Letters Sent from Heaven
Det nye Nasjonalmuseet
9 September, 12 – 3.30 pm
Seminar
In accompaniment to the event, Oslo Kunstforening will present a unique exhibition, displaying the photographs of Fujiko Nakaya’s father, Ukichiro Nakaya.
Letters Sent from Heaven is an exhibition of experimental Japanese physicist Ukichiro Nakaya's photographs of snow crystals and electrostatic discharges. This is the first time Ukichiro Nakaya's (1900-1962) work is presented in Europe in connection with the fog sculptures by his daughter. This is also the first time Ukichiro Nakaya’s work is presented in Norway.
As part of this, a seminar will be held at Mellomstasjonen as part of Ultima Academy. Invited speakers are artist and critic Kenjiro Okazaki, climate historians Peder Anker and Sverker Sörlin, curator and artistic director of Oslo Kunstforening Marianne Hultman and agriculturist and director of the Biodynamic Society in Oslo, Dag Blakkisrud.
Program
12:00-12:30 pm
Visit the roof terrace to see Fujiko Nakaya’s fog sculpture
12:40-12:50 pm
Welcome by Sabrina van der Ley, Dag Blakkisrud and Marianne Hultman Welcome by Statsbygg CEO Harald Vaagaasar Nikolaisen
12:50-13:10 pm
On Science, Art and Technology Fujiko Nakaya’s fog sculptures and the Pepsi Pavilion in Expo70, Osaka, Marianne Hultman
13:15-13:35 pm
The Outside (Environment) Within the Mind - Discovery of the Mind as Environment in Literature (and Art) Taking as Example the Lineage of Novelists/Scientists Souseki Natsume - Torahiko Terada - Ukichiro Nakaya, Kenjiro Okazakit, Kenjiro Okazaki
13:35-14:00 pm
Break
14:00-14:20 pm
A History of Norwegian Climate Politics, Peder Anker
14:25-14:45 pm
The Things that Make Us Scream – and Understand, Dag Blakkisrud
14:50-15:10 pm
The Political Aesthetics of Ice and Snow, Sverker Sörlin
15:15-15:45 pm
Panel discussion
The seminar is made in collaboration with the Biodynamic Society, Norway. The seminar will be held in English.
Ultima Academy is supported by Norwegian Society of Composers.
