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YELLOWKNIFE 2023

MUST team visited Yellowknife, Canada in June 2023.

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Informal Roads

Informal Roads: The Impact of Unofficial Transportation Routes on Remote Arctic Communities (Informal Roads), 2019–2023

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Frozen Commons

Frozen Commons: Change, Resilience and Sustainability in the Arctic (Frozen Commons), 2021–2026

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We promote convergence of diverse knowledge systems such as Arts, Science, Local and Indigenous Knowledge (ArtSLInK). It encompasses synchronous, equitable, co-productive engagement across the social and natural sciences, the arts and place-based local and Indigenous knowledge systems, each with their distinct modes of exploration and expression.

Our Projects

MUST

Measuring Urban Sustainability in Transition
2021–2026

Co-Designing Future Arctic Cities in the Anthropocene

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Frozen
Commons

2021–2026

Change, Resilience and Sustainability in the Arctic

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Informal
Roads

2019–2022

The Impact of Unofficial Transportation Routes on Remote Arctic Communities

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Collaborative projects

2020–2023

Building Socio-Ecological Resilience through Urban Green, Blue and White Space (SERUS)

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News

Getting to Know Local Plants Using Clay

Jul 16, 2024

Fairbanks, June 23, 2024 During the visit to Fairbanks, the MUST project team led by Vera Kuklina collaborated with Kelsey Aho, the Alaskan artist who...

Arctic StoryWorlds: Frozen Matters

Jun 6, 2024

Don't miss your chance to dive into the captivating world of the Arctic at the exhibition "Arctic StoryWorlds: Frozen Matters," open until June 8, 2024. If...

Frozen Matters in the Arctic

May 28, 2024

Today, 29 May 2024, we are excited to announce the opening of the exhibition "Arctic StoryWorlds: Frozen Matters" in Bodø, Norway. Еxhibition is an integral...

Exhibition and session at the Annual Meeting of the American Association of Geographers

May 20, 2024

Date: April 20, 2024 Place: Honolulu, Hawaii The Frozen Commons team members Vera Kuklina, Tatiana Degai, and Stanislav Saas Ksenofontov collaborated with...

In conjunction with the Arctic Congress 2024, we are excited to announce the “Arctic StoryWorlds: Frozen Matters” exhibition, which will take place from May 29th to June 8th at Siggerud Galleri, Bodø, Norway.

May 14, 2024

Mariia Kuklina. Traveling by UAZ over the ice on the Khövsgöl Lake, Mongolia. Photograph, digital C-Print, 42×59,4 cm, 2024. Dates: 29 May –8 June, 2024...

Frozen Commons expedition in Khövsgöl aimag, Mongolia

Mar 30, 2024

Dates: 16-26 March 2024 In March 2024 Frozen Commons team members organized knowledge sharing gathering with scholars, artists and knowledge holders in...

Exhibitions

We organize exhibitions all over the world, with scientists, photographers, and artists.

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Exhibition Arctic StoryWorlds: Frozen Matters

Figure. Exhibition opening. Photo by Mariia Kuklina CURATORSOlga Zaslavskaya // Vera Kuklina // Tatiana DegaiARTISTSAndrey Adukanov // Aryuna Bulutova // Liudmila Gileva // Tatiana Khelol // Galina Koryakina // Ikuru Kuwajima // Ekaterina Lazareva // Yulia Levykina //...

Arctic InfraScapes 2023

Arctic InfraScapes was a series of events during the ASSW 2023 including a science session, an exhibition, and a roundtable, where INFRA stands for infrastructures and the SCAPES refers to the multiple ways of convergence of Arts with diverse knowledge systems such as Scientific, Local and Indigenous Knowledge (ArtSLInK).

Latest Expeditions

Frozen Commons expedition in Khövsgöl aimag, Mongolia

by artslink.editor | Mar 30, 2024 | Expeditions, News

Dates: 16-26 March 2024 In March 2024 Frozen Commons team members organized knowledge sharing gathering with scholars, artists and knowledge holders in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, in collaboration with the Institute of Geography and Geoecology Mongolian Academy of Sciences...