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’Havets hvisken’

Den interaktive performative installation på ILLU den 17. – 19. oktober med dansere kl. 16:30 og kl. 17:30

Havets hvisken er et aktivistisk projekt om de globale klimaforandringer. En interaktiv performativ installation i krydsfeltet mellem kunst, dans, musik og lysdesign. Med udgangspunkt i en dialog med oprindelige folkeslag fra Grønland, Brasilien og Skandinavien om økologi, multinaturalisme og animisme er hele idéen med installationen at opløse kulturelle myter om klima. Is der smelter og oversvømmelse bearbejdes i et performativt, poetisk rum.

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Mathew Alexander Stiller-Reeve has opened an exhibition at Osterøy library. The exhibition displays the artistic maps created by children in Ilulissat, Greenland and Osterøy, Norway. These maps tell a story of the places important to them, and helps us understand each other despite our difference in distance, climate and culture.

You can read more about the event here:

MapTales: barnas kunstkart fra Osterøy og Ilulissat, Grønland | Facebook

ARCTIC LABORATORY took place in March 2024 throughout a period of four weeks. During these weeks drawing workshop activities, film recordings and conversations with locals from Ilulissat and Qeqertarsuaq formed the basis for process-oriented but site-specific studies of Arctic imagery and climate change. At the core was an exchange of Arctic experiences through art, science, drawing, and filming climate stories with people in Ilulissat (Greenland), marine biologists in Qeqertarsuaq (Greenland) in cooperation with Climate Narratives (Ilulissat/Norway) – an international large-scale research project and network.

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ClimateNarrtives hosted event titled “Indigenous Perspectives of Climate Change with Young Voices from the Arctic” unfolded on the 18th of April, 2024, as part of the One Ocean Week. This gathering served as a platform for Arctic indigenous youths to articulate their experiences, concerns, and proposed solutions regarding climate change. Invited speakers included Nivi Rosing (Arctic Youth Network), Anja Márjá Nystø Keskitalo (Saami Council), Ragnhild Freng Dale. The conversation was moderated by Julia Morales-Aguirre (Arctic Frontiers).

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Impressions from the first Ilulissat Icefjord challenge along the magnificent UNESCO Ilulissat Kangia!

A truly challenging and magnificent experience for young and old, locals and visitors, participants and volunteers!

This years winners were Kjartan Nesbakken Haugen and Tanja Johansen

Thanks to all the fantastic volunteers and ISP Langrend Avannaata Kommunia ILLU science and art World of Greenland Kangiata Illorsua – Isfjordscentret – The Icefjord Center Air Greenland Brugseni Ilulissat Pisiffik Team Aker Dæhlie Universitetet i Bergen for support

Pictures by Palle K. JerimiassenFrederik Petersen and Kerim Nisancioglu