This symposium, hosted by Reykjavík Art Museum, will be a closing event for Bryndís Snæbjörnsdóttir and Mark Wilson’s award-winning project,
Visitations: Polar Bears Out of Place (2019-22). As special guests of the artists, and contributors to the new Snæbjörnsdóttir/Wilson monograph, Debatable Lands, artists Mark Dion (US) and Terike Haapoja (US/Finland) will discuss their own work. Along with Bryndís and Mark, they reflect on shared and disparate themes and approaches to art and the environment. Key themes will be what all four artists see as art’s capacity for mischievous disruption and serious catalytic effect in times of crisis – furthermore, art’s unlimited potential in sparking dynamic connections across other disciplines and fields – in science, museums, academia, popular culture and media.