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Contribution short abstract:

Wait and Hear is a group of artists and an anthropologist that has worked during a two-week "Field Notes" research period in the North of Finland. We bring together our methodologies and methods of deep listening and attuning to Anything Organism(s).

Contribution long abstract:

The Wait and Hear project explored ways of listening and attuning during a two-week "Field Notes" research period in the North of Finland. It extends an invitation to encounter, experience, and comment on Kilpisjärvi – the region, the lake, the settlement, the living – which the group refers to as Organisms. Through this exploration, a manifold of consequences and influences of human intervention, their diffusion, and their interrelations becomes starkly noticeable.

As the group spends time in the field and critically analyzes their surroundings, themselves, and their interrelation with the various forms in which Kilpisjärvi presents itself, they will try to resist the urge to engage immediately for as long as possible. Instead, they will gather on fells to listen to the wind, stones, and water.

The group participants include social anthropologist Alicja Staniszewska, artist-researcher Bartaku, social designer, researcher, and writer Jan Christian Schulz, artist Joshua Le Gallienne, and multidisciplinary artist Mari Mäkiö. The group is hosted by Till Boverman.