Pia Arke and ‘Arctic Hysteria’: Visual Repatriation and the Problematics of a ‘Lost’ Artwork

This article examines Pia Arke’s artistic practice that engages with the phenomenon of ‘Arctic hysteria’, which apparently gripped large parts of the female indigenous population in the Arctic during the early contact era. By focusing on the ‘lost’ photomontage Arctic Hysteria IV (1997), I aim to sh...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Stephanie von Spreter
Format: Article
Language:Norwegian Bokmål
Published: Scandinavian University Press/Universitetsforlaget 2022-09-01
Series:Kunst og Kultur
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Online Access:http://www.idunn.no/doi/10.18261/kk.105.2.3