Viking and The Kessler Syndrome
| art.description.project | In 2019 I was invited to join the network “Changes on the Northern Shores” developed by Liisa Kanerva and Kaisu Koivisto consisting of 11 artists and scientists from different Nordic regions, who has been collaborating with the aim to give visibility to the global and local changes in the North that have environmental, cultural, and social consequences. It is challenging to find sustainable solutions, as the changes are multilayered and not easy to understand. Through regular network meetings both physical and online, we jointly discuss our different research and possibilities for making it visible. The exhibition at the Greenlandic House was selected by exhibition responsible Lars Lerche. The sculpture “Viking & The Kessler Syndrome “ takes its shape from Sweden's first satellite “Viking”. It was launched in 1986 and even though the mission ended only a year later the satellite is still in orbit. Space debris creates a high risk of collisions which in turn creates more debris, this escalation scenario “The Kessler syndrome” was first described by NASA scientist Donald J. Kessler in 1978. Between Greenland and Canada lays the biologically rich ocean Pikialasorsuaq when the European Space Agency launched a satellite into orbit in 2017 it did so despite opposition from Inuit leaders in Canada and Greenland over its potential to contaminate an important Arctic area. Professor Michael Byers research reveals that on ten occasions since 2002, Russia has dropped rocket stages fueled with the highly toxic unsymmetrical dimethylhydrazine in the Pikialasorsuaq area. A practice that is in violation of both international treaty and article 29 of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples which declares that states must ensure hazardous materials are not disposed in Indigenous territories without their consent. | en |
| art.description.summary | The sculpture “Viking & The Kessler Syndrome“ takes its shape from Sweden's first satellite “Viking”. Launched in 1986 and even though the mission ended only a year later the satellite is still in orbit. Space debris creates a high risk of collisions which in turn creates more debris, this escalation scenario “The Kessler syndrome” was first described in 1978 by NASA scientist Donald J. Kessler. | en |
| art.description.supportedBy | Nordic Culture Fund, Wilhelm & Martina Lundgrens Understödsfond | en |
| art.relation.publishedIn | Kalaallit IllUUTAAT – The Greenlandic House, Copenhagen, Denmark | en |
| art.relation.uri | www.sumut.dk/da/udstillinger/2021/changes-on-nothern-shores | en |
| art.typeOfWork | 4. Exhibitions, events and festivals 5. Physical artifacts | en |
| dc.contributor.creator | Posch, Josefina | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-04-14T11:35:49Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2022-04-14T11:35:49Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2021 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2077/71359 | |
| dc.subject | Sculpture | en |
| dc.subject | Space Debris | en |
| dc.subject | Space Trash | en |
| dc.subject | Point Nemo | en |
| dc.subject | Sustainability | en |
| dc.subject | Space Tourism | en |
| dc.subject | Space Tourism | en |
| dc.subject | Space Ownership | en |
| dc.subject | Space Colonialism | en |
| dc.subject | Science and Art | en |
| dc.subject | Environmental Pollution | en |
| dc.title | Viking and The Kessler Syndrome | en |
| dc.type.svep | artistic work |
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