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AUTOGENA, Lise and PORTWAY, Joshua
(2021).
Kuannersuit; Kvanefjeld.
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| Creators: | AUTOGENA, Lise and PORTWAY, Joshua |
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| Abstract: | Kuannersuit; Kvanefjeld is an art installation, video documentary and evolving online archive, which examines the divisive issue of uranium mining in Greenland; the difficult decisions and trade-offs faced by an indigenous culture seeking to escape a colonial past to define its own identity in a globalised world. It explores the conflicting issues of progress, inclusive and informed decision-making and the vast unknown consequences of siting a uranium mine right next to a town in Greenland’s only agricultural region. The Kvanefjeld mountain contains one of the largest deposits of uranium and rare earth minerals in the world, sited in a UNESCO protected landscape, surrounded by spectacular ice fjords and sheep grazing country. Yet for many Greenlanders the exploitation of Greenland’s uranium and mineral reserves is the only route to an independent, de-colonised future. The Kvanefjeld mine has come to symbolize a pivotal moment for Greenland, where short term foreign mining investments could radically impact on the economic, social and cultural fabric and identity of Greenlanders and jeopardize the dream of a long-term sustainable future. Kuannersuit; Kvanefjeld was developed in collaboration with Joshua Portway and commissioned by Ele Carpenter, Arts Catalyst and Bildmuseet for Nuclear Culture, to explore how contemporary art can inform a wider international debate on nuclear issues. It was commissioned for “Perpetual Uncertainty - Contemporary Art in the Nuclear Anthropocene”, Bildmuseet, Sweden in 2016, and was subsequently presented, exhibited and screened worldwide in museums, film festivals and conferences, including nuclear safety and nuclear colonialism conferences. It toured with the International Uranium Film Festival to Navajo indian uranium mining disaster sites. The film was acquired by Greenland National Library and Narsaq Museum near Kvanefjeld. Awarded by Keck Futures (National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine (US)), British Council - Arts Council International Artist Development Grant, Danish Arts Council and Sheffield Hallam University. |
| Item Type: | Show/Exhibition |
| Additional Information: | •1• Perpetual Uncertainty – Contemporary Art in the Nuclear Anthropocene. Bildmuseet, Sweden. Curated by Ele Carpenter. 02/10/2016 – 16/04/2017. •2• Perpetual Uncertainty. Z33 House for Contemporary Art, Design and Architecture, Belgium. Curated by Ele Carpenter and Ils Huygen. 17/9/2017 – 10/12/2017. •3• Perpetual Uncertainty - Art and Radioactivity Malmo Kunstmuseum, Sweden. Curated by Ele Carpenter and Bildmuseet. 24/2/2018 – 26/11/2018. •4• Liquid Crystal Display. Site Gallery, Sheffield, UK. Curated by Laura Sillars with Angelica Sule. 29/09/2018 – 27/01/2019. •5• Rivers of Emotion - Bodies of Ore. Kunsthall, Trondheim, Norway. Curated by Lisa Rosendahl. 13/12/2018 – 21/12/2018. •6• Liquid Crystal Display. MIMA, Middlesbrough, UK. Curated by Laura Sillars with Angelica Sule. 23/02/2019 – 16/06/2019. •7• The Promised Land - visual poetics of preservation and recovery. IS Global, Barcelona Institute for Global Health, Barcelona. Ricomet 2019 Social - Science and Humanities in Ionising Radiation Research. 01/07/2019 – 03/7/2019. •8• Polarities - Psychology and Politics of Being Ecological, Polarities. MU Eindhoven, Netherlands. Curated by Angelique Spaninks & Xandra van der Eijk. 29/11/2019 – 01/03/2020. •9• The New Green Deal. Snowball, Belgium. Commissioned by GLUO. Supported by the S+T+ARTS (Science, Technology, Arts) programme of the European Commission - DG Connect 2020. A one-day event: 06/02/2020. •10• Splitting the Atom. Centre for Contemporary Art and The Energy & Technology Museum, Vilnius, Lithuania. Curated by Ele Carpenter and Virginija Januškevičiūtė. 18/09/2020 – 25/09/2020. •11• Critical Zones, Observatories for Earthly Politics. ZKM | Center for Art and Media, Karlsruhe, Germany. Curated by Bruno Latour and Peter Weibel with Martin Guinard and Bettina Korintenberg. 23/05/2020 – 08/08/2021. |
| Date: | 8 August 2021 |
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| Event Location: | Bildmuseet, Sweden [and 10 additional locations] |
| ID Code: | 28401 |
| Deposited By: | Symplectic Elements |
| Deposited On: | 17 Mar 2021 18:01 |
| Last Modified: | 23 Mar 2021 16:00 |
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