Portrait of an Arctic Research Station

Abstract

In 2020 I travelled to the Tarfala Research Station in northern Sweden to explore how scientists engage with glacial landscapes. At Tarfala, boundaries between the buildings and their surroundings are blurred as material flows between station and landscape. Building on the intertwined histories of science and photographic practice, I used analogue and experimental photography to create cyanotypes in place. In this, the weather and landscape became active agents in the image-making process, recreating the boundary crossings witnessed during my stay.