Excursion: Museum Sinclair-Haus | October 27, 2022
On Oct. 27, the Panel visited the Sinclair-Haus, a museum funded by the Kunst und Natur Foundation, to see the international exhibition Eternal Ice.
The exhibition displayed selected works of contemporary artists who showcased the cultural, political, social, and other interrelationships in light of the global ice melt; and its effects on local indigenous communities and on the world climate as a whole.
The exhibition sent us on a sensorial experience through visual and auditory means that included embroidery, photography, and video installations. It showcased work which included (but not limited to) the embroidery work of the Swedish Sámi artist Britta Marakatt-Labba that recounted the (his)stories of Lappish reindeer herders in the far north, a short video collaboration, Rise: From One Island to Another between the Marshall Islander poet Kathy Jetn̄il-Kijiner and the author Aka Niviâna from Kalaalit Nunaat (Greenland).
Our special thanks go to Madelaine Heck for providing us with a thought-provoking guided tour of the exhibit!
