Time and place: November 10 2026, 12:15–13:00, Auditorium 1 Geology building
During the winter of 2026–2027, Bergmark will work with snow researchers in Oslo and Finse as part of the REAL Kunst programme.
In her ongoing project Human Nature, Bergmark use digital weaving to create narrative tapestries that explore human impacts on changing landscapes: meadows are replaced by monocultures, ancient forests become clear-cuts, and the sea is exploited. At the same time, we become accustomed to these changes and begin to perceive them as normal—a phenomenon known as shifting baseline syndrome, or landscape amnesia.
Each tapestry in the series is rooted in a specific location in Scandinavia and draws on research conducted during residencies. During these residencies, Bergmark gathers biological, historical, and economic perspectives on each place and its landscape. She then weaves these stories and perspectives into large-scale tapestries that reveal how seemingly local changes are interconnected with global issues.
The collaboration with the SNOW research group will mark the beginning of a new artwork in the series, exploring snow and the future of winter landscapes.
You may read more about this REAL-kunst project here (in Norwegian): https://www.mn.uio.no/kurt/universitet/real-kunst/bergmark.html