How can we connect the broader impacts of planetary climate change in the Arctic to the more localized struggles, such as those faced by the Sámi people against the encroachment of green colonialism? Nordnorsk kunstmuseum, Stormen kunst/dájdda and Artica Svalbard are pleased to present ØYFJELLET: From the Frontline of Land Rights in Sápmi, a new exhibition by the research agency INTERPRT and the project group CLIMATE RIGHTS. Featuring maps, video, legal evidence, and an interactive 3D model, the exhibition traces the South Sámi reindeer herding community’s ongoing ght against Øyfjellet Wind, both in court and in the broader context of land rights struggles.
INTERPRT is an interdisciplinary research agency committed to pursuing environmental justice through spatial and visual investigations. Led by Nabil Ahmed, founder and co-director, and Olga Lucko, co-director, INTERPRT uses architectural research, remote sensing, and publicly available data to produce evidence les for legal cases, advocacy videos, and exhibitions. In 2023, Ahmed and Lucko participated in a residency at Artica Svalbard, nominated by Nordnorsk Kunstmuseum, which laid the foundation for this exhibition.
CLIMATE RIGHTS (CR) aims to strengthen the ght for climate justice by examining evidence and methods of evidence presentation in climate cases. By combining elds such as architecture, environmental design, GIS, artistic research, and international law, the project seeks to develop methods to document and visualize environmental and climate damage. Through a series of investigations, online platforms, and exhibitions both inside and beyond the courtroom, the project’s interdisciplinary team will use a novel combination of visual and spatial analysis, eldwork, close cooperation with impacted communities, attribution studies, and digital media are reshaping the way scientic evidence and ecological knowledge of environmental destruction are produced, represented, and contested in legal contexts and in public debates. CLIMATE RIGHTS is funded by the Norwegian Research Council and based at the Trondheim Academy of Fine Art (KIT) at NTNU. Supported by Nordnorsk kunstmuseum, Artica Svalbard and Bodø 2024.
