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Nastassja Simenski

Nastassja Simensky (UK) is an artist based in London and Southend-on-Sea. She holds a BA (Hons) in Fine Art from UCA Canterbury (2009)...

Jana Winderen – Spring Bloom in the Marginal Ice Zone

The listener experiences the bloom of plankton, the shifting and crackling sea ice in the Barents Sea around Spitsbergen, towards the North Pole.

BJ Nilsen and Karl Lemieux – Yujiapu

During the winter of 2015 Karl Lemieux travelled to China with BJ Nilsen and a small camera crew to make a piece about the country's infamous ghost cities.

Signe Lidén and Espen Sommer Eide – Vertical Studies: Acoustic Shadows and Boundary Reflections

In Vertical Studies: Acoustic Shadows and Boundary Reflections, a collaborative work with Espen Sommer Eide, Eide and Lidén wish to invite the participants on a journey to a 46 meter high former water tower in Sint Jansklooster.

HC Gilje – rift

rift is flickering petrochemical microscope textures: deep-time crude oil is violently transformed into colourful plastic wrappers for consumer goods.

Lukas Marxt – Persistence of the Vacuum Without Grounding Definitions

This film is a survey of the industrial landscape of the Russian harbour city Murmansk and the surrounding Arctic tundra. It is both a documentation and an investigation of perception.

Susan Schuppli – Atmospheric Feedback Loops

Since 1970 the Cabauw Experimental Site for Atmospheric Research has been measuring and monitoring the changes in the feedback loops between land surface processes and the airborne dynamics of our planet.

Justin Bennett – Vilgiskoddeoayvir: Wolf Lake on the Mountains

At 12 kilometres deep, the Kola Superdeep Borehole is one of the deepest man-made holes on Earth. The Borehole was a Soviet geology research project that started during the Cold War. Justin Bennett created a soundwalk for this abandoned site.

The Guardian profiles Timothy Morton

'Timothy Morton wants humanity to give up some of its core beliefs, from the fantasy that we can control the planet to the notion that we are ‘above’ other beings.'

Spring Bloom in the Marginal Ice Zone at SALT

During spring 2017 you can visit Árdna to experience NORD featuring the sound work Spring Bloom in the Marginal Ice Zone by Jana Winderen.

HC Gilje's 'Barents (Mare Incognitum)' at Screen City Biennial 2017

Commissioned by Sonic Acts and Hilde Methi for Dark Ecology, HC Gilje's video installation Barents (Mare Incognitum) is part of Screen City Biennial 2017 in Stavanger, Norway.

Living Earth 2018

For Living Earth, Sonic Acts and Hilde Methi have been collaborating with a number of Norwegian and Russian partners in order to further the conversations on the topics addressed through the Dark Ecology commissioned artworks that took place between 2014 and 2017.

Dark Ecology at Sonic Acts Festival 2017

Artists and speakers include Dark Ecology participants BJ Nilsen, Espen Sommer Eide, HC Gilje, Jana Winderen, Justin Bennett, Karl Lemieux, Lukas Marxt, Signe Lidén and Susan Schuppli.

1 – 3 February, Murmansk

The audiovisual festival, Inversia, organised for the second time by the Dark Ecology partner Fridaymilk, is the first of its kind in the European Arctic. It represents a platform for researching the phenomenon of darkness, coldness and isolation, and it aims to bridge the gap between traditional culture and new media and DIY culture. Here, Living Earth will showcase works by BJ Nilsen, Justin Bennett, and the Vertical Cinema, with screenings of seven experimental films made for the vertical screen format. Living Earth will also offer two workshops; a Critical Writing Academy, and a Field Recording Lab.

4 May – 2 June, Kirkenes

Opened in 2017, Terminal B is a new project space in the heart of downtown Kirkenes. It is run by the arts organisation Pikene på Broen - a pioneer of cross-border arts collaborations in the Barents Region and beyond. Here, Living Earth will showcase two parallel solo shows by Justin Bennett and Cecilia Jonsson which have each progressed to new conceptual stages from their origins within Dark Ecology.

8 February – 13 May, Oslo

SALT is a nomadic arts venue that launched in Sandhornøy in Northern Norway in 2014. In 2017, it opened at Oslo harbour, just opposite the Opera House in Bjørvika. Inspired by the traditional fish drying structures used on the Norwegian coast, SALT’s architecture points back to its original site: to the ocean and to the environmental concerns surrounding it. Living Earth will present seven Dark Ecology commissions at SALT, including both durational pieces occupying the SALT structures, as well as performances. This showcase will include works by BJ Nilsen, HC Gilje, Justin Bennett, Jana Winderen, Tatjana Gorbachewskaja & Katya Larina, Signe Lidén, and Cecilia Jonsson.

This Rare Earth — Stories from Below

The two Dark Ecology commissions Prospecting: A Geological Survey of Greys by Cecilia Jonsson and Vilgiskoddeoayvinyarvi: Wolf Lake on the Mountains by Justin Bennett will be presented during Artefact festival 2018.