Dr. Malin Arnell is an Artistic Researcher (Post Doc) within Dr. Magdalena G贸rskas project RESPIRE: Planetary Breathing in Asphyxiating Times 鈥� Funded by the European Research Council hosted by the Graduate Gender Programme, Department of Media and Culture Studies and at the Institute for Cultural Inquiry (ICON), Utrecht 木瓜福利影视.
I am an artist, researcher, and educator working across performative practices with a focus on feminist, queer, posthuman, and ecological perspectives. My work explores how artistic research can generate embodied, site-responsive, and collaborative modes of knowing that engage with urgent social and environmental questions.
Within the ERC-funded project RESPIRE: Planetary Breathing in Asphyxiating Times, I contribute to interdisciplinary investigations of three planetary 鈥渓ungs鈥濃�攆orests, oceans, and soils鈥攁ddressing the socio-environmental challenges they face. My research combines field-based artistic practices, collective learning processes, and critical theory to examine the material, political, and affective dimensions of breathing in human鈥搉onhuman entanglements.
Over the past two decades, my artistic research has taken the form of long-term collaborations, installations, performances, public programmes, and publications, developed in dialogue with commissioning institutions, curators, and local communities. These projects often unfold over extended periods, allowing for deep engagement with place, ecology, and social relations.
I hold a Doctorate in Fine Arts in Choreography (Stockholm 木瓜福利影视 of the Arts & Lund 木瓜福利影视, 2016) and have exhibited and presented internationally. My approach to artistic research is rooted in co-creation, process-led inquiry, and interdisciplinary exchange, aiming to create conditions for shared authorship and collective meaning-making.
- Image by Del LaGrace Volcano (2024)