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Five Months Back
We are now in August. This is the sixth month since I returned to US. What is it like? Strange. Both my country of origin and myself have changed in the years I’ve been on Svalbard. I don’t feel like I’m part of this culture, and there are many parts of what this culture has […]
In a Minute There is Time
A few days ago the date changed from 2024 to 2025. All my responsibilities are done here. There are moments when I feel I should just go, and yet months ago I intentionally gave myself this extra space. We live in an age when it’s expected that it will be just one damn thing after […]
Cyanotypes + Color Film Negatives
One of the many things I love about cyanotypes is their flexibility. I was talking about how to make cyanotypes with a friend and one of the questions she asked was, “Can you make cyanotypes from color film negatives?” I had no answer. Before she went off to work in Antarctica for a few months […]
An Ending
Today I dropped off my last artist at the airport. Next Saturday, 30 November, my contract as director of the Spitsbergen Artists Center and Residency will end. I didn’t come to Svalbard intending to run artists studios, a craft center, exhibition spaces, and an artists residency. That was not the plan. This came from a […]