Vil X vite hva snø er? Hvordan kan X tilpasse seg klimaendringer og andre kritiske økologiske trender? Kan fiksjon hjelpe oss med å oppfinne vår egen biosfæriske historie, og Xs historie i 2070?

Med utgangspunkt i bidrag fra et nettverk av kunstnere, forskere og ungdom har hello X-laboratoriet skapt en mixed-reality salong til Festspillene i Nord-Norge der publikum kan stikke innom og bli så lenge de vil.

Ice-9 was founded in 2014 by artists Christine Cynn & Valentin Manz. Christine is a film director/producer and conceptual artist who has been playing with documentary/fiction hybrids since 1996 (including co-direction of The Act of Killing). Valentin Manz has been creating interactive environments, sculptures, and visual art since 1990. He specializes in process-based art, created within communities in dialogue with local stories and landscapes. Ice-9 is based in Tromsø, Northern Norway.

Ice-9's mission is to build experimental spaces for productive play with stories. These spaces are online, on the street, in classrooms and museums. Our strategy is improvisational, collaborative, and networked. Our process creates positive feedback loops between science, art, and education, supporting a transition towards a knowledge-based circular economy in an inclusive, just, and democratic global society.

Productive storyplay means serious fun — serious because we tackle scary real-world scenarios, and fun because we learn to collectively channel fears, doubts, even rage, into stories that ultimately nurture love for X and her unborn generation.

For en full oversikt over hello X kunstnere og forskere, se https://hellox.me/about/

X50 er støttet av  KORO og produsert i samarbeid med Tromsø kommune

hello X partnere:

• Tromsø Kommune
• Nordnorsk Kunstmuseum
• Fram - the High North Research Centre for Climate and the Environment with it’s flagships:
  • Sea ice in the Arctic Ocean, technology and agreements
  • Effects of climate change on sea and coastal ecology
  • Effects of climate change on terrestrial ecosystems, landscapes, society and indigenous peoples