«Nature Morte: The Natural History of Death» is a virtual artist residency and «school of death» for artists, arranged as a 10-day online-based program. Participants follow daily live lectures and conversations with international historians, curators and biologists about the natural history of death, rituals and ecology, in addition to individual meetings with other artists working with death-related themes.

The program comprises 2–3 hours of daily teaching with topics such as animal psychopomps, wilderness death and feminine grief work, skeleton articulation and archiving, fire ecology, mourning rituals in contemporary art, memorials for non-human beings, poisonous plants, mass extinctions on Earth, butoh and bodily decay, as well as a workshop in scrimshaw. Participants are also invited to give a 15–20 minute artist lecture to share their own work with the group.

The program is open to artists from all disciplines and is conducted entirely digitally, without requirements for physical stay or travel. It costs 600 USD to participate, and applicants must send CV, artist statement, application form and 5–10 portfolio examples by email by the deadline.

• Who can apply: Artists from all disciplines, international (including applicants residing in Norway)
• Field of culture: Interdisciplinary / visual art
• Covered / paid out: Nothing is covered (no travel, accommodation or fee – the participation fee covers access to the online program)
• You pay yourself: 600 USD participation fee
• Application deadline: 15.11.2026
• Place: Global / virtual (online-based program)
• Organizer: Art Ayatana (mediated via Res Artis)