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SUMMARY:Edvard Munch's Photography: The Experimental Self
DESCRIPTION:The Experimental Self: Edvard Munch’s Photography\, an exhibition organized by American-Scandinavian Foundation with The Munch Museum in Oslo that first brought the photographic work of the master painter to NYC in 2017/18 before traveling worldwide\, returns to Scandinavia House this winter with a newly conceived design and a section including vintage camera equipment alongside the release of the 2020 illustrated book The Experimental Self: The Photography of Edvard Munch\, awarded with diploma as one of The Year’s Most Beautiful Books\, 2021 by Grafill\, Norway’s National Organization for Visual Communication. \nInternationally celebrated for his paintings\, prints\, and watercolors\, Norwegian artist Edvard Munch (1863–1944) also took photographs. In 2017/18\, the exhibition The Experimental Self: Edvard Munch’s Photography at Scandinavia House drew widespread acclaim for introducing audiences to his photographic and film work\, emphasizing the artist’s experimentalism and examining his exploration of the camera as an expressive medium. This exhibition includes Munch’s experimental portraiture of friends and family as well as his self-portraiture\, including images from what he termed his “Fatal Destiny” portfolio\, staged between 1902 and 1908. By probing and exploiting the dynamics of “faulty” practice\, such as distortion\, blurred motion\, eccentric camera angles\, and other photographic “mistakes\,” Munch photographed himself and his immediate environment in ways that rendered them poetic. In both still images and in his few forays with a hand-held moving-picture camera\, Munch not only archived images\, but invented them. As a recent Financial Times Magazine review of the works states\, “Munch’s mercurial snapshots trace the survival of an artist obsessed with loss… his photographs remain tantalisingly opaque a century on.” \nHaving since traveled to eight venues worldwide\, including Seattle\, Oslo\, Stockholm\, Fredrikssund (Denmark)\, and Bergen\, the exhibition will be returning to Scandinavia House beginning December 10 in a new iteration\, including photographic enlargements and a display of the amateur camera models similar to those he used in his work. The exhibition will also feature a “selfie station” for visitors to interact with Edvard Munch’s experimental self-portraiture\, as well as the opportunity to browse the new publication\, which includes 120 fully illustrated pages alongside essays by curator Patricia G. Berman\, Tom Gunning and MaryClaire Pappas\, available for purchase in the Shop. On loan from the Munch Museum in Oslo\, Norway\, the approximately 50 copy prints in the exhibition and a continuous projection of Munch’s films will be accompanied by contextualizing didactic panels as well as a video presentation. It has been organized by the American-Scandinavian Foundation in partnership with The Munch Museum in Oslo\, Norway. It has been supported by the Inger and William Ginsberg Support Fund.
URL:https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/event/edvard-munchs-photography-the-experimental-self-2/
LOCATION:Scandinavia House\, 58 Park Avenue\, New York\, NY\, 10016\, United States
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SUMMARY:CELEBRATE LASKIAINEN WITH SCANDINAVIA HOUSE!
DESCRIPTION:On March 1 at 11 AM\, celebrate Laskiainen with Scandinavia House Online in a virtual event with Ida Metsberg! \nLaskiainen (Shrovetide) is often described as a “mid-winter sliding festival”. Associated with Shrove Tuesday\, it is a celebration of the beginning of Lent that takes place before Easter\, but includes both pagan and ecclesiastic traditions. These days\, Finns generally observe two days of this festival: Laskiaissunday (Shrove Sunday) and Laskiaistuesday (Shrove Tuesday). Laskiaissunday is often a family day full of sledding\, ice-skating\, cross-country and downhill skiing; on Laskiaistuesday\, people flock to the nearest hill after work or school. After a day of sledding\, Finns enjoy the beloved Shrovetide bun\, the laskiaispulla\, a sweet pastry filled with almond paste or strawberry jam and lashings of whipped cream. \n\n\nJoin Finnish singer Ida Metsberg as she shows you how to make your very own laskiaispulla\, while sharing her own childhood memories of Laskiainen/Shrovetide! \nThis event will take place as a virtual premiere on this page at 11 AM ET on March 1 via YouTube and Facebook. It will remain available to stream on this page through Sunday\, March 6. Please check back to this page for viewing links and to set reminders to watch. \nLaskiainen/Shrovetide is meant for people of all ages and all walks of life.  Should you happen to be in Finland during Laskiainen\, we wish you a Slippery Shrovetide with perfect snow and sunny skies — and don’t forget to have pea soup and a laskiaispulla bun!
