Residency Details
14 May 2026 – Mid 2027
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Marshmallow Laser Feast (Ersin Han Ersin, Barnaby Steel, Robin McNicholas) joins ArtScience Museum as ArtScientists-In-Residence, bringing their distinctive research-led practice and immersive, multisensory storytelling to the institution. The London based artist collective investigates the entanglements between human perception and the more-than-human world, creating environments in which data becomes tangible, ecological systems become intimate and the invisible processes that sustain life are made perceptible.
Their work emerges from sustained collaboration with specialists, ecologists, neuroscientists, technologists, philosophers, rendering complex systems such as mycorrhizal and vascular networks, cellular respiration and photosynthesis as embodied experiences. Each project unfolds as a space where imagination and information converge, inviting audiences to inhabit perspectives beyond the human and reconsider their place within wider ecological systems.
The collective has exhibited internationally at leading institutions including ACMI (Australia), Barbican Centre (UK), Fundación Telefónica (Spain), Museum of the Future (UAE), Te Papa Tongarewa (New Zealand), Sundance Film Festival (USA) and ArtScience Museum (Singapore). Their works have been widely covered in publications such as The Guardian, Wired, New Scientist, and Creative Review. Their previous collaboration with ArtScience Museum on We Live in an Ocean of Air (2022) laid the foundation for this residency.
During their residency at ArtScience Museum, Marshmallow Laser Feast will present a trilogy of immersive works that reveal the hidden rhythms of our world, from the breath within us, to the echolocating visions of whales, to the living intelligence of soil. Through public engagements and insights with artist and director Ersin Han Ersin, audiences will be invited to step beyond human perception and enter the extraordinary more than human systems that shape our shared planet.
Image Credits: Marshmallow Laser Feast
Artworks
Evolver is a collective virtual reality experience which drops audiences deep inside the landscape of the body, following the flow of oxygen through our branching ecosystem, to a single ‘breathing’ cell. Through this transcendental narrative, it becomes clear that breath not only sparks life, but also connects us to the natural world through the cycle of respiration. The full experience of Evolver is available in Flesh and Bones: The Art of Anatomy and the VR Gallery.
Seeing Echoes In the Mind of the Whale is a large-scale video installation that immerses viewers in the sensory world of cetaceans. Blending deep listening, scientific insight and artistic interpretation, it creates a sensory experience that connects audiences to the strange and wonderful worlds of bottlenose dolphins, humpback whales and sperm whales. The work speculatively attempts to bridge human perception with the whalesʼ extraordinary use of vocalisations to navigate, communicate and experience their environment in ways beyond our understanding. This adaptation incorporates selected footages from OceanX, and the artwork will be presented in an upcoming exhibition.
Programmes
As ArtScience Museum’s 2026 ArtScientist in Residence, Ersin Han Ersin (artist and director of MLF) anchors this residency-focused symposium, centred on two major works presented in the museum’s exhibitions this year: Evolver, featured in Flesh and Bones: The Art of Anatomy, and Seeing Echoes in the Mind of the Whale, developed for Into the Ocean: Journey Beneath.
In his presentation, Ersin will reflect on MLF’s ongoing inquiry into living systems, exploring how immersive technologies can translate non-human perception into embodied experience. Moving between the sonic world of whales and the transformative potential of the human body, these works consider how life is shaped through processes of sensing and relation across species and environments.
Our Partners
Dalio Philanthropies, founded by the Dalio family in 2003, supports a diverse range of organisations to help catalyse positive change around the world across core focus areas of education, economic empowerment, arts and community, health and wellness, and the Ocean. In addition to these focus areas, Dalio Philanthropies supports three primary Operating Programs: Dalio Education, which champions education and youth development in Connecticut; OceanX, which combines science, education, and storytelling to unlock the ocean’s sustainable potential and drive global impact; and Endless Access, which promotes digital access and empowers people by turning passion into skills. Since its inception, Dalio Philanthropies has contributed over $7 billion in support of its mission.
NOWNESS ASIA is a leading source for art, design, and culture in Asia. With an award-winning approach to storytelling and wide network of established and emerging filmmakers and other cultural audiences, ArtScience Museum has identified the title as the key editorial partner crafting the story for MLF’s entire residency.
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