WASTE / DEPOSIT
SEMINAR
From 2023 to 2026, Velferden ran the interdisciplinary program WASTE / DEPOSIT .
Through art, workshops and dialogue, we have explored issues related to resource extraction, waste and the environment, based on mining and landscape changes in Sokndal.
On Friday, June 5th, we invited you to a full-day seminar on this topic in Jøssingfjord.
TIME AND PLACE:
Jøssingfjord Science Museum,
Friday 5 June 2026 at 08:30 - 16:00.
The dialogue about WASTE / DEPOSIT is complex. We make money from mining, while at the same time undermining the nature we live in. Established mines are allowed to continue their activities, while new mines are met with skepticism and protest.
In the seminar we ask how we can better manage the enormous amounts of waste we generate. Are there other ways to manage resources that simultaneously protect nature and make us more responsible consumers? How do the rapid interventions affect our relationship with nature, and what do the interventions do to us?
At the seminar, we had the pleasure of presenting contributions from artists, researchers, mining company executives, environmentalists, and social economists. It was a day filled with nuanced dialogue between actors who are usually on different sides of the table, but who all have their own professional and personal relationship to the topic.
The seminar was divided into two blocks. First we presented issues, and after lunch we explored solutions and potential. The program consisted of professional presentations followed by participant-based workshops where we divided into groups and discussed issues and solutions together.
The seminar was conducted in English to include our English guests and make the dialogue relevant to our international network.
Alongside the seminar, we had an exhibition throughout the summer of 2026 with 9 artists who have taken as their starting point the theme WASTE / DEPOSIT .
SEMINAR INTRODUCTION BY MAIKEN STENE AND HANDS EDWARD HAMMONDS
There is a recording of the entire seminar. The link can be shared upon request.