URL:https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/event/celebrate-laskiainen-with-scandinavia-house/
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SUMMARY:Quake Book Talk with Auður Jónsdóttir & Meg Matich
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a book talk on March 1 with Icelandic author Auður Jónsdóttir and translator Meg Matich on the new novel Quake\, out on February 8 from Dottir Press! This event will take place at Scandinavia House at 7 PM ET and will also be live-streamed to virtual audiences. \nNominated for the Icelandic Literary Prize\, Quake: A Novel is a haunting novel-in-translation about Saga\, a woman who comes to after an epileptic seizure on a sidewalk along busy Miklabraut Street. Her three-year-old son is gone. The last thing she remembers is a double-decker bus that no one else can confirm seeing. Over the following days\, Saga’s mind is beset by memories and doubts. What happened before her seizure? Who can she trust? And how can she make any sense of her emotions when her memory is so fragmented? \nThe English-language debut of award-winning and prolific Icelandic author Auður Jónsdóttir\, as translated by Meg Matich\, Quake is a shocking and revelatory exploration of the blurred lines between fact and fiction\, reality and imagination\, and where mother ends and child begins. It has now been adapted into a 2021 film directed by Tinna Hrafnsdóttir\, which premiered at the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival. \nJónsdóttir and Matich will discuss the writing and translation of the novel in Volvo Hall. Registration is required for attendance at Scandinavia House; sign up at the link above. Details on watching the discussion virtually will be added here closer to the date. \n“Part mystery\, part family drama\, part children-in-peril narrative\, the novel offers a hectic\, heart-thudding\, sometimes claustrophobic portrait of panicked inner turmoil”—Kirkus Reviews \n“Jónsdóttir’s powerful story of memory\, identity\, and the legacy of violence\, her English-language debut\, chronicles a woman’s recovery from an epileptic seizure… The limited perspective and acute sense of the narrator’s pain\, both ingeniously rendered\, make this unforgettable”—Publishers Weekly \nAbout the Author\nAuður Jónsdóttir is one of the most accomplished authors writing in Icelandic today. She won the Icelandic Literary Prize for The People in the Basement and the Icelandic Women’s Literature Prize for Secretaries to the Spirits. Both of these novels were nominated for the Nordic Council’s Literature Prize. \nAuður comes by her prolificity naturally\, as she is the granddaughter of Halldór Laxness\, winner of the 1955 Nobel Prize in Literature and a major figure in reviving the Icelandic literary tradition. \nAbout the Translator\nMeg Matich is a poet and translator in Reykjavík. She earned her Master’s of Fine Arts from Columbia University and has received support for her work from the Banff Centre\, PEN America\, and the Fulbright Commission\, and she is a frequent collaborator with Reykjavík UNESCO. \nAmong other projects\, Meg has collaborated with poet Magnús Sigurðsson on an anthology of Icelandic poetry\, translated a book of essays in honor of former President Vigdís Finnbogadóttir\, and translated the 2021 novel Magma. Meg is one of a few immigrants in the Icelandic Writers’ Union and considers that membership quintessential to her life in Iceland.
