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Contemporary Nomadism: Autonomy & Technology in the North

Thursday, May 20, 2010 from 4:30 PM to 6:30 PM (GMT)

London, United Kingdom

Contemporary Nomadism: Autonomy & Technology in the North

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Foxe Basin people in the arctic camp  on the iceflow

Contemporary Nomadism: Autonomy & Technology in the North

Introducing the international project behind the Arctic Perspective exhibition, a panel of artists, academics and architects explore its cultural, historical and political contexts. The Arctic Perspective Initiative aims to support a thoroughly contemporary nomadism via open and free media, environmental monitoring and communications technologies.

Panel:

Marko Peljhan, artist and instigator of Arctic Perspective Initiative, director Projekt Atol (Slovenia)
David Turnbull
, science sociologist (Australia)
Richard Carbonnier, architect (Canada)
Inke Arns
, curator, artistic director HMKV (Germany)

Chair: Michael Bravo
, Scott Polar Research Institute (UK/Canada)

4.30-6.30pm, Thursday 20 May 2010 at Canada House, Trafalgar Square, London

Places are limited for this free talk event and must be booked in advance on this site.

Arctic Perspective highlights the cultural, geopolitical and ecological significance of the Arctic and its indigenous cultures. In collaboration with the people of Igloolik, Kinngait, Iqaluit, Mittimatalik and Kanngiqtugaapik in Nunavut, Canada and other Arctic communities, artists and architects are devising a mobile media and living unit and infrastructure, powered by renewable energy sources. The unit will be used by Inuit and other Arctic peoples for creative media production such as film-making, communications and monitoring the environment, while moving, living and working on the land. The exhibition includes architectural models of winning designs from the Arctic Perspective open architecture competition by Richard Carbonnier (Canada), Catherine Rannou (France) and Giuseppe Mecca (Italy), with photographs, videos and maps from the project.

The Arctic Perspective Initiative is led by artists Marko Peljhan (Slovenia) and Matthew Biederman (US/Canada). The exhibition has been curated by The Arts Catalyst. Collaborators: Miha Bratina, Ziga Testen. For more on the project see 
www.artscatalyst.org

Partners and funders:

Arctic Perspective Initiative
Canadian High Commission
, London
HMKV
, Dortmund
Projekt Atol, Slovenia
Lorna, Iceland
C-TASC, Canada
Arts Council England
Cultural Programme of the European Union
City of Dortmund
Federal Centre for Civic Education
Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia

photos: Foxe Basin, 2009 by Matthew Bierderman

When & Where



Canada House (Cockspur Street entrance)
Trafalgar Square
SW1Y 5BJ London
United Kingdom

Thursday, May 20, 2010 from 4:30 PM to 6:30 PM (GMT)


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