arcticurbanfest

проектная группа

2019

ARCTIC URBAN FEST
2019

Salekhard is the only city in the world located on the Arctic Circle, which is very important for understanding the identity of Yamal and neighboring regions - who we are and what land we live on.
The pilot project of the festival of new urban culture Arctic Urban Fest presented the first attempts to study the local mythology of the place and broadcast it in a new media language. Creating new tourist markers, territories and carefully studying the context with bright artistic gestures, the project prepared a powerful platform for an annual creative experiment and professional dialogue of government, business and active citizens who are not indifferent to the fate of the region.

Within the framework of the festival a public program was held aimed at professional interaction with the local community in order to form the foundations of the future anchor tourist event of a federal scale.

Master class of Vladimir Seleznev

The art object «Star Coregonus» by the artist Olga Lesnikova was implemented for the festival:
«The theme of the north has long attracted and inspired me. This land is full of miracles. It seems that space is getting closer here. The farther away from the equator, the stronger the cold breath of the universe is felt. Here, night and day last for six months, and solar winds enter into a dialogue with the magnetic poles of the Earth, which causes the sky to shine with unearthly light. But the main miracle of these places is people. They live here, despite the most difficult conditions, thanks to traditional fishing, fishing and reindeer husbandry.

The three most important symbols of Yamal: the rivers that permeate this land; Coregonus fish, one of the most famous in Yamal; the polar lights, followed by numerous tourists here in winter. These symbols served as inspiration and a starting point in the creation of the object "Star Coregonus go north".

Using the technology of kinetic facades, we tried to combine and rethink the themes of the elements of the Polar North - water, wind, the colors of northern lights, silver scales of fish.
The object is a composition of metal elements, the upper modules of which resemble floating fish in shape. The facades of these modules are covered with movable flake plates, which, when interacting with the wind, create the effect of flowing water. These same "flakes" are illuminated by dynamic light devices that turn them into shining stellar lights sailing north».