Final presentation – Tromsø Kunstforening
The final presentation in Tromsø Kunstforening comprises a body of work that can be grouped into 4 sections – as outlined on the floor plan. These groups are collections of individual works that are related. The following is a list of those groups of works.
1 – Archive of Uncertainties is a group of works: a series of 14 photograms: Imperial Cabinet Card on MacBook Pro and 4 archive boxes: Orsugiaq, Kryolith, Mine- og Handels-Selskabet, The Fidgety Ones Were Here, and Polar Bear and Pick Axes.
2 – Blueprints: Cryolite Deposits (1857-2020), Limits of Movement for Women under Greenlandic Law (1934), Payload on Fire (1929).
3 – Polarizer is a large sculpture, which is part of the video installation Half Hidden.
4 – Half Hidden is a two channel video installation, incl. epoxy puddles, subtitles on LED panel, a robot mop and the large sculpture Polarizer.
On this page documentation of the video installation Half Hidden is included in the form of a two screen compilation of the work, and two recordings of the videos installed in Tromsø Kunstforening – one cycle with subtitles in English and one with subtitles in Greenlandic (they alternate: two English cycles and one Greenlandic pr hour).
The exhibition handout is available as a pdf.
archive of uncertainties
plywood, epoxy, LCD screens, cables, 14 photograms, 4 archive boxes. Dimensions: 500 x 100 x 130 cm
imperial cabinet card on macbook pro
Series of 14 photograms. Photographic exposure by LCD screen on Fujicolor DP2 Lustre paper. Dimensions: 33,1 x 20,8 cm
orsugiaq
Seawhite archival box w. pillow and cryolite, water spray. Dimensions: 35 x 25 x 25 cm
Kryolith, Mine- og handels-Selskabet
Seawhite archival box w. cast of 3d-printed replica of brass sign from Ivittuut auctioned on lauritz.com. Dimensions: 35 x 25 x 25 cm
the fidgety ones were here
Seawhite archival box w. polarising thin films and traces of Nakasuk's account of stone spirits. Dimensions: 50 x 25 x 40 cm
polar bear and pick axes
Seawhite archival box w. hole and first Greenlandic currency by Kryolith, Mine- og handels- Selskabet, purchased on Ebay, USA. Dimensions: 35 x 25 x 115 cm
blue prints
cryolite deposits (1857-2020)
cyanotype on 160 gr. seawhite. Dimensions: 594 x 841 mm, folded to fit A3
limits of movement for women under greenlandic law (1934)
cyanotype on 160 gr. seawhite. Dimensions: 594 x 841 mm, folded to fit A3
payload on fire (1929)
cyanotype on 160 gr. seawhite. Dimensions: 594 x 841 mm, folded to fit A3
polarizer
reclaimed hand carved wooden beams, bespoke steel brackets, sheets of acrylic, polarising filtre. Dimensions: 4 x 6 x 2 m
half hidden (the video installation)
2 channel video installation. Duration: 18 min on loop. Epoxy, LED panel w subtitles in English and Greenlandic, robot mop.