SENSING PEAT
Art & Research Network ~ from the Venice Agreement
Protecting peatlands through networks, research and exchange.
The Sensing Peat art and research network involves local and global artists, activists, groups and initiatives who see themselves as guardians of their peatlands and the ecological, social, political and cultural values associated with them.
LATEST NEWS
Down in the Bog: Hibernation
Group exhibition with Ingrid Bjørnaali, Fabian Lanzmaier & Maria Simmons, Ensayos, Geir Tore Holm, Søssa Jørgensen, Concordia Klar, Enn Kärmas & Villu Järmut, Kristina Norman, Randi Nygård and Laura Põld, among others, at Tromsø Kunstforening from March 22-May 5, 2024, curated by Karolin Tampere.
PEAToresk: Artistic Perspectives on the Drained Peatland Meadows Near Greifswald
On the occasion of the 250th birthday of Caspar David Friedrich and the 25th anniversary of the Michael Succow Foundation in Greifswald, we are offering four artistic workshops with artists Juliane Tübke & Alison Darby, Siljarosa Schletterer, as well as Lene Schwarz and Anett Simon from May 25 to September 8, 2024.
ṵo°rǵ. Word of Peatlands by Jasmina Al-Qaisi
Jasmina Al-Qaisi's work is intended as an intervention into the language in which peatlands are usually described. She curiously asks: "Can one read, taste and be with an ṵo°rǵ ?" After spending 80 hours on the island of Koos and speaking to numerous scientist, she is producing a soundscape that will be published on April 30, 2024.