Pohjoismaisten suurlähetystöjen 20-vuotisjuhlanäyttelyn avajaiset: Ocean Dwellers | Meeresbewohner 17.10. klo 16

The North is by the sea: North Sea, Baltic Sea, Norwegian Sea, Icelandic Sea, Greenland Sea, Barents Sea – the Nordic countries are surrounded by water, formed by water, both historically, culturally and economically. The exibition on the 20th anniversary exhibition of the Nordic Embassies questions our relationship with the sea and allows us to change our perspective: Ocean Dwellers.

The exhibition presents a selection of art installations and artistic laboratories from Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden that bring together art, science and science fiction. They turn the Felleshus into a place of marine life and ask: What would it mean to adopt a marine worldview?

How do artists, collaborating with marine biologists, divers, thinkers and anthropologists describe and design the ocean as an (in)hospitable, historical and imaginary space ? How can politics and legislation help to cope with the consequences of ecological change in this extraordinary and extremely precious marine space?

Artists: Hulda Rós(Linkki toiselle web-sivustolle.) Guðnadóttir (IS), Johannes Heldén (SE), Tellervo Kalleinen(Linkki toiselle web-sivustolle.) & Oliver Kochta-Kalleinen(Linkki toiselle web-sivustolle.) (FIN), Laboratory for Aesthetics and Ecology(Linkki toiselle web-sivustolle.) (LABAE; DK), Andrew Merrie & Simon Stålenhag (Radical Ocean Futures, Stockholm Resilience Centre(Linkki toiselle web-sivustolle.); SE), Jacob Remin (DK), Kirstine Roepstorff (DK), Rúrí (IS), Elsa Salonen(Linkki toiselle web-sivustolle.) (FIN), Sissel Tolaas (NO), Jana Winderen (NO).

Curator: Solvej Helweg Ovesen(Linkki toiselle web-sivustolle.) (DK)

Opening Program:
16h: Premiere of the audio performance “Through the Bones; Listening with Carp” by Jana Winderen
16.30h: Reading by Johannes Heldén
17h: Artist Talk: Hulda Rós Guðnadóttir, Solvej Helweg Ovesen (Curator), LABAE Laboratory for Aesthetics and Ecology (LABAE), Andrew Merrie (Researcher Marine System Dynamics, Stockholm Resilience Center), Elsa Salonen, and others talk about marine issues
18h: Opening of the exhibition Ocean Dwellers and the light installation Jimmys, reception

Jana Winderen’s sound installation “Through the Bones: Listening with Carp”:

OCTOBER: Fri 18. and 25.10. at 17:00-19:00
Sat+Sun 19.+20. and 26.+27.10. at 11:00-16:00
NOVEMBER: Fri 1., 15., 22. and 29.11. at 17:00-19:00
Sat+Sun 2.+3. and 23.+24.11. at 11:00-16:00
Sun 10. and 17.11. at 11:00-16:00
DECEMBER: Fri 13.12. at 17:00-19:00
Sat+Sun 30.11.+1.12., 7.+8. and 14.+15.12. at 11:00-16:00
JANUARY: Fri 3., 10. and 24.1. at 17:00-19:00
Sat+Sun 4.+5., 11.+12., 18.+19. and 25.+26.1. at 11:00-16:00
Wed 8., 15., 22. and 29.1. at 17:00-19:00

 

Artists Tellervo Kalleinen and Oliver Kochta-Kalleinen. Photo: Noora Geagea. 

Photo: Tellervo Kalleinen & Oliver Kochta-Kalleinen: Archipelago Science fiction, 2012 (still). Four-channel video installation, colour, sound, 25’. Courtesy of the artists

 

FINISSAGE Thursday 30th January
Outlook Future Ocean
19h: Tellervo Kalleinen:
“Archipelago Science Fiction“

19.30h: Heidi Ballet: a Sci-­Fi lecture on the geopolitical interests in the Arctic Discussion

Moderated by Solvej Helweg Ovesen

Address & Opening Hours

Nordic Embassies |Felleshus (Pan-­‐Nordic Building)
Rauchstr. 1, Berlin-­‐Tiergarten
Mon-­‐Fri 10-­‐19 h
Sat-­‐Sun 11-­‐16 h

Free admittance! 
www.nordischebotschaften.org(Linkki toiselle web-sivustolle.)

Curatorial Assistant: Ioli Tzanetaki
Production Manager: Kathrin Pohlmann

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Please find a selection of press photos (free of charge when used in connection with the exhibition) in our Dropbox: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/5dmff7rjdc5nwew/AADvWoLwSr7DiHuzIQZmIz_Ka?dl=0(Linkki toiselle web-sivustolle.).
Don’t forget the credit (cf. file name)!

 

Finnish artist Elsa Salonen. Photo: Devin Rüzgar.