Working with Nature: Regeneration as Creative Practice

This discussion will explore what regenerative processes are, and how we can use them in our creative practice. Bring your thoughts on how we can take inspiration from - and work alongside - nature. How can we become more sustainable in our work with new methods, recipes and materials? And by working with nature, how can we rethink the systems that we rely on? Katya Bryskina is an artist and speculative architect. Her practice explores natural intelligence, interconnectivity and our evolving relationship with the world in a time marked by climate instability and rapid technological change. Her work zooms from microscopic ecosystems to planetary infrastructures, revealing how diverse life forms can become collaborative agents in addressing environmental challenges. Through installations, objects, and speculative narratives, she blends the synthetic and the natural to offer glimpses into possible futures. Part of Upgrade Yourself Festival 2026.