Xandra van der Eijk is an artist researching the influence of the technosphere on evolutionary processes. With a distinct artistic-scientific methodology, she decentralizes the anthropogenic perspective by re-interpreting a landscape through its materiality. She is presently pursuing her PhD degree focusing on the role of artistic-scientific research in co-generating knowledge with nonhuman actants.

Van der Eijk is developing and leading MA Ecology Futures at the Master Institute of Visual Cultures (St. Joost School of Art & Design, NL) and is a researcher in the connected Biobased Art and Design Research Group (Centre of Applied Art, Research & Technology, NL) innovating ecocritical discourse and biotech methods in education. She is an associated researcher at Critical Media Lab (FHNW University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland, CH) co-leading the discussion group “Planetary Ecologies” addressing critical environmentalisms and intersectional metabolics.