“Through the Arctic Hysteria project we explore how artists react to the arctic region when doing research, and what kind of art they create.
Is it poetic, political, inspired by nature and/or the spiritual?
What about history and colonization, the indigenous people versus what the arctic explorers bring into the museums?
What do we see in the media, what do we learn from scientists and what can the artist portray?
The artists involved have done extensive research in the region with residencies and study-trips to create new work”. © LOCUS (Thale Fastvold and Tanja Thorjussen).
Curated by LOCUS in collaboration with Anastasia Patsey
Artists: Vanessa Albury (USA), Amelia Beavis-Harrison (UK/NO), Thale Fastvold (NO), Fritz Horstman (USA), Ivan Khimin (RU), Asya Marakulina (RU), Ekaterina Shelganova (RU), Marianne Darlén Solhaugstrand (NO), Tanja Thorjussen (NO)
