Prof Lise Autogena’s Foghorn Requiem holds Guinness World Record

A REQUIEM FOR THE FOGHORN, PERFORMED BY SEVENTY FIVE BRASS PLAYERS, A FOGHORN AND AN ARMADA OF SHIPS A project by Danish artist, Lise Autogena, in collaboration with Joshua Portway and composer Orlando Gough. Ships horns from an armada of vessels off-shore, seventy five brass players on-shore and the Souter Lighthouse Foghorn performed a Foghorn Requiem, an ambitious musical performance to mark the disappearance of the sound of the foghorn from the UK’s coastal landscape. Conducted and controlled from a distance, ships at sea sounded their horns to a musical score, that will took into account landscape and the physical distance of sound. The performance took place by Souter Light House by South Shields, UK with 8-10.000 spectators and more than 50 ships off-shore.

Foghorn Requiem, a landscape-interactive musical composition by artists Lise Autogena and Joshua Portway and composer Orlando Gough, has been selected for the Guinness World Records. It holds the record for Most ship horns in a piece of music. The piece was performed by three brass bands, 60 ships at sea and Souter Lighthouse Foghorn. The Guinness World Records entry reads: […]

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HavObservatoriet artwork by Lise Autogena and Joshua Portway launched at Vejle Klimapark, Denmar

HavObservatoriet

‘HavObservatoriet’ is a new artwork by Prof Lise Autogena and Joshua Portway for Vejle Klimapark. The artwork uses the latest forecasting data to create a visual representation of the predicted state of the ocean surrounding Denmark. It was launched on 31 October 2023 at Klimaparken, a major landscaping programme in the city of Vejle that prevents the city from flooding. […]

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Professor Lise Autogena to speak at The 2023 Arctic Circle Assembly in Reykjavik, Iceland

Arctic Circle Assembly 2023 Rekjavik

Professor Lise Autogena will speak at The 2023 Arctic Circle Assembly in Reykjavik, Iceland this month. The assembly takes place 19-21 October 2023 and is the largest annual gathering on the Arctic, attended by more than 2000 participants from over 60 countries. It is attended by heads of state, indigenous leadership and others from the growing international community of partners and […]

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‘Curating matters of care in the Arctic: what does knowledge co-creation look like for policymaking’ – Professor Lise Autogena to present at workshop with The European Commission’s Competence Centre on Participatory and Deliberative Democracy

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Professor Lise Autogena will present at the Curating matters of care in the Arctic: what does knowledge co-creation look like for policymaking workshop organised by the Competence Centre on Participatory and Deliberative Democracy on 26 May 2023, at the JRC in Ispra, Italy. Autogena will also present her online archive work Kuannersuit; Kvanefjeld: the mountain that became the epicentre for […]

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Professor Lise Autogena speaks at ‘Art, Community & Identities in the Arctic – Best Practices for Children, Young People & Families’ conference

Professor Lise Autogena speaks at ‘Art, Community & Identities in the Arctic – Best Practices for Children, Young People & Families’ conference at Ilisimatusarfik, University of Greenland (10- 11 May 2023). Lise Autogena, Professor of Cross-Disciplinary Art, Sheffield Hallam University, UK, and founder/director of Narsaq International Research Station: Speaking across the Sea – an art project of children’s participation in […]

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Professor Lise Autogena in panel discussion ‘Talking About Resource Use: Promoting Public Dialogue through Film & Research’

Professor Lise Autogena will participate in a panel discussion about resource use in Greenland and how film and research can add new perspectives to the public dialogue. The event has been organised by ARCTIC HUB as part of Nuuk International Film Festival. Following a special screening of Paninnguaq Lind Jensen and David Heilmann Ottossens film ‘White Paper’, the discussion will […]

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Professor Lise Autogena will speak at the ‘GREENLAND – DENMARK 1721-2021 Conference’ organised by Aalborg University, 9-11 June 2021

Professor Lise Autogena will speak at the ‘GREENLAND – DENMARK 1721-2021 Conference’ as part of the panel: ‘Denmark-Greenland mining after(lifes) and legacies’ organised by Aalborg University, 9-11 June 2021.   Community-based Research and the ‘afterlife’ of the Kuannersuit/Kvanefjeld Mine In the context of the possible ‘afterlife’ of the Kuannersuit/Kvanefjeld mine and a national election that suggests new approaches to development in […]

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Transmission: Lise Autogena and Jack Tan – Tuesday 28 January 2020

2020 TRANSMISSION AUTOGENA Lise - Jack Tan - Dog

TRANSMISSION 2020 Keywords are words or concepts of significance. Sometimes they are used as shortcuts to interpretation or expectation. Words (and concepts) have multiple and often contradictory meanings. They are not fixed, and there may be a struggle over their definitions. They change and flow or are blocked and fought over. They are employed, weaponised, or otherwise. This year Transmission […]

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