We Circle in Darkness, Consumed by Light
with Ellen Vikström, Elina Waage Mikalsen, Magnus Holmen, Anne Lindgaard Møller, Vanda Carter and others.
What is it about?
The sun touches silver and mutates its skin, fire consumes and burns, its fuel becoming light, the body grows, nature and spirit return in cycles. Life becomes death becomes life again.
In collaboration with Polar Film Lab, Tromsø Kunstforening opens its annual festival exhibition celebrating artists' moving image. We Circle in Darkness, Consumed by Light presents analogue film as an alchemical force, capturing the world onto a silver skin, transforming it into an image; a projection and reflection of our personal, social and political desire. As a local collective, Polar Film Lab builds community and knowledge around analogue film practices as an artform. The exhibition will include new works from Tromsø-based artists, in addition to works by international artists, spanning everything from image, to projections to expanded cinema and performance, exploring circular narratives and our attraction to light.
As part of Tromsø International Film Festival, the exhibition will open on Friday, 17th 18:00-21:00. Please join us for refreshments!
Film still of Peggy, Margaret Salmon; Poster designed by a r c; Installation images by Mihály Stefanovicz
