Arctic Imagination 2.34

NEW YORK COPENHAGEN STOCKHOLM OSLO NUUK

- a series of high-profiled talk events spanning four countries – and an ocean
- a series of videos and podcasts bringing the talks to a global audience
- a joint presentation of polar highlights from the archives of the five major libraries
- a commission for new works from internationally renowned authors and artists
- a website and a book presenting the new works and archive highlights

Royal Danish Library
New York Public Library
National Library of Norway
National Library of Sweden
Stockholm City Libraries
Central Library of Greenland

Arctic Imagination is an artistic brainstorm across the Atlantic about the disappering ice.

In just 100 years, the Arctic and the North Pole have been transformed from extremely dangerous, mysterious peripheral areas to regions, which, in the race against climate change, are now in need of our protection and sense of responsibility. In 2017 six major libraries will be focusing on this theme in Arctic Imagination – a series of events, readings and live conversations in New York, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Oslo and Nuuk. In a unique cooperation across the Atlantic Ocean, a wide range of artists and high-profile voices will contribute to an international brainstorm in this field. Along with the great historical arctic collections of the libraries as a point of departure and a source of inspiration, this project will take on the intellectual and artistic challenge that the Arctic constitutes.

The project was initiated by the Royal Danish Library and the New York Public Library and it is being implemented together with The National Library of Sweden, Stockholm City Libraries, The National Library of Norway, Central Library of Greenland and The Consulate General of Denmark in New York.