#cryptobiosphere

Submissions are now open for Xenopoem Conference 2026.

Despite the name, this is not a conventional academic conference. It began three years ago as a small xenopoetics discussion circle and gradually evolved into a gathering for artists working at the edges of perception. Last year it surfaced as a hybrid event across Discord and London, with participants joining from Russia, Canada, the UK and Japan.

This year the focus shifts from philosophy to art in operation.

We are looking for exploratory works that activate during the session. Finished pieces are invited, but works in progress are equally encouraged. Familiarity with xenopoetics is not required. All mediums are welcome as long as they can be presented live on Zoom and follow the submission guidelines at the link above.

There is no submission fee, and the final structure will emerge once participants are selected.

Deadline: March 31.

Xenopoem Conference is convened by me and Kenji Siratori ( @xenopoem ). Our sample proposal can also be found at the link above.

Kenji Siratori [ @xenopoem ]and I originally planned to gather material for a book during this residency, but one morning I woke up and could suddenly see the installation already forming. Now it’s alive.

You can enter it again from the 25th–28th.

Hokkaido exhibition with @xenopoem.

Cryptobiosphere

A photo and sound installation at Tenjinyama Art Studio Zoetica Ebb × Kenji Siratori

Cryptobiosphere is a photo-sound installation that transforms the exhibition space into a living, responsive environment. Suspended photographs and a reactive soundscape form an unstable ecology in which image, sound, and movement continuously reconfigure one another.

Developed at Tenjinyama Art Studio and shaped by Hokkaido’s winter landscape, the work foregrounds fragility, transience, and the mutual interference between human presence and environmental signals. Cryptobiosphere introduces an ongoing book project by Zoetica Ebb and Kenji Siratori.

Zoetica Ebb is a London-based multimedia artist working with speculative xenobiology, non-human perception, and immersive research-driven installations. 

Kenji Siratori is a Sapporo-based avant-garde author and artist whose work explores the unstable boundaries between language, technology, and consciousness.