URL:https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/event/quake-book-talk-with-audur-jonsdottir-meg-matich/
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SUMMARY:Against the Ice with Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
DESCRIPTION:On March 2 in celebration of the global release of Against the Ice (Peter Flinth; Iceland/Denmark\, 2022)\, see an exclusive screening of the Netflix film with a talk by leading actor Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (“Game of Thrones”; Oblivion) at Scandinavia House! \nIn 1909\, Denmark’s Arctic Expedition led by Captain Ejnar Mikkelsen (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) was attempting to disprove the United States’ claim to Northeast Greenland. This claim was based on the assumption that Greenland was broken up into two different pieces of land. Leaving his crew behind with the ship\, Mikkelsen embarks on a journey across the ice with his inexperienced crew member\, Iver Iversen (Joe Cole). The two men succeed in finding the proof that Greenland is one island\, but returning to the ship takes longer and is much harder than expected. Battling extreme hunger\, fatigue and a polar bear attack\, they finally arrive to find their ship crushed in the ice and the camp abandoned. Hoping to be rescued\, they now must fight to stay alive. As the days grow longer\, their mental hold on reality starts to fade\, breeding mistrust and paranoia\, a dangerous cocktail in their fight for survival. Based on the true story recounted in Two Against the Ice by Ejnar Mikkelsen\, Against the Ice is a true story of friendship\, love and the awe-inspiring power of companionship (102 min. In English). \nTickets to this event must be purchased in advance online at the link above; film screenings will take place in Victor Borge Hall. \nAll attendees are required to present proof of vaccination upon arrival in compliance with New York State government; read more here. Attendees are required to follow all Scandinavia House safety protocols\, including wearing masks during the program and observing social distancing rules in signage. Please read our full safety protocols here. \nAgainst the Ice makes its global release on Netflix on March 2\, 2022.
URL:https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/event/against-the-ice-with-nikolaj-coster-waldau/
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SUMMARY:Calendar Girl
DESCRIPTION:On March 4\, see the World Premiere of Calendar Girl\, a new documentary about Fashion Calendar founder Ruth Finley from Danish director Christian D. Bruun\, at Scandinavia House! Following the screening\, the director will present a film Q&A. \nIn this quintessential New York story\, Christian Bruun looks at the 70-year history of the influential Fashion Calendar\, with its iconic pink pages laid out every fashion event in NYC including New York Fashion Week. Behind it was founder Ruth Finley\, until in 2014 she retired at age 95 and sold the Fashion Calendar to the Council of Fashion Designers of America. The documentary examines this momentous transition\, and reflects on the life\, work\, and legacy of this trailblazer and the industry Ruth helped create. This is the story of a woman who in the 1940s carved out a place for herself in a man’s world and developed a reputation characterized by tenacity\, perseverance\, fairness\, humanity\, diplomacy\, and decency. She influenced the inner workings of New York fashion\, she celebrated and was celebrated by both the industry’s powerhouses and rising stars\, and she survived its many incarnations. (USA\, 2022; 91 min. In English.) \nTickets to this event must be reserved in advance online at the link above; limited seating only. Film screenings will take place in Victor Borge Hall. \nAll attendees are required to present proof of vaccination upon arrival in compliance with New York State government; read more here. Attendees are required to follow all Scandinavia House safety protocols\, including wearing masks during the program and observing social distancing rules in signage. Please read our full safety protocols here. \n“All of us designers have an emotional connection with Ruth Finley because we all remember when we listed ourselves for the first time in the Fashion Calendar”—Diane von Furstenberg\n“Ruth is the woman who has held the fashion flock together\, and by association\, brought the industry together”—Donna Karan \n \nAbout the Director\nChristian D. Bruun is a director\, producer\, and cinematographer of documentary and narrative film and television. His films have had international theatrical and television distribution and been in official selection at Sundance\, Tribeca\, Berlin\, Locarno\, IDFA\, and Hot Docs festivals. In addition to directing Calendar Girl\, Christian recently produced civil rights drama Son of the South (to be released November 2020\, produced by Spike Lee\, directed by Barry Alexander Brown\, starring Brian Dennehy). Christian is developing a narrative film Candy about transgender Andy Warhol muse Candy Darling and directing documentary film about contemporary art gallerist Marian Goodman. \nHe recently completed The Burning Child and award-winning documentaries Please Hold the Line\, Secondo Me\, and The Road Movie\, winner of British National Film & TV Awards. Christian produced The Man Who Saved the World\, winner of the Danish Film Academy Awards and the Danish Film Critics Awards for best documentary film. He directed\, produced\, wrote\, and shot Blue Gold: American Jeans\, acquired by Netflix.
