Skaftfell welcomes visiting artist Karen Stentaford in a residency co-sponsored by Skaftfell and Ströndin Studio.  Karen is an artist and educator from Atlantic Canada, based within the greater territory of Mi’kma’ki. A specialist in large format photography and wet plate technique, Karen works in a variety of photographic-based media, exploring notions of place, belonging, and memory in her work. At Ströndin, Karen will be leading a 2.5-day workshop in collodion tintypes  under the title “The Original Instant.” The workshop coincides with the annual World Wet Plate Day, on May 7. For more information on the workshop, see @strondinstudio. Karen received an […]

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Olivia Louvel is a French-born British artist, composer and researcher whose work draws on voice, computer music and digital narrative. Her work is presented in the form of sound recordings, live performance, sound art installations and video art. Her practice is built upon a long-standing exploration of the voice, sung, or spoken, and its manipulation through digital technology as a compositional method. She is a PhD candidate at the University of Brighton, investigating the interplay of voice and sculpture, across the Sound Art and Fine Art departments. In 2020, she resounded an archival tape by British sculptor Barbara Hepworth, applying […]

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