Arctic Technology by Christian Houge

Feb 13, 2011 1 comments

Photographer Christian Houge's Arctic Technology series offers a look at large-scale scientific installations on the Norwegian island of Svalbard, located between Greenland and the North Pole. The seclusion of the island results in its having the cleanest atmosphere in the world and being one of the best places to do astronomical, meteorological or climate research. Hence, the remote and pristine landscape is marked by installations of technological and scientific equipment.

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Since 2000, Christian Houge has been making large-scale panoramic images in this landscape, exploring the human presence in this bleak yet beautiful site. Making reference to art forms as diverse as traditional landscape painting, the photography of Bernd and Hilla Becher, and the Land Art of Walter De Maria and James Turrell, these images provoke a meditation on one’s place in the universe.

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Antenna Forest

ARCTIC TECHNOLOGY<br /><br />Year of origin 2000	//Sizes 66*200 or 100*300//<br />Technique: C-print on aluminium//<br />Limited edition of 7(+3) or 4(+1) artist copy

Winternight

Winternight

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Snowballs

Dawn

Sphere at Dawn

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Sunken Ship

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Seeing-Outlook

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Petrol Pump In Moonlight

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  1. haarp.

    eliminating our fiscal enemies one earthquake at a time.

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