URL:https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/event/calendar-girl/
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SUMMARY:The Land of Short Sentences
DESCRIPTION:Join us on March 5 for a virtual book talk with Danish author Stine Pilgaard and translator Hunter Simpson to celebrate the release of The Land of Short Sentences\, out March 1 from World Editions! \nA young woman relocates to an outlying community in West Jutland\, Denmark\, and is forced to find her way\, not only in the bewildering environment of the residential Folk High School where her partner has been hired to teach\, but also in the inscrutable conversational forms of the local population. And on top of it all there’s the small matter of juggling her roles as mother to a newborn baby and advice columnist in the local newspaper. In this understated and hilarious novel\, Stine Pilgaard conjures a tale of venturing into new and uncharted land\, of human relationships\, dilemmas\, and the ways and byways of social intercourse. \nIn today’s event\, Pilgaard & Simpson will discuss the writing and translation of the book\, hailed as “a deliciously crumbly novel oozing with awkward love” (Weekendavisen) \nThis event will take place as a Zoom webinar; please ask questions in the chat or send them in advance to  info@amscan.org. Registration is required; please sign up at the link above. This conversation will be recorded and available later to stream on our Virtual Programming page and on our YouTube channel. \nAbout the Author & Translator\nStine Pilgaard is a graduate of the Danish Writers’ Academy and the University of Copenhagen. Her first novel\, Min mor siger (“My Mom Says”)\, was a critical and commercial success\, earning a nomination for the prestigious Danish Broadcasting Corporation Literature Prize and securing its author the Bodil and Jørgen Munch-Christensen Award for a debut author. In 2016\, Pilgaard received the Danish Libraries’ Writers Award and was nominated for the Danish Readers’ Book Award for Lejlighedssange (“Songs for Special Occasions”). The Land of Short Sentences was an instant bestseller in Denmark\, where it was released to critical acclaim. Pilgaard hails from the city of Aarhus and lives in Velling\, an outlying rural community close to Ringkøbing in Jutland\, Denmark. \nHunter Simpson is originally from North Carolina and lives in Copenhagen\, Denmark. Stine Pilgaard’s The Land of Short Sentences (World Editions\, 2022) was his first published literary translation and won ASF’s Leif and Inger Sjöberg Translation Prize 2021. My Mother Says is his second published translation.
