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This body of work consists of a short film, video article, journal article, and a photographic exhibit, created as a result of ArsBioArctica art&science residency at the Biological Station of the University of Helsinki, Kilpisjärvi, Finland. It approaches the Arctic climate crisis from two interrelated perspectives: methods for permafrost thaw mitigation and the human-reindeer relationship. The short film City Reindeer approaches the climate crisis as a relationship problem. The film consists of a series of interspecies picnics that aim to begin restoring relationships with the nonhuman, starting with our relative, the Reindeer. It considers the picnic as an interface between culture and nature and food as our closest connection to the land and other beings. Both the imaginary and real encounters with the Reindeer are considered necessary embodied and contemplative practices for humans. |