Seminar: Glacial feelings

Saturday 23.08.25 13-17

“Glacial feelings” is a seminar that concludes James Webb’s exhibition “Slowly, slowly, and then all at once”.
In the seminar we want to take a closer look at the ongoing climate crisis, primarily through the lens of art and personal experience, but also with the cold, scientific facts known to us at the present time.
We ask how we can live with, and respond to, what is unfolding around us, while keeping hope alive.

Invited participants are Professor Jostein Bakke from the University of Bergen, artist Jana Winderen and South African art theorist Dr. Anthea Buys, in addition to artist James Webb and curator Sissel Lillebostad.

From Kabuso, you can see a sliver of Folgefonna, Norway’s southernmost glacier.
It is, like the other glaciers we know of, in the process of melting, and it is happening faster than we thought just a few years ago.

The exhibition has as its central element an installation that asks 151 questions directly to Folgefonna; the artist asks after what memories the glacier has, about its fears and the experience of transformation.
The questions are spoken in both Norwegian and English and broadcast into the room via three loudspeakers facing the glacier.
The glacier does not respond in any language that humans can understand, but in the silent pauses that follow each question, the audience can project their own thoughts and answers.

Practical information:
The seminar is free of charge, but we kindly ask you to collect your free ticket