Kaisu Koski is a cross-disciplinary artist working with performance, moving image, and biological materials. Her research focuses on planetary health, multispecies justice, and the art-science methodology. Her practice explores relationships with real and imaginary animals, such as reindeer, rats, and bears, often incorporating vegan food as a connective tissue. In 2020, Kaisu founded the Citizen Surgery Collective, a practice-based research group consisting of artists, critical posthumanists, and anthropologists. Their work concerns edible vegan body simulators, surgical skills acquisition, and the relationship between (non)human animal bodies and food. Kaisu is an associate professor of art and design at Lab4Living, Sheffield Hallam University.
Koski, K. (2023). Challenging animal-based food systems: Citizen surgery on vegan body simulators. Ruukku Studies in Artistic Research 20(1).
https://www.researchcatalogue.net/view/2025537/2025536
