Symposium
Landscapes of Equality
2 July, 3 pm
In English
Free admission

The group exhibition Landscapes of Belonging deconstructs often overlooked colonial processes within Europe and examines current forms of belonging. The accompanying discursive programme deepens the debate with a focus on curatorial practices: What ethics do the cultures of curating in Northern Europe follow, and how can a new ethics of exhibiting be combined with greater opportunities for criticism?

Programme

15:00
Welcome: Kathrin Becker (KINDL)

15:15
Film screening of Eatnameamet: Our Silent Struggle, directed by Suvi West, Finland, 2021, 74 min., original language with English subtitles + Q&A

17:00
Decolonial Aspects in Contemporary Art from Sápmi, lecture by Irene Snarby (Art historian, Tromsø) + Q&A

18:00
Kathrin Becker in conversation with artist Julie Edel Hardenberg (via video from Nuuk / Kalaallit Nunaat) + Q&A

19:15
Cocktails, performance by Lilibeth Cuenca Rasmussen (Copenhagen), with Lilibeth Cuenca Rasmussen, Christian Dehn Frandsen, Liva Xamanek, percussion: Yohan Ramon

20:00
Get-together in Babette’s Garden

Julie Edel Hardenberg (* 1971, in Nuuk) holds a BA in Art from the Art Academy of Trondheim, Norge, 1999 and a MA in Art Theory and Communication from The Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Denmark, 2005. Julie Edel Hardenberg is one of the most versatile and productive artists in Greenland. In addition to her curriculum vitae, which count international exhibitions, recognitions, and public tasks, Julie has alongside her artistic practice worked with scenography and installations for both featured films, theater plays, and dance shows. She has produced 5 books and has received awards and grants both for visual arts and writing. Her works are characterized by being implemented conscious, quirky, poetic with a humorous approach to concepts such as ethnic and cultural identity.

Lilibeth Cuenca Rasmussen (* 1970 in Manila, Philippines, lives in Copenhagen), is a Danish video and performance artist. Lilibeth Cuenca Rasmussen grew up in Manila and, from the age of eight, in Stevns Denmark. She studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts from 1996 – 2002 and currently working as Professor in time-based and performance Art in Bergen Art Academy (KMD), Norway. In her art, she is primarily exploring socio-cultural relationships, often with her dual Danish and Filipino cultural backgrounds as the vantage point. Her first solo exhibition, Family show, was held in 2000 at the Akershus Kunstsenter at Lillestrøm in Norway. She participated in the 2011 Venice Biennale in the Danish pavilion with the project Afghan Hound (a live performance and photography). Most recent solo exhibitions are: I am not what you see at Copenhagen Contemporary in 2021 travelling to HAM, Helsinki Art museum 2022.

Irene Snarby (*1967 in Tromsø, Norway) is a PhD fellow in Art History at UiT – The Arctic University of Norway, and also a member of the research group WONA (Worlding Northern Art). Snarby has researched and worked in the field of Sámi art since the early 1990s. From 2003 to 2011 she worked as a curator at the Art Department of The Sámi Museum in Karasjok, RiddoDuottarMuseat (RDM). In addition, she was a member of the Sámi Parliament’s acquisition committee for contemporary art and dáiddaduodji. Besides working as a consultant and curator, Snarby has written numerous articles, edited several publications, and lectured widely on the subject of Sámi art.

Suvi West (* 1982 in Kittilä, Finland) is a Sami film director. She grew up as Doavtter-Piera Suvi Máret in a Sami environment in Karigasniemi, attended a Sami-language school and studied multimedia at the Sami Area Education Centre in Enare. West starred in the comedy series Märät säpikkäät, which aired on Yle TV2 in 2012-2013.
At the 2016 Docpoint Festival in Helsinki, Suvi West's film Spárrooabbán, about her lesbian sister, was named an audience favourite. Her next documentary, Eatnameamet - Our Silent Struggle about the Sami Situation in Finland, took five years to film and premiered at Docpoint in 2021. The film was awarded the Audience Award and the Church Media Foundation Award at the Tampere Film Festival that same year.

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