Ranis to Participate in Arctic Circle Assembly

Associate Professor of Art Marek Ranis will present his research at the 2016 Arctic Circle Assembly, to be held in Reykjavik, Iceland, October 7-9. Ranis will participate in the session, At the Center of Periphery: Social Justice and Social Action in the Arctic. The Arctic Circle Assembly is the largest international gathering on the Arctic, bringing together governments, universities, think tanks, corporations, indigenous communities, and other organizations to address challenges facing the Arctic.

For more than a decade, Ranis has created a diverse body of work informed by a global investigation into climate change, conducting research during residencies in Iceland, Greenland, and Alaska. His current project, Arctic Utopia, is a collaborative project with the Alaskan poet Joan Naviyuk Kane that includes a multimedia installation, a film, and a play. The film, Like Shishmaref, is part of an international exhibition at the Anchorage Museum in Anchorage, Alaska, called View From Up Here: The Arctic at the Center of the World. Learn more on his website.

Ranis will speak about his work at a screening of Like Shishmaref on August 31 at the Mint Museum Uptown.