Artists:
Brit Pavelson
Caitlin Franzmann
Eike Eplik
Else Lagerspetz
Enn Kärmas & Villu Järmut
Ensayos
Geir Tore Holm
Hilde Hauan Johnsen
Ingrid Bjørnaali & Maria Simmons & Fabian Lanzmaier
Jaan Evart
Kristina Norman
Magnus Skei Holmen
Piret Pungas Kohv / Eestimaa Looduse Fond
Randi Nygård
Simon Daniel Tegnander Wenzel
Søssa Jørgensen
Curator: Karolin Tampere
In addition to the exhibition, curator Karolin Tampere has begun a collaboration with cultural geographer Piret Pungas-Kohv and the Estonian Fund for Nature, which will produce an archival work on the history and perceptions of the local peatlands. The site-specific design of the archive was created by artist Caitlin Franzmann and it includes the presentation of an excerpt of a new video by Magnus Skei Holmen. Inspired by Villu Järmut’s and Enn Kärmas’ activist posters from the 1980s, Tampere has encouraged three designers – Brit Pavelson, Else Lagerspetz and Jaan Evart – to design new posters advocating the protection of Estonian peatlands.
Read the exhibition booklet HERE.
Karolin Tampere is an artist and curator born in Estonia and currently based in Romsa/Tromsø, Sápmi/Northern Norway. She is part of the long-standing often place-specific collaborations Ensayos and the Sørfinnset skole/the nord land with Søssa Jørgensen and Geir Tore Holm. Currently, she is undertaking a PhD in curatorial practice, with a starting point in peatlands by creating meeting places for sharing cross-disciplinary exchange based on the need for restoration and conservation practices of these ecosystems. Another trajectory in her research and work is anchored in sonic practices, listening and music.
This exhibition is part of her ongoing research as a PhD fellow in artistic research at Tromsø Art Academy at UiT The Arctic University of Norway and the Faculty of Fine Art, Music and Design at the University of Bergen. Tampere is part of the research group Worlding Northern Art (WONA) at the Faculty of Humanities, Social Sciences and Education at UiT.
The exhibition is supported by the Estonian Ministry of Culture, the Cultural Endowment of Estonia, Tallinn Culture and Sports Department, the Office for Contemporary Art Norway, The Nordic-Baltic Mobility Programme, the British Council, AkzoNobel, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø Kunstforening/Romssa Dáiddasiida (TKF), Nordic Hotel Forum, The Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Norwegian Crafts, project WaterLANDS.
An important part of the exhibition is the accompanying public programme, which elaborates on the themes discussed in the exhibition works and offers participants a chance to think along in workshops and nature tours. The activities provide a multi-sensory experience where sound, touch and smell become the central mediums for passing on experience and knowledge. On the exhibition’s opening weekend Saturday, 15 June, at 5 pm, the museum will hold a scent workshop led by artist Simon Daniel Tegnander Wenzel. Using his own olfactory works, Wenzel will share how to train one’s sense of smell to recognise the surrounding environment. In particular, he will discuss Geosmin and how the generating of a ‘happiness hormone’ is something to be found in relation to rain, bacteria, soil and humidity.
