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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2022-09-01
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| description | 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 show how Arke’s method of re-appropriating photographic material from colonial archives can be seen as an act of visual repatriation, of “working through” and reclaiming the repressed histories of indigenous Kalaallit women. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-65875e6468ef4e0fb98a562be03919692022-12-22T04:30:27ZnobScandinavian University Press/UniversitetsforlagetKunst og Kultur0023-54151504-30292022-09-011052-38710210.18261/kk.105.2.3Pia Arke and ‘Arctic Hysteria’: Visual Repatriation and the Problematics of a ‘Lost’ ArtworkStephanie von SpreterThis 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 show how Arke’s method of re-appropriating photographic material from colonial archives can be seen as an act of visual repatriation, of “working through” and reclaiming the repressed histories of indigenous Kalaallit women.http://www.idunn.no/doi/10.18261/kk.105.2.3Pia ArkeArctic hysteriavisual repatriationphotographysocial biographycolonial archive |
| spellingShingle | Stephanie von Spreter Pia Arke and ‘Arctic Hysteria’: Visual Repatriation and the Problematics of a ‘Lost’ Artwork Kunst og Kultur Pia Arke Arctic hysteria visual repatriation photography social biography colonial archive |
| title | Pia Arke and ‘Arctic Hysteria’: Visual Repatriation and the Problematics of a ‘Lost’ Artwork |
| title_full | Pia Arke and ‘Arctic Hysteria’: Visual Repatriation and the Problematics of a ‘Lost’ Artwork |
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| title_short | Pia Arke and ‘Arctic Hysteria’: Visual Repatriation and the Problematics of a ‘Lost’ Artwork |
| title_sort | pia arke and arctic hysteria visual repatriation and the problematics of a lost artwork |
| topic | Pia Arke Arctic hysteria visual repatriation photography social biography colonial archive |
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