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SUMMARY:On the Arctic Edge — Artists Explore the Far North
DESCRIPTION:Opening October 21 at Scandinavia House\, On the Arctic Edge — Artists Explore the Far North presents three contemporary photo-based artists whose work traverses the regions of the Arctic Circle to probe themes ranging from time and memory\, to landscape and the built environment\, to science and mythology\, to our changing climate: Marion Belanger\, Clare Benson\, and Steve Giovinco. Each artist is an ASF Fellow having received financial support from the American-Scandinavian Foundation from funds donated by Scandinavian Seminar \nPhotographer and Interdisciplinary artist Clare Benson’s series Until There Is No Sun is a poetic investigation of the Arctic’s duality: the relationships between light and seeing\, earth and sky\, science and ancient myth. Over the span of nearly a year living in the far north of Arctic Sweden\, Benson worked alongside space physicists\, Sami indigenous reindeer herders\, and scientist studying the eyes of Arctic reindeer to capture photographs\, videos\, and collected artifacts\, exploring how weather and time have worn and carved a world that slowly turns its back to the light. Included in the exhibition\, the video work A Thousand Suns is a time-lapse capture of images made by an All-Sky Camera looking up through the roof of the Swedish Institute for Space Physics (IRF) in Kiruna. Photographs on view include her Seasonal Adaptations in the Eyes of Arctic Reindeer\, which portray how Arctic reindeer adapt to extreme changes in sunlight through a shift in their tapetum lucidum\, a mirror-like tissue behind the retina.  \nMarion Belanger photographs the cultural landscape\, particularly where geology and the built environment intersect\, exploring concepts of persistence and change and ways that boundaries demarcate differences. A recipient of awards including a John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship\, whose photographs are included in many permanent collections including the Library of Congress\, her series Rift/Fault studies shifting land-based tectonic edges of the North American Continental Plate in Iceland and California.  \nExamining their unpredictable and uncontainable behavior — immune to any human efforts of control — Belanger’s series pairs images from the Mid-Atlantic Rift in Iceland with those captured along the San Andreas Fault\, allowing for a dialogue between the wild and the contained\, the fertile and the barren\, the geologic and the human\, in a way that questions the uneasy relationship between geological force\, and the limits of human enterprise. Published in the 2017 monograph Rift/Fault (Radius Books)\, author and art critic Lucy Lippard writes in her introduction that Belanger “comments on the visible and the invisible\, acknowledgement and denial\, examining\, in the process\, the ‘dangerous disconnect\,’ where so-called ordinary lives play out in the shadows of potential cataclysm.” \nNYC-based fine-art photographer Steve Giovinco’s lyrical night landscapes in the recent series Inertia look at the land\, ice\, and communities of Southern Greenland. An MFA graduate from Yale University School of Art whose work is collected by museums including the Museum of Fine Arts\, Houston\, Giovinco traveled to locations including Narsarsuaq\, a small remote town lying in the shadow of glaciers\, to capture vast scarred landscapes; shrinking icebergs and ice floes; desolate villages; and four hundred-year-old Norse ruins; all marked with minimal traces of human intervention. Photographed through the hours of changing light at dawn\, twilight\, or nighttime the vistas are haunted\, luminous\, magical and at times devastating. \nEach artist is an ASF Fellow having received financial support from the American-Scandinavian Foundation\, which since it began over a century ago has awarded over 5\,500 fellowships and grants to Americans and Scandinavians. This exhibition is made possible due to the generosity of the Inger G. & William B. Ginsberg Support Fund\, the Virginia Barron Tayloe Bequest\, the Bonnier Family Fund for Contemporary Art and the Barbro Osher Pro Suecia Foundation. \nAbout the Artists\nClare Benson is a photographer and interdisciplinary artist whose work explores themes of family history\, tradition\, science\, and mythology. She received her MFA from the University of Arizona and her BFA from Central Michigan University. In 2014-15 she was the recipient of a Fulbright Fellowship to Arctic Sweden\, where she worked alongside space scientists and indigenous Sami reindeer herders. Her first book The Shepherd’s Daughter was published in 2017 by Photolucida\, in receipt of the Critical Mass Book Award. Benson’s work has been featured in exhibitions\, screenings\, and publications across the U.S. and internationally. \nMarion Belanger is interested in the concepts of persistence and change\, and in the way that boundaries demarcate difference\, particularly in regards to the land. She has been the recipient of a John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship\, a John Anson Kittredge Award\, an American Scandinavian Fellowship\, Connecticut Commission on the Arts Fellowships\, and has been an artist in residence at the MacDowell Colony\, at the Atlantic Center for the Arts\, at the Virginia Center for the Arts and at Everglades National Park. \nMarion Belanger earned her MFA from the Yale University School of Art where she was the recipient of both the John Ferguson Weir Award and the Schickle-Collingwood Prize\, and a BFA from the College of Art & Design at Alfred University. Her photographs are included in many permanent collections including the Library of Congress\, the National Gallery of Art\, the Yale University Gallery of Art\, the New Orleans Museum of Art and the International Center of Photography. \nSteve Giovinco is a New York City-based fine-art photographer\, who focuses on creating images of couples with himself and lyrical night landscapes. His work is collected by many museums\, including the Museum of Fine Arts\, Houston\, has exhibited widely in galleries and received his MFA from Yale University School of Art. His new photo series Inertia looks at the land\, ice and communities in Southern Greenland including the tiny remote town Narsarsuaq\, population 158\, which lies in the shadow of glaciers. \n  \nThis exhibition is made possible due to the generosity of the Inger G. & William B. Ginsberg Support Fund\, the Virginia Barron Tayloe Bequest\, the Bonnier Family Fund for Contemporary Art and the Barbro Osher Pro Suecia Foundation.
