Arctic Heroes – Untold Stories: Nordische Botschaften Felleshus, Berlin
It is a great honor for Iceland to present Ragnar Axelsson’s vivid and striking images at the Felleshus, the heart of the North, in Berlin. His black-and-white photographs have a radiant quality and create a contemporary record of a changing world. They raise important questions about social, ecological and economic developments and we cordially invite you to join us!
– Auðunn Atlason, Ambassador of Iceland to Germany
Arctic Heroes - Untold Stories will take visitors on a journey into the Arctic ice worlds of renowned Icelandic photographer Ragnar Axelsson. The exhibition features eighteen black-and-white photographs from Greenland. Following the great success of the »Where the World is Melting« exhibition at the Kunstfoyer der Versicherungskammer Bayern in Munich (2021/22) and the Deichtorhallen Hamburg (2023), Ragnar Axelsson's works are now moving to the Felleshus.
The exhibition
The freedom of being out on the ice seems boundless. But the ice is getting thinner, and the hunting season is coming to an end. Ice that was three feet thick now only has a depth of four inches. The ocean icefield that stretched out as far as the eye could see is now open sea.
What will existence in these parts be like if the ice disappears completely? It's such a huge part of people's lives here. The number of hunters decreases every year, and it is becoming increasingly hard to survive by hunting. The inhabitants are worried about their future. They envision the end of a society based on a hunting tradition that stretches back many thousands of years.
At the Felleshus, visitors can accompany Ragnar Axelsson on his journey through the everyday lives of Inuit hunters and their sled dogs in the Greenlandic Arctic. They can also experience the extraordinary relationships that the people of the Arctic have developed with their extreme environment.
Nordische Botschaften Felleshus | Gemeinschaftshaus
Rauchstraße 1, D-10787 Berlin
Open Monday-Friday 10.00 am-7.00 pm
Sat/Sun, public holidays 11.00 am-4.00 pm
Free admission, no registration needed