Symposium – Extraction and Aesthetics: Pasts, Currents, Futures

scheduleFredag 13. september 10:00–17:30

The symposium ‘Extraction and Aesthetics: Pasts, Currents, Futures’ explores the connections between extraction and aesthetics, with lectures and exhibitions highlighting how landscapes are transformed by mining and industrial activities.

Symposiet på museet på fredag 13. september er et fagseminar som foregår på engelsk, og er åpent for alle interesserte, men krever påmelding til ingrid.halland@ikos.uio.no

Welcome to the symposium «Extraction and Aesthetics: Pasts, Currents, Futures» at the
Jøssingfjord Science Museum, 13 – 14 September. The symposium is organized by the
research project “How Norway Made the World Whiter” (NorWhite) in collaboration with
Velferden Center for Contemporary Art.

The symposium is organized in connection to the research exhibition ‘Campaign!’ at
Jøssingfjord Science Museum and the research exhibition ‘Hidden Stone’ at Velferden.

Friday 13. September 2024

Symposium day 1 at Jøssingfjord Science Museum. The symposium will be live-streamed.

Zoom- link: https://uib.zoom.us/j/68140536535?pwd=clbVUyB3kXfLu9xPCP9Y7TBvWynkin.1
Meeting ID: 681 4053 6535
Password: 91p7VKAw

10:00Welcome by Ingrid Halland
10:15Introduction by Tonje Haugland Sørensen, PhD, Senior Researcher in
the NorWhite project, the University of Bergen
11:00 – 11:45Speaker 1: Karen Pinkus, professor at Cornell University, US, author
of the book Subsurface (University of Minnesota Press, 2023) and
Fuel: A Speculative Dictionary (University of Minnesota Press, 2016)
12:00 – 13:00Lunch at Jøssingfjord Science Museum
13:00 – 13:45Speaker 2: Siobhan Angus, historian and curator and author of the
book Camera Geologica: An Elemental History of Photography (Duke
University Press, 2024)
14:00 – 14:45Speaker 3: Patrick Anthony, Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellow at
Uppsala universitet, Sweden, author of the forthcoming book
Unearthed: Science and Environment Across Mineral Frontiers
15:00 – 16:00Coffee, fruits, snacks, and guided tour in the exhibition “Campaign!” by Ingrid Halland
16:00 – 16:30Speaker 4: Velferden – Senter for Contemporary Arts, by Maiken Stene
and Hans Edward Hammons
16:30 – 17:15Speaker 5: Stephanie O’ Rourke, Senior Lecturer in art history at
University of St Andrews, Scotland, author of Picturing Landscape in
an Age of Extraction
(University of Chicago Press, forthcoming 2024)
17:30 – 18:30Break
18:30Dinner at Jøssingfjord Science Museum (for invited guests)

Saturday 14. September 2024

Symposium day 2 at Velferden Center for Contemporary Art

11.30 – 11:45Introduction to the exhibition ‘Hidden Stone’ by Marte Johnslien
11:45 – 12:30Lunch at Velferden
12:30 – 13:30Artists talks by participants at SANDSKOLEN (‘The Sandschool’): Siri
Austeen, Stefan Schröder, Agnes Mohlin, Naomi Fisher, Maiken Stene and
Hans Edward Hammonds
13:30 – 16:00Workshop in groups with field walks
16:00Bus departure from Velferden to Stavanger (reserve a seat by contacting us)
18:00Arrival in Stavanger

Beliggenhet

Kart som viser hvor Jøssingfjord Vitenmuseum er.
JV

Jøssingfjord Vitenmuseum

Åna-Sira-veien 665, 4380 Hauge i Dalane

Jøssingfjord i Sokndal kommune. Avkjørsel fra fylkesvei 44 i bunnen av dalen.