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SUMMARY:Norwegian I
DESCRIPTION:Learn the Nordic languages in classes offered this fall at Scandinavia House! In this beginner’s course\, you will build your Norwegian vocabulary\, pronunciation\, and grammar skills\, while also learning about Norwegian culture and life. By the course’s end\, you should be able to conduct simple conversations in Norwegian. \nYou will get to practice conversations in class\, as well as reading\, in class\, and there will be a focus on pronunciation and Norwegian sounds which may be new to your ear. There will also be at-home assignments focusing on reading\, writing\, and grammar. \nIdeal for: \n\nAbsolute beginners\nThose seeking a solid foundation in the Norwegian language\nThose interested in traveling to Norway\n\nYou will develop: \n\nBeginner-level conversational skills in Norwegian\nProficiency in basic Norwegian grammar\n\nThis hybrid class will be held both in-person and via Zoom; in-person attendance for the first four classes is highly recommended. \nNo prerequisites required; instructions for remote learning will be emailed upon registration. For questions about language levels\, please contact Marie-Therese Bjornerud. Tuition is $675 ($607.50 ASF Members); 20 hours total class time. \nRequired & Recommended Material\nRequired:\nTextbook: PA VEI TEKSTBOK\, ELLINGSEN\, 2012 – ISBN: 9788202340940\nWorkbook: PA VEI ARBEIDSBOK\, ELLINGSEN\, 2012 – ISBN: 9788202343163 \nHighly Recommended:\nWord List: PA VEI Norsk-Engelsk Ordliste\, ELLINGSEN\, 2012 – ISBN: 9788202372255\nCD-set: PA VEI ELEV-CD til tekstbok\, ELLINGSEN\, 2012 – ISBN: 9788202371869 \nAlso Recommended:\nOnline exercises (both oral and written) following the textbook\nNotebooks for vocabulary as well as notes\nDuolingo (Android\, Apple) and other language apps to expand vocabulary and support the learning process
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SUMMARY:Norwegian II—Hybrid Language Classes
DESCRIPTION:Learn the Nordic languages in classes offered this fall at Scandinavia House! In course building on Norwegian I (or equivalent)\, continue to expand your vocabulary and master grammatical structures\, while enhancing your conversational abilities\, and deepening your cultural knowledge of all things Norwegian. \nYou will get to practice conversations in class which will put your grammatical structures to the test\, all the while building on your listening\, and speaking skills. A greater focus will be given to pronunciation\, Norwegian structure\, tone\, and flow. There will also be weekly at-home assignments focusing on reading\, writing\, and grammar. By the course’s end\, you should be able to conduct simple conversations in Norwegian. \nIdeal for: \n\nThose with basic knowledge of\, or previous instruction in\, Norwegian\nThose who wish to strengthen their Norwegian language skills\n\nYou will develop: \n\nGreater proficiency in Norwegian\nImproved conversational and grammatical skills\, as well as improved pronunciation in Norwegian\n\nThis hybrid class will be held both in-person and via Zoom; in-person attendance for the first four classes is highly recommended. \nPrerequisite: Norwegian I or equivalent; instructions for remote learning will be emailed upon registration. For questions about language levels\, please contact Marie-Therese Bjornerud. Tuition is $675 ($607.50 ASF Members); 20 hours total class time. \n*There will be no class on Tuesday\, October 4. \nRequired & Recommended Material\nRequired:\nTextbook: PA VEI TEKSTBOK\, ELLINGSEN\, 2012 – ISBN: 9788202340940\nWorkbook: PA VEI ARBEIDSBOK\, ELLINGSEN\, 2012 – ISBN: 9788202343163 \nHighly Recommended:\nWord List: PA VEI Norsk-Engelsk Ordliste\, ELLINGSEN\, 2012 – ISBN: 9788202372255\nCD-set: PA VEI ELEV-CD til tekstbok\, ELLINGSEN\, 2012 – ISBN: 9788202371869 \nAlso Recommended:\nOnline exercises (both oral and written) following the textbook\nNotebooks for vocabulary as well as notes\nDuolingo (Android\, Apple) and other language apps to expand vocabulary and support the learning process
URL:https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/event/norwegian-ii-hybrid-language-classes/2022-11-29/
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SUMMARY:Intermediate Swedish 3
DESCRIPTION:Learn the Nordic languages in classes offered this fall at Scandinavia House! In this course based on conversation and grammar held as remote learning\, students will now deal with finesse and formal language. Instead of expanding our writing\, we will focus on condensing. Discussions will span traditions\, Vikings and lore\, unwritten societal norms\, leadership\, work and family structures as well as poetry. \nAt the end of the semester\, students will know: \n\nTransitive and intratransitive verbs\nEmphatic rewriting\nClause abbreviation\n\nStudents will be able to: \n\nDiscuss poetry and literary writings and have an understanding about Swedish  norms in society and at work.\n\nPrerequisite: Swedish Intermediate 2 or equivalent. This course will take place remotely via Zoom; instructions for remote learning will be emailed upon registration. For questions about language levels\, please contact Malin Tybahl. Tuition $695 ($625.50 ASF Members); 21 hours total class time. \n**There will be no class on November 2 or November 23 (Thanksgiving)**
