MEET Aga Pokrywka, EMAP 2026 artist-in-residence at RIXC Centre for New Media Culture!

Aga Pokrywka is a multidisciplinary artist and fermentation wizardess. With a background in natural sciences, art, and nonfiction storytelling, she works with film, sound, text, food, and collaborative practices to weave eclectic narratives.

She is the voice behind Ferment Radio, a podcast on bacterial and social fermentation, and the co-founder of Super Eclectic, a creative studio inspiring action on the most critical issues of our time.

She is also a member of the Centre for the Social Study of Microbes at the University of Helsinki and a PhD candidate in the RAT Research Group at Aalto University in Finland.