Creative Responses

A symposium on the complex and important role of art, literature and other creative activities in dealing with a changing worldview, highlighting the interplay of the local, regional and global in environmental art.

All are welcome.

Programme

13:00

Welcome by Auður Aðalsteinsdóttir and Katarina Leppänen.

13:15

Angela Snæfellsjökuls Rawlings explains her artistic contribution to the anthology and her linking of academic research and art.

13:35

Torsten Bøgh Thomsen elaborates on his contribution to the anthology.

13:55

Michael Kjær introduces his interdisciplinary research emphases and possible touching points with the Creative Responses project.

14:15

Sigrún Alba Sigurðardóttir talks about poetic storytelling and her curatorial projects.

14:35

Poetry by Kim Simonsen and Haukur Ingvarsson.

15:00

Coffee break.

15:15

Anders Ehlers Dam introduces his literary research on the Wadden Sea.

15:35

Ole Martin Sandberg introduces his contribution to the anthology and elaborates on his experience of interdisciplinary research in praxis.

15:55

Dehlia Hannah presents her research and possible ties to the Creative Responses project.

16:15

Sigrún Inga Hrólfsdóttir concludes with thoughts about art and activism.

16:30

Discussions about further collaboration. Ana Stanićević and Katarina Leppänen introduce ideas about further collaboration and events hosted in Finland and Sweden.

17:00

Drinks and snacks and an introduction of the ecological emphases of small publishers, organized by Ana Stanićević.

The project Creative Responses is a collaboration between the University of Iceland’s Research Centre in Þingeyjarsveit and the University of Gothenburg, in partnership with Specta gallery in Copenhagen, Akureyri Art Museum and the University of Copenhagen, Department of Arts and Cultural Studies / Art & Earth Cluster.