URL:https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/event/intermediate-swedish-3/2022-11-30/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221130T190000
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SUMMARY:Kalev and Sierra
DESCRIPTION:The Nordic & Baltic Oscar Contenders series at Scandinavia House returns this season with screenings of films chosen by the Nordic & Baltic countries to compete for the Oscar nomination for the Best International Feature Film! On November 30\, see a special screening with Estonia’s official nomination for the 95th Academy Awards\, Kalev (dir. Ove Musting\, Estonia\, 2022)\, as well as the Estonian short film Sierra\, submitted for this year’s Best Animated Short Film. Director Ove Musting will be present for a film talk and Q&A following the event. \nIn the summer of 1990\, the Soviet Union is teetering on the verge of collapse\, while the Baltic nations are struggling to take back their lost independence. As the USSR’s basketball championship is set to begin against this deeply divided backdrop\, the Estonian team Kalev faces a momentous decision — whether to participate amid a rising tide of public opposition\, or to bow out. As professional athletes\, the team makes the unpopular choice. And as the championship begins\, the turbulent moment intertwines with fierce battles on the court.  (94 min. In Estonian with English subtitles) \n“Director Musting’s thoughtful approach to the subtle balance between truth and fiction speaks highly of his dedication to the story of the Estonian beloved team”—Ion Cinema  \nIn the short film Sierra by director Sander Joon (Estonia\, 2022)\, a father and son are losing a footrace. In order to win\, the boy turns himself into a car tire! Loosely inspired by the director’s childhood\, Sierra pulls us into a surreal car-racing world. Sierra has won an Oscar-qualifying awards at Palm Springs Shortfest\, AFI FEST and San Francisco International Film Festival and is the first Estonian film acquired by the Criterion Channel.(16 min. In Estonia with English subtitles) \nThis screening will take place in-person at Scandinavia House in Victor Borge Hall. \n \n \nThis program is supported by the Consulate General of Estonia in New York. \n \nAbout the Director\nDirector Ove Musting was born in 1977 and was brought up in Sõmerpalu\, deep in Southern Estonia – part of the Soviet Union back then. His childhood was spent buried in books and music. He even founded a punk band which turned out to be quite successful! He was 14 when he saw Kalev\, one of Estonia’s biggest basketball teams to this day\, play that crucial game against the Russians\, and win. He remembers clearly and exactly how meaningful that victory was for him and for an entire Estonian nation on the brink of becoming a sovereign country. \nOve’s dad first introduced him to filmmaking\, as he made a number of amateur films himself. Those early cinematic experiences made a huge impression and put that young\, punk rock farm boy on the path to becoming a film director. He was soon accepted by the Tallinn University (formerly Tallinn Pedagogical University) film department\, beginning his studies in 1996. \nAfter graduation\, he made a number of short films that were successful on the festival circuit and collected a number of awards along the way. ‘30 Minutes of Silence’ (2003) had its world premiere at the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival\, while ‘Paradise of Old Men’ (2005) was awarded the best feature film prize of the Estonian Cultural Endowment in 2005\, competing against seven full features – quite extraordinary for a short film. ‘Dear Friend\, I Respect You’ was completed in 2011 and received the best domestic short film prize at PÖFF Shorts (part of Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival). \nLater on\, his creative gaze extended to directing music videos\, high profile TVC-s and social campaigns\, one of which were award-winning and even made it to the Cannes Lions’ finals. At the same time\, Ove began working in TV: from 2008 to 2019\, he acted as a director of the Estonian preliminary for the Eurovision Song Contest. He helped to create the show format and was awarded the title Director of the Year in 2017. During this time\, he discovered and enjoyed the multi-camera format and honed his storytelling talent: over 10 years\, he directed the performances of more than 150 different artists. Ove’s passion for multi-camera usage\, his fond childhood memories of Estonia’s basketball victory\, his vast TV-directing experience and intrinsic filmmaking talent all came together to form the feature film project ‘Kalev’\, entering development in 2016. Initially he joined as a director but early on found his voice as co-writer too\, adding his personal touch to the project depicting the hope seen in Estonian independence and the struggles of those times. \n‘Kalev’ is Ove’s debut feature\, which – after a prolonged production period burdened by pandemic restrictions was greeted by an 8-minute standing ovation on its domestic release.
