Welcome to a full-day event at Bildmuseet focused on forest research. Join us for a packed program featuring film screenings, panel discussions, and presentations offering various perspectives on the field of forest research.
Free admission, with lunch and coffee provided throughout the day.
Limited seating, the event will be held in English.
Pre-registration is required: https://forms.office.com/e/kTPda3KPJS
Registration deadline: Monday, October 28
Programme
9:00 Gather in Bildmuseet reception. Lockers for coats and large bags on level 0.
9:15 – 9:45 Exhibition Walk of Eight Degrees/Contemporary Art on the Forest, with museum curator Sofia Johansson
9:45 – 10:00 Welcome by Ele Carpenter and Luis Berríos-Negrón
10:00 – 10:45 Screening & conversation with Eva la Cour
10:45 – 11.00 Coffee, tea
11:00 – 12. 00 TBA
12.00 – 13.00 Lunch at Bygden
13:00 TBA
14:00 TBA
14.45 – 15.00 Coffee, tea and fika at Bygden
15:00 – 16.30 TBA
This forest symposium is organized alongside the exhibition Eight Degrees / Contemporary Art on the Forest in collaboration with UmArts. The participating researchers are part of Geopolitics of the Forest, a group of scholars at UmArts who study the forest from different disciplinary perspectives. The day’s moderator and organizer is Luis Berríos-Negrón, Senior Lecturer at the School of Architecture and a Research Fellow at UmArts' research center for architecture, design, and art at Umeå University.
Image: Visual annotation, Svalbard, 2024, photo: Eva la Cour.
