Weather Reports on Pulsation and Movements Artist Talk with Merve Ünsal and Maria Andersson
Join us for an open evening with artists Merve Ünsal and Maria Andersson, hosted
as part of Merve’s Ünsal´s artist residency at NKF.
Door opens at 6 PM, artist talk at 6.30 PM
During the event:
Merve Ünsal will share insights into her work with Weather Transmissions in
Santa Cruz, California.
Maria Andersson will present her work with site-specific sound walks,
exploring the interplay between text, choreography, and the specificities of a
place.
Together, the artists will share a preview of their upcoming collaborative work
Weather Reports on Pulsation and Movements
Wine and mingle
Moderator: Camilla Larsson, curator, writer and researcher
About the Artists
Merve Ünsal is an artist based in Istanbul and Santa Cruz. Her practice explores
methods of tuning in and thinking through radio transmission, sound, photography,
video, performance, and site-specific installations. In 2022, Ünsal launched
Conversations with Weather Transmissions in Santa Cruz, California, responding to
frequent atmospheric rivers and the climate crisis. By interweaving written dialogues,
commentary, and field recordings into weather broadcasts, she transforms routine
reports into site-specific radio dramas. A recent iteration in Ayvalık, Turkey—a key
border crossing for refugees—used local weather data to unpack complex
geopolitical realities, human migration, and broader social and environmental
histories.
https://www.merveunsal.com
Maria Andersson is an artist living in Stockholm. Her practice deals primarily with
aspects of spatial organisation and transformation and the shaping of a society. Her
works span many mediums, including video, text and textile, performance, spatial
installations and public interventions. In recent years sound walks have become an
important part of her practice. The most recent soundwalk ”Between the Waves”
(www.mellanvagorna) works both as an historical site investigation, but also a
linguistic experiment, using text as material and rhythm. Words, pauses, and
repetition sync with the narrator’s voice and the walker's steps. As the listener moves
through the space, the physical walk becomes an inward journey into the experience
of being right here, right now.
www.mariaandersson.net