CEMS Symposium: The Arctic Impossibility of Art
Thursday, September 21, 6 p.m., Elvehjem 140
In 1596 two Dutch ships laden with trade goods left Amsterdam for Siberia, intending to navigate a Northeast Passage to China. They never arrived. The ships mistimed the winter ice; the vessels were soon trapped off the west coast of Nowa Zembla, deep within the Asian arctic. This is the beginning of a story told in a forthcoming book by the art historian Christopher Heuer, who is visiting UW-Madison to speak about works of art produced as the result of encounters with the arctic in the 16th century. Joining him are two artists from campus, Stephen Hilyard and Anders Zanichowsky, who are both making art in and about the arctic. Please join us for this symposium, which is generously co-sponsored by the department of German, Nordic and Slavic and Art History. Organized by Shira Brisman, Assistant Professor of Art History. Here is a link to the poster, if you would like to share it: https://uwmadison.box.com/s/yfzbnqmnjgadmg9wgknz1xzkcsbgmis8