2010 Arctic Expedition
9 September - 1 October 2010
Svalbard and Spitsbergen
Sailing north of the 80th parallel
In September 2010 Cape Farewell began its 9th Art & Science expedition to the Arctic. For 22 days the crew of 20 voyagers sailed around Svalbard and Spitsbergen on the Noorderlicht, sailing north of the 80th parallel to the ice edge from Spitsbergen and east towards Russia.
5 marine scientists and 10 artists from around the world – writers, musicians, visual artists, directors and architects – sailed from Longyearbyen around the north-east coast of Spitsbergen in the Norwegian Arctic to encounter the magnificence of this extreme and threatened environment and engage with the scientific research being conducted on board.
The crew included Paul Miller AKA DJ Spooky (musician, DJ & writer, USA), Deborah Warner (theatre & opera director, UK), Nick Drake (poet, novelist & playwright, UK) Matthew Clark (digital artist/ Creative Director of UVA, UK), Ruth Little (dramaturg & writer, UK), Mikhail Durnenkov (playwright, Russia), Cynthia Hopkins (performance & music artist, USA), Leonid Tishkov (visual artist, Russia), Iris Haeussler (visual artist, Canada), Marina Moskvina (novelist, Russia), Beth Kapusta (writer & architecture critic, Canada), Daria Parkhomenko (Director of Laboratoria Art & Science Space, Russia), Kevin Buckland (Arts Ambassador/ 350.org, Spain), Bob Davies (architect, Canada), David Buckland (artist, Cape Farewell expedition leader) and others.
Follow their journey in the expedition blog - with daily posts, images and video reports.
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Onwards: High Arctic Exhibition at the National Maritime Museum | July 2011 - January 2012
Opening on 14 July 2011 High Arctic, the new digital exhibition at the National Maritime Museum (NMM) is the creative response of Matt Clark to his experience of the Arctic, his personal narrative, inviting us to reflect on the environment and the impact of our behaviour on the natural world. Matt and the UVA team are working with both the NMM's and Cape Farewell’s extensive archives and experience to develop an digital installation for the NMM’s forthcoming Special Exhibitions Gallery. The exhibition, titled High Arctic, will launch as the first temporary show in the Museum's new Sammy Ofer Wing.
Alongside the exhibition Cape Farewell and the National Maritime Museum are running a nationwide competition for young people aged 7 - 16, encouraging investigation and reflection on environmental issues and the creation of an artistic response.
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Follow the ongoing inquiry of ADRIFT. This time will Cape Farewell’s poet in residence, Tom Chivers, walk with us through London. Find out more ›
Creative Time Reports
Cape Farewell is contributing monthly a short film to Creative Time Reports; a dynamic multimedia website featuring artists around the world actively engaging in and commenting on the most pressing issues of our time.
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