2025_Local History in Motion. On Historical and Contemporary Photography


 Local History in Motion is programmed in collaboration between Pikene på Broen, the research group Worlding Northern Art (WONA) at UiT The Arctic University of Norway, and the Borderland Museum (Grenselandsmuseet).

Based on Morten Torgersrud's exhibition Virvel, the mini-seminar Local History in Motion opens up discussions on local history, landscape, archives, materiality, photography, and art.

Participants include: Morten Torgersrud, artist; Gry Andreassen, collections manager at Varanger Museum; Kjersti Solbakken, director at Bergen Kunsthall; Hanne Hammer Stien, professor of art history at UiT The Arctic University of Norway.