Inuk Silis Høegh Explained

Inuk Silis Høegh
Citizenship:Kingdom of Denmark
Nationality:Greenlandic
Birth Place:Qaqortoq, Greenland,
Kingdom of Denmark
Education:MFA, The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts; MA, University of Bristol
Occupation:Filmmaker, artist
Parents:Aka Høegh, Ivars Silis

Inuk Silis Høegh (born 1972 in Qaqortoq, Greenland, Kingdom of Denmark)[1] is a Greenlandic artist and filmmaker. The son of artist Aka Høegh and photographer and film artist Ivars Silis, he grew up in an artistic environment, and his sister is Bolatta Silis Høegh, also an artist.[2]

Background and education

Høegh received the Niels Wessel Bagges Grant in 2005, completing a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) from The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts (2010) and a Master of Arts in Film and TV Production from the University of Bristol (1997).[3]

Career

Filmmaking

Høegh's 2002 documentary "Eskimo Weekend" followed a Greenlandic rock band over a weekend, and has been credited with challenging stereotypes about Inuit.[4] In 2014 Høegh released the documentary about the groundbreaking Greenlandic rock band Sumé.[5] The movie was the first ever Greenlandic selection shown at the Berlinale festival, and was very well received.[6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]

Visual art

In 2013 Høegh's art installation Iluliaq, a monumental sculpture of an iceberg, was installed in the Great Hall of the National Gallery of Canada, in Ottawa, as part of the exhibition Sakahàn: International Indigenous Art.[12] [13] The work provided a commentary on climate change, as it appeared gradually to "melt" as the windows of the Great Hall were replaced over the duration of the installation.[14] His artwork has been featured in exhibitions in countries including Greenland, Denmark, France, Iceland, Finland, Latvia and Germany, and his film work has been shown internationally.

Filmography

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: CV Inuk Silis Høegh . Nwbk.dk . 2017-05-27.
  2. News: Filmmakers and Their Global Lens: Inuk Silis Høegh . 29 October 2019 . Independent Magazine . 5 May 2015.
  3. Web site: Inuk Silis Høegh - Vancouver Biennale . Vancouver Biennale . 29 October 2019.
  4. Kogge, Michael. 2012. "Iceland/greenland" in Ian Aitken (ed.). The Concise Routledge Encyclopedia of the Documentary Film Routledge, Dec 27, p. 394
  5. Web site: Inuk Silis Høegh. Dfi.dk. 19 June 2016.
  6. http://www.dfi.dk/PageError.aspx?aspxerrorpath=/Filmhuset/Cinemateket/Billetter-og-program/Film.aspx
  7. Web site: Sume - lyden af den grřnlandske revolution | Odense . Fyens.dk . 2014-10-14 . 2017-05-27.
  8. Web site: Film om Grønlands største rockband - Film & tv - Kultur . 2014-10-19 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141019045914/http://jyllands-posten.dk/kultur/film/ECE4546814/film-om-groenlands-stoerste-rockband/ . 2014-10-19 .
  9. Web site: Premiere: Se første trailer til Sume-film. Sermitsiaq.ag. 19 June 2016.
  10. Web site: Danske medier hylder Sume-film. Sermitsiaq.ag. 19 June 2016.
  11. Web site: Dansk premiere på dokumentaren om Sume. Kalaallit Nunaata Radioa website. 19 June 2016.
  12. Web site: An Iceberg in the Heart of Ottawa - National Gallery of Canada. Gallery.ca. 19 June 2016.
  13. Web site: A time-lapse video of Greenlandic artist Inuk Silis Høegh's Iluliaq [Iceberg] (2013)]. Ngcmagazine.ca. 19 June 2016.
  14. News: Iluliaq: A monumental work by Greenlandic artist Inuk Silis Høegh on view at the National Gallery of Canada . 29 October 2019 . artdaily.cc.

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