Arktisk Station
Summary
Arktis Station is a collaborative performance and montage that draws attention to the historical separation between science and politics that condition current climate research in a neo-colonial Arctic. The montage consists of excerpts of 16mm film, text from different written sources and a live-mediated sound recording from a research station in Qeqertarsuaq in Greenland.
Supported by
Nordic Culture Point,
(https://www.nordiskkulturkontakt.org/en/grants/about-the-grant-programmes/mobility-funding/),
NAPA (https://www.napa.gl),
Adlerbertska Foundation, (http://www.gu.se/english/research/scholarships/gu/the-adlerbert-scholarships)
Description of project
Arktis Station is a duo performance and montage that draws attention to the role of science in a neo-colonial Arctic. It addresses the historical separation between science and politics that condition current climate research in Greenland, by montaging excerpts of 16mm film shot during a joint fieldwork at Copenhagen University’s Arktisk Station in Qeqertarsuaq, Greenland, October 2017.
At Engelsholm Slot we juxtaposed and choreographed two parallel tracks of film-excerpts with text excerpts from different sources and a structuring sound recording of a guided tour at the research station. The soundrecording was live-mediated, using the strategy of simultaneous talk.
Through the visually dialogical format our intention was to map out a political economy across theoretical, aesthetic and and geographic topographies, by connecting a kinship of plants with a kinship of scientific practices, throughout Arctic Station’s 100 years of presence in Qeqertarsuaq.
Forming part of the gathering and artistic presentation program at Engelsholm Slot, curated by FOE, the intention was to present a performative format that reflected a sense of conversation between us and our fieldwork material, our surroundings and audience.
Type of work
Collaborative performance and experimental digitalized 16mm film-montage
Published in
Engelsholms Slot, Vejle, DK. A two day artistic gathering and program of presentations, organized and curated by FOE – tidsskrift for Form og Erfaring. (A Danish collective and journal in the field of ast and litterature).
Date
2017-11-25Creator
La Cour, Eva
Keywords
Arktisk Station
Qeqertarsuaq
Greenland
neo-colonialisme
16mm film
natural science
herbarium
Publication type
artistic work
Language
other