Sketches of North is a multi-disciplinary project consisting of video art, experimental film, electroacoustic music and contemporary dance. The project was first shown as a five room video installation in K.H. Renlund Art Museum in Kokkola in 2023 and as a three-screen installation in Muu Contemporary Art Centre in Helsinki in 2023. The next chapter in 2024 is a live performance at WHS Theatre, Helsinki with Nadja Pärssinen (dance), Heikki Lindgren (jouhikko) and Heli Hartikainen (saxophone) as well as the screening of the film version of Sketches of North (TBA).

The project addresses the inevitable changes brought by climate change through political, philosophical, and economic lenses.

The partially abstract and hypnotic videos offer space for subjective interpretations and challenge the viewer to contemplate the repercussions of their actions on the earth’s biodiversity.

Can the hedonistic pursuit of pleasure and profit coexist with respecting nature and preserving diversity?

Sketches Of NOrTH Working Group:

Thank-you
The Arts Promotion Centre Finland (Taike)
The Promotion Centre For Audiovisual Culture (AVEK)
The Finnish Cultural Foundation
Nordea Senaatintori
Metsähallitus