Beyond the Talus: A ‘Stay Cool’ Collaboration
How a 2019 photograph of a Greenland glacier inspired a haiku and 20 musical compositions for the ‘Stay Cool’ ekphrastic exhibition in Australia.

How a 2019 photograph of a Greenland glacier inspired a haiku and 20 musical compositions for the ‘Stay Cool’ ekphrastic exhibition in Australia.

In 2021, I had my first photography exhibition – In my Backyard. It began as a personal project: an invitation to pay closer attention to my everyday surroundings and document the immediate neighbourhood of my new home in Greenland’s capital, Nuuk. However, as the work developed, I realised it had the potential to become something…

When I moved to Sisimiut back in 2021, one of the first people I met was Judith – one of the few other expats in town and a keen Mahjong player. I’ve always loved Mahjong (my brother and I had a card-based version of it when we were kids) but have had limited opportunities to…