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Spirit of ‘North’ vol.10: Sensing Faint Resonances

Rovaniemi Art Museum, Rovaniemi, Finland
21 Sep. 2019 ~ 26 Jan. 2020

“Is there a shared spirituality amongst groups of people who live in northern regions of the globe, outside of race and nationality?”

With this question as the driving force, art project Spirit of ‘North’ has continued to explore the spirituality of northern peoples by creating a platform for artists from Tohoku (the northern region of Japan including Fukushima) and from other northern regions of the world to interact with each other and exchange ideas. The 10th project started at Rovaniemi Art Museum in Lapland region, Finland, that region is closely related to this project.

We are certain it will allow us to deepen our connection and understanding of each other as fellow northerners. Lapland, with its similarities to Tohoku, makes it a perfect site for this exhibition to reflect on the project’s journey thus far. Getting immersed in the land and the community of Lapland, we hope to deeply contemeplate northern spirituality and our northerner identity.

It will hold performance and artist talk events in November 2019 and January 2020.

【Exhibition Period】

 21 September 2019 ~ 26 January 2020

【Venue】
Rovaniemi Art Museum (Korundi House of Culture: Lapinkävijäntie 4, 96100 Rovaniemi, Finland)

【Organiser】
Rovaniemi Art Museum
Spirit of “North” Executive Committee

【Sponsor & Cooperation】
Pola Art FoundationThe Asahi Shimbun Foundation
Japan Foundation
Wihuri Foundation
Laplands Culture Foundation
Fukushima Museum

【Artist】
Japan //
MARUYAMA Yoshiko（Curator of the exhibition）
ISHIKURA Toshiaki
NAKATSUGAWA Hiroaki
MARUYAMA Tokio
CHIBA Naoko

Finland //
Helena JUNTTILA（Curator of the exhibition）
Mia HAMARI
Jukka TARKIAINEN
Titta COURT
Auri AHOLA

Sweden //
Amanda BILLBERG

 

      

     

 

2019.10.13