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SUMMARY:Music on Park Avenue: Beethoven & the Freedom of Will Premiere
DESCRIPTION:Music on Park Avenue returns this fall! The series presented by Scandinavia House and Per Tengstrand welcomes audiences back to Victor Borge Hall beginning in October for another season of its popular performances. Held monthly on Thursday evenings\, concerts will begin at 7:30 preceded by conversation by Tengstrand about the pieces and composer. \nIn tonight’s special film and concert program\, see the World Premiere of the documentary Beethoven and the Freedom of Will\, which explores the power of Beethoven’s music: in his time\, in historic eras\, and in the present day. The premiere will be followed by a performance with Tengstrand and Hana Mundiya\, who is featured in the film. \nThe Music on Park Avenue concert series is supported in part by a generous grant from The Barbro Osher Pro Suecia Foundation and in part by the Lynn Carter Fund of the ASF. \n Thanks to a generous loan by Victor Borge’s grandson Finn\, concerts will be performed on Victor Borge’s personal Steinway piano. \n \nSchedule & Ticketing\nSCHEDULE \nThursday\, October 13\, 2022\nBeethoven’s Waldstein & Appassionata\nJoin us for the first concert of three in the fall celebrating Ludwig van Beethoven following the 250th anniversary of his birth in 2020. Tonight’s performance includes two iconic sonatas — both popular but also so different. \nThursday\, November 17\, 2022\nTengstrand & Opus: Beethoven’s Fourth Concerto\nHear what is perhaps the most beautiful and original of Beethoven’s piano concertos\, with Per Tengstrand joined by musicians from Opus at Princeton University. \nThursday\, December 1\, 2022\nPremiere of Beethoven and the Freedom of the Will documentary\nFilm & Concert with Per Tengstrand and Hana Mundiya\, violin\nSee the World Premiere of Tengstrand’s documentary about the power of Beethoven’s music: during his days\, through historic events as well as its importance today; followed by a performance with violinist Hana Mundiya\, who is featured in the film. \nThursday\, January 19\, 2023\nThe romantic piano: Chopin\, Liszt and Schubert\nPer Tengstrand starts off the new year with the music of three romantic composers: the lyrical Chopin\, the virtuoso Liszt and the intimate Schubert. \nThursday\, February 23\, 2023\nTengstrand & Opus: The Grieg Concerto\nA crown jewel in Scandinavian classical music\, Edvard Grieg’s beautiful piano concerto\, with Per Tengstrand and strings from Opus at Princeton University. \nThursday\, March 23\, 2023\nMasterpieces for Cello and Piano: Per Tengstrand and Robin Park\nThe artistic director of Opus\, cellist Robin Park\, will join Per Tengstrand on stage to play some of the great works written for cello and piano by Beethoven and Rachmaninov\, both famed and less known discoveries. \nThursday\, April 20\, 2023\nTengstrand & Opus: The Tchaikovsky Concerto\nOne of the most famous works of music in history will end the season in a fascinating and dynamic arrangement for piano and string quartet. \nPASSES \nSERIES PASS\n$120/$96 ASF for members\nA ticket to all seven performances in the series. \nAbout Per Tengstrand\nPer Tengstrand has firmly established himself as one of today’s most exciting pianists. He has been described by The Washington Post as “technically resplendent\, powerful\, intuitively secure\,” and by The New York Times as “a superb Swedish pianist” whose recital “was rewarding\, both for its unusual programming and for his eloquent\, technically polished performances.”Tengstrand is the subject of the acclaimed Swedish documentary The Soloist\, directed by Magnus Gertten and Stefan Berg (Sweden\, 2003)\, which was featured at the International Festival of Cinema and Technology in New York. \nIn 2005 he was decorated by King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden with the “Litteris et Artibus” Medal for outstanding service to the arts. During the pandemic\, Per started making music documentaries which were viewed and appreciated by people all over the world. As this line of work will continue\, the documentary Beethoven and the Freedom of the Will is planned to have its world premiere at Scandinavia House in 2022.
