From the Cold Edge: Creative Meditations on Svalbard and The Arctic Circle Residency

Amos Eno Gallery, a non-profit, artist-run gallery in Bushwick, Brooklyn, is pleased to present From the Cold Edge: Creative Meditations on Svalbard and The Arctic Circle Residency, a group exhibition curated by Candace Jensen, Jacinda Russell, and Hester Blum.

From the Cold Edge is an international curatorial project that will feature 23 artists, writers, and their collaborators from over 6 countries, representing a diverse reflection on their shared experience in Svalbard during The Arctic Circle Residency in October 2022. The exhibition includes manifold responses to the unique ecosystem and cultural significance of the Svalbard archipelago; the complex realities of survival, residency & tourism there; and the mythic significance of the Polar North in its symbolism and beauty. The work grapples with questions about belonging, climate change, temporality, human impact on the land, and the privilege of stepping foot in such a remarkable place.

Media in From the Cold Edge spans lyrical writing and poetry, data-collection and aggregation, sound recording, performance, and work from a broad spectrum of visual media such as painting, multi-channel video, photography and sculpture. Due to challenges of scale, temperature, and adapting practices to being nearly off-grid for 2 weeks aboard the tallship Antigua, much of this work was completed and refined in the 2 years since the Arctic voyage. The show does, however, include artifacts of the creative process as it happened at 80º North, including paintings, glacial rubbings, film photography, and a few lithic mementos, to name a few.

Notably, this exhibition also presents a partial preview of the curatorial selection made for a special issue of the peer-reviewed environmental humanities journal Regeneration: Environment, Art, Culture titled "On the Cold Edge" (forthcoming 2025). Preparation for the special issue served as inspiration for the curatorial team to organize From the Cold Edge at Amos Eno Gallery.

List of artists and writers to be included in the exhibition:
- Joan Albaugh
- Leonor Anthony
- Ashlin Aronin (in collaboration with Morgan Rosskopf)
- Hester Blum
- Sergei Chernikov
- Dianne Chisholm
- Harley Cowan
- Jessica Creane
- Sarah Gerats
- Laurie Glover
- Brian House
- Candace Jensen
- Hannah Larrabee
- Greg Lecker
- Andrea Legge
- Felicia LeRoy
- Jia-Jen Lin
- Alexandra Lockhart
- Zoriça Kelly Markovich
- Alejandro Marra Mejía
- Terhi Nieminen
- Jacinda Russell
- Paula S?iuk