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SUMMARY:Nordic Literature in Translation — The ASF Prizewinners
DESCRIPTION:On March 5\, join us for a Nordic Literature in Translation event with this year’s American-Scandinavian Foundation Translation Prizewinners\, Hunter Simpson & Randi Ward\, and the authors of the works in translation\, Stine Pilgaard & Kim Simonsen! Now in its 43rd year\, ASF’s Annual Translation Competition awards prizes for outstanding translations of poetry\, fiction\, drama\, or literary prose written by a 20th- or 21st-century Nordic author. In 2021\, the Nadia Christensen Prize was awarded to Randi Ward for her translation excerpt from Faroese of Kim Simonsen’s 2013 poetry collection Hvat hjálpir einum menniskja at vakna ein morgun hesumegin hetta áratúsundið (What good does it do for a person to wake up one morning this side of the new millennium); the 2021 Leif and Inger Sjöberg Prize was awarded to Hunter Simpson for his translation excerpt from Danish of Stine Pilgaard’s Meter i sekundet (The Land of Short Sentences). \nIn this program\, Simpson and Pilgaard will discuss the writing and translation of The Land of Short Sentences\, which will be out in the English language on March 1 from World Editions. In this understated and hilarious novel\, Stine Pilgaard conjures a tale of venturing into new and uncharted land\, of human relationships\, dilemmas\, and the ways and byways of social intercourse\, as a young woman relocates to an outlying community in West Jutland\, Denmark\, and is forced to find her way — not only in the bewildering environment of the residential Folk High School where her partner has been hired to teach\, but also in the inscrutable conversational forms of the local population. And on top of it all there’s the small matter of juggling her roles as mother to a newborn baby and advice columnist in the local newspaper. \nWard and Simonsen will discuss the writing and translation of What good does it do for a person to wake up one morning this side of the new millennium\, INFO TK. \nThis event will take place as a Zoom webinar; please ask questions in the chat or send them in advance to  info@amscan.org. Registration is required; please sign up at the link above. This conversation will be recorded and available later to stream on our Virtual Programming page and on our YouTube channel. \nAbout the Authors & Translators\nStine Pilgaard is a graduate of the Danish Writers’ Academy and the University of Copenhagen. Her first novel\, Min mor siger (“My Mom Says”)\, was a critical and commercial success\, earning a nomination for the prestigious Danish Broadcasting Corporation Literature Prize and securing its author the Bodil and Jørgen Munch-Christensen Award for a debut author. In 2016\, Pilgaard received the Danish Libraries’ Writers Award and was nominated for the Danish Readers’ Book Award for Lejlighedssange (“Songs for Special Occasions”). The Land of Short Sentences was an instant bestseller in Denmark\, where it was released to critical acclaim. Pilgaard hails from the city of Aarhus and lives in Velling\, an outlying rural community close to Ringkøbing in Jutland\, Denmark. \nHunter Simpson is originally from North Carolina and lives in Copenhagen\, Denmark. Stine Pilgaard’s The Land of Short Sentences (World Editions\, 2022) was his first published literary translation and won ASF’s Leif and Inger Sjöberg Translation Prize 2021. My Mother Says is his second published translation. \nRandi Ward is a poet\, translator\, lyricist\, and photographer from Belleville\, West Virginia. She earned her MA in Cultural Studies from the University of the Faroe Islands and has twice won the American-Scandinavian Foundation’s Nadia Christensen Prize. Her work has appeared in Asymptote\, Beloit Poetry Journal\, Words Without Borders\, World Literature Today and also been featured on Folk Radio UK\, NPR\, and PBS NewsHour. Ward’s translations\, writing\, and photography are used in high school and university classrooms throughout the United States and abroad. She is a recipient of Shepherd University’s Appalachian Photography Award\, and Cornell University Library established the Randi Ward Collection in its Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections in 2015. For more information\, visit randiward.com \nKim Simonsen is a Faroese writer from the village of Strendur on Eysturoy. He completed his PhD in 2012 at the University of Roskilde and has authored 7 books as well as numerous essays and academic articles. He is the founder and managing editor of Forlagið Eksil\, a Faroese press that has published over 20 titles. In 2014\, Simonsen won the M.A. Jacobsen Literature Award for his poetry collection Hvat hjálpir einum menniskja at vakna ein morgun hesumegin hetta áratúsundið (What good does it do for a person to wake up one morning this side of the new millennium\, 2013). Simonsen has been a visiting scholar at Columbia University and Stanford University\, an associate professor at The University of Bergen\, and is now a member of The University of Amsterdam’s faculty. He also currently teaches creative writing courses at The University of the Faroe Islands and recently curated the Faroese art and literary festival\, Always Coming Home.
URL:https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/event/nordic-literature-in-translation-the-asf-prizewinners/
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