Spitsbergen is located in the extreme north. Simultaneously far from everywhere, while nearly equidistant from historical adversaries, Spitsbergen hosts an ecclectic mixture of commercial and governmental representatives. The island has been home to mining operations, scientific research, as well as military and counter-intelligence gathering missions.
Presented here is the work of three artists: Signe Lidén (Norway), Annesofie Norn (Denmark), and Steve Rowell (USA) who visited Spitsbergen in 2011. They returned with a mixture of unaltered historical documents and invented “future artifacts”. The artifacts presented are in some cases ponderous meditations on the complexity of the place and in others, snapshots with clues that there is much to be seen beyond the edge of the frame. They arrive to us with incomplete references and little explanation, much like the island itself. The Center for PostNatural History provides it for your consideration.