As part of the exhibition We love seagulls at Tromsø Contemporary Art Society (Tromsø kunstforening) in 2023 The Conference of the Birds held an interdisciplinary seminar on how to coexist with kittiwakes.
Artists, architects, and researchers presented their insights into how it is possible to collaborate across disciplines and species to lift an apparent problem of birds migrating into cities into new and more empathetic spaces of possibility.
The seminar program included presentations by:
David Rothenberg – philosopher and musician (US)
Tone Reiertsen – seabird researcher, NINA (NO)
Irene Kaltenborn – artist (NO)
Katri Aholainen – literary researcher (FI)
Lawrence Malstaf & Kjeld Nash – artist & architect (NO)
Kåre Grundvåg & Camilla Fagerli – artist & curator (NO)
Bente Sundsvold & Anniken Førde – researchers, UiT, (NO)
Eva Bakkeslett – artist and curator, (NO)
The seminar is one of many manifestations in The Conference of the Birds where artists, scientists and local actors interact to build bridges between people and birds.
