This thesis reflects upon questions and issues related to the Kven culture in the context of contemporary arts. How to use the field of arts as a medium to revitalize and innovate the Kven culture of today.

This thesis discusses Neoliberalism, Empire and production-consumptions cycles in relation to how we value the environment and art. It goes on to discuss how they are reinforced by, or impact on contemporary arts practice and participation in the arts industry, using the Fluxus Movement as an example. Two art works are discussed from the perspective of the artist and put into the context of global ...

This text highlights our attitudes towards ways of living depending on specific materials and techniques. Exploring how my art practice in relation to the domestic, challenges the use of functional art within our own and other realities. In the hope that it will give me the answers to my own minute domestic issues.

In the thesis, I attempt to investigate uncertainty and change, seen through the concepts of tenderness or vulnerability. Using examples from movements and practices like Deep Adaptation and Deep Listening, I also link this perspective to my recent art practice during the MA studies at UIT through concrete projects, and methodolgies used.

Oppgaven handler om å gjøre UiT Campus, der det idag finnes parkeringsplasser, til et attraktivt sted man ønsker å være. Dette gjøres i min oppgave ved å fremheve og forsterke vannets kvaliteter gjennom hele året.