Conversations with Landscapes, follows performance beyond the stages of theatres and exhibition halls and views the actions of nature, such as the weather, tides, or the growth of flora, and/or the behavior of fauna, in itself, as performance. It strives to understand how local communities respond to climatic changes and how these experiences can be woven into the very performance fabric that inspires audiences to become the agency that activates the ultimate performance of landscape, in the context of global ecologies within technologically driven scenographic environments – as a construct of human and non-human agency (nature, audiences, communities performers, audio-visual technology, and novel materials).
©2020 Lenka Novakova
©2021 Lenka Novakova
Conversations with Landscapes: 45 Days in Oqaatsut is an immersive environment inspired by observing, thinking and engaging with an every-day contemporary live of a small Inuit community located on the west coast of Greenland, 250 km north of the Arctic Circle near Greenland’s Ilulissat Icefjord - the sea mouth of one of the fastest and most active glaciers in the world. Formed by materials related to fishing and hunting: fishing nets, sleds and seal skins, the scenographies of the environment envelop the audience in an ephemeral array of dream-like scenes and reflects upon the Anthropocene through evolving imagery of fascinating and seemingly distant landscapes
Technical Information
3 cylindrical structures formed by fishing nets / 12’ diameter / ceiling suspension
4 source projectors
2 speakers
Space Requirements
47’ x 27’ (minimum)
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Acknowledgements
Developed with the support of FRQSC: Fonds Societe et culture / Gouvernement du Quebec
Arctic Culture Lab: Located in Oqaatsut, Greenland and Two Rivers Gallery in Prince George, BC
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Credits
Concept and Creation / Lenka Novakova
Special Thanks to Andreas Huffman
Artic Culture Lab http://www.arcticculturelab.no
Twor Rivers Gallery: https://www.tworiversgallery.ca
FRQSC: Gouvernement du Québec - Fonds de recherche Societe et Culture
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