University of Bolzano
lecture (online)
Bolzano, IT, Nov 2025
Critical Thinking & Experimental Practices
Rhode Island School of Design
lecture (online) for the class of CT&EP
Rhode Island, USA, Oct 2025
Exploration of posthumanist narrative practice
Leibniz-Zentrum für Literatur- und Kulturforschung
interactive presenation & panel discussion
Berlin, DE, Oct 2025
Council of Foods - Honey
RE_NATURE festival
interactive discussion & presenation
Ruigoord, NL, Sep 2025
Welcoming Kale to the Council of Foods
GreenTech (horticulture expo)
interactive discussion
Amsterdam, NL, Jun 2025
TURN TO STONE
GRASSI Museum of Applied Aarts
workshop
Leipzig, DE, Mar 2025
Multispecies Design
Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin
lecture for symposium
Berlin, DE, Mar 2024
Borders Topography
Coevolution Research Assembly
in conversation with Irakli Sabekia
lecture (online)
Taipei, TW, Oct 2023
Haunted Waters
Galerie im Turm
workshop
Berlin, DE, Sep 2023
Designing in Times of the Anthropocene
Humboldt University
lecture curation/moderation (online)
Berlin, DE, July 2023
Sonic Utopias
Movement Radio
podcast with Daphne X
Linz, AT, May 2023
Mud & Flood
MU Hybrid Art House
workshop
Eindhoven, NL, Mar 2023
Food and Magic
Food Cosmogonies, the Gramounce
lecture (online)
www, Mar 2023
Portals Into Nonhuman Worlds
Fabrica
3 day workshop + public lecture
Treviso, IT, Jan 2023
Turn to Stone
Stiftung Natur und Kunst
workshop
Nantesbuch, DE, Sep 2022
Preferred Futures
Design School Kolding
guest lecture (online)
Kolding, DK, Feb 2022
Planetary Imaginations
with Michèle Boulogne, Noam Youngrak Son, Hung Lu Chan, moderated by Pejvak
panel discussion (online)
Eindhoven, NL, Oct 2021
A Breath Away From Becoming the Weather
guided cloud meditation session
Dutch Design Week (online)
Eindhoven, NL, Oct 2021
PUBLICATIONS & PRESS
NaturArchy: Towards a Natural Contract
Essay "Haunted Waters" contribution
Benincasa, Caterina, Adriaan Eeckels, Ingeborg Reichle,
and Claudia Schnugg, eds.
European Union / Quodlibet
2026, IT
Argument No3
interview with Basile Collet
Argument - Revue artistique et littéraire
2023, FR
List of Breaths
translated to Finnish by Tiina Hannele
Kaltio culture magazine, issue 6/2022
2022, FIN
Take My Breath Away
Project feature / May issue
Elle Decor Italia
2022, IT
Point of Transition
slow travel story
Mustarinda
2022, WWW
This machine makes human clouds
Written by Kelly Van Gemert
Next Nature Network
2022, WWW
Human-Cloud Project turns human breath into clouds
Written by Amy Frearson
Dezeen
2021, WWW
A Place to Stay: Practising Embedded Design
Project feature / written by Shay Raviv
Onomatopee
2021, NL
U+ZINE #5, "History"
explorations for alt. futures, through the lens of arts and fiction.
The Plurality University Network (U+)
2021, FR
The future has been cancelled. A coronal reflection
Essay, written together with Nonhuman Nonsense
STRP festival
2020, WWW
CSPA Quarterly: Silence
Project feature / issue 29
The Centre for Sustainable Practice in the Arts
2020, CN
Tomorrow's Archives
Project feature / edited by Anna van der Lei
Aalto ARTS books
2019, FIN
AWARDS
with Nonhuman Nonsense
for: Mud & Flood: The Return of Nehalennia
2022, NL
for: Human-Cloud Project
2021, NL
LDS (Latvian Designers' Association) Award
for: "Jor" / category: object design
2016, LV