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The Box by Gregor Sailer
The Box was the unofficial name given to small scale secret Soviet facilities such as design bureaux for weapons, aircraft, space and military electronics. These functioned much like Closed Cities, but were typically only around the size of a factory. The name box was usually classified, as were the activities undertaken there. The definate location selected for this project is the secret “Messerschmitt-halle” in the now-disused mines of Schwaz (Tyrol). This secret underground factory for the production of the infamous aircraft was constructed during World War II within the existing infrastructure of the 15th Century silver mines. Hundreds of slave labourers had to work there under horrible conditions in order to successfully produce the world’s first operational jet-powered fighter aircraft. The area is situated about 2000 metres underground in absolute darkness and (nowadays) without the service of any infrastructure. The proposed illumination of these huge caverns is a fundamental requirement in revealing the architecture of this semi-legendary space and in doing so, exploring the visual and emotional impact of one such historically-significant Box.
The photographs on the surface describe the location where the former forced labor camp constructed for the “Messerschmitthalle” has been situated. Later the French occupying forces used the camp as detention center for National Socialists and named it “Oradour”. Today nothing is reminiscent of this place.
The Polar Silk Road by Gregor Sailer
Temperatures up to 55 degree Celsius below zero, military restriction zones, extensive research, and the unpredictability of the Arctic made this project with the analog view camera an enormous challenge. The Polar Silk Road deals with the economic exploitation of the Arctic regions and the territorial claims of the respective neighboring states. The associated consequences are geopolitical tensions as well as the expansion of military structures and research stations, which Sailer highlights in his project.
Unseen Places by Gregor Sailer
The artist is interested in the structural transformation of landscape and the complex political, military and economic implications of architecture. This leads him to remote, inhospitable parts of the world, Potemkin villages and places that only a few people can reach. Sailer's photos are deserted, the buildings in them often look like sculptures. Whether climate change, political conflicts or an exaggerated need for security - Sailer's pictures reveal the dynamics that lead to the existence of these places. KUNST HAUS WIEN is devoting its first major exhibition in Austria to Gregor Sailer. The Tyrolean photo artist, born in 1980, has received numerous awards, his photos have been shown in numerous publications and exhibitions and are represented in public and private collections.
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Arctic Frontiers Science conference is traditionally international and multidisciplinary, bringing together social sciences, humanities, physical and life sciences. The Arctic Frontiers Science is focusing on both fundamental and solution-oriented research with strong impact, which addresses growing societal challenges and needs in the Arctic region.
For 2023, we have seven interdisciplinary science sessions taking place, in Tromsø and digitally. These are:
- Session 1: Occupational health and safety in the Arctic (Tiina Ikaheimo and Anje Höper, University in Tromsø)
- Session 2: City transformation by and for citizens using digital technologies and visualisation (Sobah Abbas Petersen and Alenka Temeljotov-Salaj, NTNU and SINTEF)
- Session 3: Modelling and monitoring challenges to maritime safety in a changing Arctic (William Copeland and Penelope Wagner, Meteorological Institute of Norway)
- Session 4: Plastic pollution, priorities and perspectives in the Arctic (France Collard, Norwegian Polar Institute)
- Session 5: Impacts and adaptations in response to Atlantification/Borealisation of the Arctic Ocean (Mats Granskog and Kit Kovacs, Norwegian Polar Institute)
- Session 6: Adaptive management of rapidly changing Arctic ecosystems using interdisciplinary and system-science approaches (Igor Eulaers, Norwegian Polar Institute)
- Session 7: Assembling the valuable and vulnerable North (Arthur Mason, NTNU)
The science sessions will be a mix of oral presentations, panel discussions and poster presentations. There will also be a digital poster session for those presenting digitally. Check back in early November to see the tentative schedule.
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The Italian Society for International Organization - SIOI UNA Italy and the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute - UNICRI are pleased to present the sixth edition of the Winter School on Environmental Crimes which will be delivered online from November 21 to 25, 2022.
The Course provides a fundamental understanding of what environmental crimes are and of how law enforcement bodies and judicial systems are responding. The existing international legal framework will be examined with a view to improve participants’ ability to address the issue in a comprehensive way and promote their role as advocates for an effective change in public policies, strategies and practices.
More specifically, the curriculum of the course may focus on:
- Environment and geopolitics;
- The concept of environmental protection and its evolution;
- Existing international legal frameworks to prevent crimes against the environment;
- Links between environmental crimes and COVID-19;
- Involvement of organized criminal groups in environmental crimes, with a specific focus on trafficking of natural resources;
- Waste trafficking and its impact on human health and security;
- Wildlife crimes;
- Risk analysis of environmental crimes;
- Environmental conflicts and justice;
- Individual, corporate and State accountability for environmental crimes.
The Winter School offers professional, legal, social, scientific and academic perspectives through live webinars, group discussions, dynamic case studies, individual readings, and practical exercises.
The faculty is composed of leading scholars and academics from leading universities, representatives of the United Nations system, the international human rights bodies and the civil society.
For further information about the programme and the registration procedure.
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Governments, universities, companies, research institutions, organizations, associations and other partners are invited to submit proposals for Sessions at the Arctic Circle Japan Forum.
Submit your session proposal before the deadline on December 15th, 2022.
Inquiries regarding the Japan Forum may be sent to
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Dear Teachers!
Be invited to the online lessons about the Arctic and polar research.
Find out, what we prepared for November:
- 4 Nov at 8 UTC: Written in the Arctic: paleoclimatology
- 7 Nov at 8 UTC: The life of glaciers
- 10 Nov at 8 UTC: Northern lights - a magic spectacle in the sky
- 16 Nov at 9 UTC: What on Earth is microbiota?
- 18 Nov at 8 UTC: Plankton in the Arctic
In case you are interested in any particular arctic topic or you need a specific day and time for the lesson, do not hesitate to send us an e-mail (