On tour: I love Seagulls!
This exhibition takes place at Terminal B in Kirkenes
What is it about?
Open Monday - Friday, 10am - 4pm
Saturdays 10am - 3pm
Pikene på Broen / Terminal B
Dr. Wessels gate 14, Girkonjárgi/Kirkenes
Free admission
In 2016, Tromsø Kunstforening received an unexpected visitor when the black-legged kittiwake – a highly endangered seagull species – began nesting on the façade of our building. Kittiwakes have traditionally built their homes on steep cliffs facing the sea, but are now seeking shelter in human-populated areas. Bird cliffs along the coast are no longer just dying out – they have turned completely silent.
Birds have always been messengers. They signal weather, fish and danger. When the kitiwake settles in the city, it carries a warning of an ecosystem out of balance. It chooses the city because our actions have made the cliffs unlivable.
The artworks you encounter in this exhibition invites you to dwell on this warning. They show the dirt on the pavement, but also the beauty of a nest made of seaweed and plastic. They ask us to listen before we act, to wonder before we judge. They dream of a future where coexistence is a given, or remind us that we once had a tradition of living together. The exhibition brings together poetic, practical and long-term perspectives on our shared future, from an interdisciplinary gathering of artists, environmentalists and seabird researchers.
Design: Joachim Bartsch, a r c