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SUMMARY:War Sailor
DESCRIPTION:The Nordic & Baltic Oscar Contenders series at Scandinavia House returns this season with screenings of films chosen by the Nordic & Baltic countries to compete for the Oscar nomination for the Best International Feature Film! On December 2\, see Norway’s official nomination for the 95th Academy Awards\, War Sailor (dir. Gunnar Vikene\, Norway\, 2022). Director Gunnar Vikene will be present for a film talk and Q&A after the event. \nIn 1939\, working-class Alfred Garnes (Kristoffer Joner) has recently become father to his third child when he and his childhood friend Sigbjørn (Pål Sverre Hagen) sign up to work on a merchant ship in the mid-Atlantic Ocean. When World War II breaks out shortly thereafter\, they find themselves unarmed civilians on the front lines of a war they never asked to join — clinging to survival in a spiral of violence and death\, where at any moment German submarines may attack their valuable vessels. Meanwhile\, as months stretch into years\, Alfred’s wife Cecilia struggles through the war alone in Bergen with their children\, not knowing whether she will see her husband again. When British aircraft attempts to bomb a German submarine bunker instead hit civilian homes in Nøstet — as well as the primary school in Laksevåg  — and news of civilian deaths reaches Alfred and Wally\, they soon wonder if they will have anything awaiting them at home. The war sailors have two goals: to survive\, and to return. \n“Psychologically complex…a war epic that doesn’t feel like a war movie”—Seventh Row \nThis screening will take place in-person at Scandinavia House in Victor Borge Hall. \n \nThis program is supported by the Consulate General of Norway in New York. \n \nAbout the Director\nGunnar Vikene directed his first feature film\, Falling Sky (Himmelfall) in 2002. His following feature films – Trigger (2007)\, Vegas (2009)\, and Here is Harold (2014) – have all received both critical acclaim and number of international prizes. \nIn 2017 he directed the TV-series Borderline\, which earned him a best director-prize at Gullruten (Norwegian Emmys). He also directed several episodes of the acclaimed show Occupied (2020) and was in 2022 again nominated for a best director-prize for his work in the TV-series Pørni (2021). Gunnar lives in Bergen\, on the west coast of Norway. Before starting to work with films he was a submarine officer for several years.
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SUMMARY:Beautiful Beings
DESCRIPTION:The Nordic & Baltic Oscar Contenders series at Scandinavia House returns this season with screenings of films chosen by the Nordic & Baltic countries to compete for the Oscar nomination for the Best International Feature Film! On December 3\, see Iceland’s official nomination for the 95th Academy Awards\, Beautiful Beings (dir. Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson\, Iceland\, 2022); today’s screening is open to ASF Members and Academy Members only. \nAddi\, a boy raised by a clairvoyant mother\, decides to adopt a bullied misfit into his gang of outsiders. Left to their own devices\, the boys explore aggression and violence but also learn about loyalty and love. As their behavior escalates towards life–threatening situations\, Addi begins to experience a series of dreamlike visions. Can his newfound intuition guide him and his friends back to a safer path\, or will they dive irrevocably into further violence? \n“Radiant with violence and tenderness”—Variety \nThis screening will take place in-person at Scandinavia House in Victor Borge Hall.
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