Video performance “stories of 90°S empir[e]icism #3”

Join for a special audiovisual performance by Janis Polar, exploring the entanglement of scientific exploration, industrial ambition, and geopolitical power in Antarctica. stories of 90°S empir[e]icism, #3 reworks historical 16mm footage of European expeditions from the 1940s–1960s, layering them with contemporary material to question the narratives of conquest and extraction that shaped this remote landscape.

Through projected distortions on glacier geotextiles and digitally altered sound, the performance disrupts images of male dominance, whaling industries, and scientific interventions, proposing an alternative way of engaging with Antarctica’s fragile ecosystem. By juxtaposing past ambitions with present uncertainties, “stories of 90°S empir[e]icism #3” asks: what futures await this territory once the ice retreats?

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