apollonia entrusted the "Triste Arctique" project to the art critic Helen Hirsch, who has chosen to present the cultural and artistic world of the Sami people whose territory spans the frontiers of Finland, Norway, Sweden and Russia.

She carried out her work in residence with Geir Tore Holm, a Sami by origin but born in Tromso in 1966. He is an artist, an exhibition curator, writer, teacher and recently Head of project for the new Academy of Fine Art at Tromsø University College. Many of his projects reflect the question of the identity of the Sami minority, but not only. Being deeply concerned with the alarming ecological situation in the Arctic and the Barents Sea, the artist denounces the over-exploitation of natural resources in the region and reveals the nefarious impact on the quality of life of the local population.

This event will be prepared in parallel with the event "Art Critic in residence". Helen Hirsch  and Geir Tore Holm have been invited to take part in the Professional Master of Arts course on art criticism organized by the Art section of the Strasbourg Marc Bloch University. Students will be able to familiarise themselves with a little known and threatened culture and by meeting the art critic and the artist develop tools in order to write critical texts that will be included in the publication that follows the event . 

apollonia venue
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F - 67000 Strasbourg
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