Northern Exchange, Westfjords Iceland
7 – 11 August 2016
Three of the ASAD Network partners (the University of Highlands and Islands, Iceland Academy of the Arts and the University of Lapland) arranged a collaborative socially-engaged art workshop in Westfjords Iceland. Each institute had few of their students participate on the workshop and it was connected to simultaneously running in-service training for local school teachers.
The workshop was a part of larger Cold-war project ran by artists Roxane Permar and Susan Timmins. They explore the Cold War period by using a combination of approaches to re-imagine this period and ask how the presence of Cold War military installations impact on the population in both past and present. To get familiar with the topic, the group visited Bolafjall radar station, situated on the northernmost peak of the Westfjords district.
From a pedagogical perspective the project aimed to consider the potential for place-based art education to generate a sense of place and attachment. To learn more about the larger project, visit here.
Three of the ASAD Network partners (the University of Highlands and Islands, Iceland Academy of the Arts and the University of Lapland) arranged a collaborative socially-engaged art workshop in Westfjords Iceland. Each institute had few of their students participate on the workshop and it was connected to simultaneously running in-service training for local school teachers.
The workshop was a part of larger Cold-war project ran by artists Roxane Permar and Susan Timmins. They explore the Cold War period by using a combination of approaches to re-imagine this period and ask how the presence of Cold War military installations impact on the population in both past and present. To get familiar with the topic, the group visited Bolafjall radar station, situated on the northernmost peak of the Westfjords district.
From a pedagogical perspective the project aimed to consider the potential for place-based art education to generate a sense of place and attachment. To learn more about the larger project, visit here.
The team heading Westfjords
The in-service training with local school teachers
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Bolafjall Radar Station
Evening light over the town of Bolungarvik
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Building the dome in Isafjorthur
The breathtaking views and roads on the way
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