Isop is a Danish artist duo consisting of Sissel and Line Thastum. Central to our artistic practice is the sensory, playful, searching, reflective and critical power of art as an evolving value in society. Thematically, we work primarily with the present global ecological crises and human understanding of and relationship to the nature we are part of. Through the many forms artistic research can take, we explore these themes and interpret them in the interplay between the written word, photography, installation and video. We see ourselves as artists, in a continuous process and conversation with our surroundings and with many different actors across professionalism, age and gender and the more than human world, in a creative and artistic space. We are creative artists, conversation- and exchange partners, process facilitators, teachers and always students. 

Isop (former known as The Independent Air) was founded as a non-profit organisation in 2013 with its main focus on emerging photographic artists.  The organisation has since evolved from primarily organising art projects to being more of a creative artist duo. We have created everything from group residencies, master classes, exhibitions to artist talks, symposiums, seminars and photographic workshops both in Denmark and internationally. And we continue to aim to create a supportive and sustainable community of practice, production and experimentation with art and environmental sustainability as the focal point.
Isop is financially sustained through private and governmental grants as well as sponsorships. From 2014 - 2017, Aarhus 2017 European Capital of Culture has financially supported us as an official Culture Capital project.
We are continuously guided and inspired by our advisory board, which consists of:  Marietta Radomska - The Posthumanities Hub, Erich Berger-  Bioart Society & Catarina Fontoura - Photographic artis and lecturer at Falmouth University, Trine Søndergaard Visuel Artist DK, Jens Erik Bæk -Danish Photographic Association (DFF) DK.

Sissel Thastum (b.1987)
MFA, Trondheim Academy of Fine Arts, Norway, 2020. BFA Documentary Photography, Newport University, South Wales, 2014. Photo school Fatamorgana, 2010 - 2011.
Sissel Thastum is a visual artist working with photography, video and sound. Her work centers around the notion of kinship, care and belonging between species. Through art, she investigates and explores the connection to nature and its sensory language and how we can learn and exchange through this. Her media and artistic interpretation are tools to (re)discover and immerse oneself in these connections. They are both the method and the channel that can create a sensory space where otherwise overlooked connections and individuals can be seen and appreciated. A space where the viewer can get in touch with empathy and connectedness and wants to search deeper themselves.

Line Thastum (b.1959)
BA Human Ecology, Aalborg University, Denmark, Green Guide, Diploma program - Danish Environmental Protection Agency, Education in organic farming - The Organic Farming scool, Adult pedagogical basic education, Silkeborg Seminarium. Line Thastum is a text writer and poet, human ecologist, sustainability coordinator and communicator.

Nature as the essential starting point of being is the central driving force in her life and work and shapes her sensual and eco-feministic poems and texts, as well as the development of Isop's art projects, works and exhibitions. Over the years, this attitude to life has unfolded both through work with meditative practices in nature and through her life in the countryside closely connected to the land, animals and nature, self-sufficiency and sustainable living, as well as forming the background for her education and work with sustainability in practice.