Lofoten International Art Festival's 'Disappearing Acts' Explores Apocalyptic Themes in Arctic Setting

In October 2015, Svolvær, Norway, hosted the eighth Lofoten International Art Festival, featuring an exhibition titled 'Disappearing Acts,' curated by Matt Packer and Arne Skaug Olsen. This event took place in a repurposed hardware store and showcased the works of 22 artists who explored themes of survivalism, futurology, and reactions to environmental degradation. Among the highlights were Tue Greenfort's 'Flambant Neuf' (2010), which presented a film on fire-building, and Anna Ådahl's 'Impossible Image' (2015), merging projections with sculpture. Elizabeth Price's 'West Hinder' (2012) critiqued our fixation on technology, while Katja Novitskova's 'Pattern Activation (Loki's Castle)' (2015) displayed kinetic sculptures. Additionally, works by Elizabeth Nolan and Jon Benjamin Tallerås were featured, along with Juha Pekka Matias Laakkonen's 'Visitation Rights' (2015), which included a pine resin piece made during a camping trip.