Inuk Silis Høegh

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Inuk Silis Høegh
Born1972 (age 51–52)
Qaqortoq, Greenland,
Kingdom of Denmark
NationalityGreenlandic
CitizenshipKingdom of Denmark
EducationMFA, The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts; MA, University of Bristol
Occupation(s)Filmmaker, artist
Parent(s)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

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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).[2][3]

Career

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Filmmaking

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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 Sumé: Sound of a Revolution 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.[2][6][7][8][9][10][11]

Visual art

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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.[14]

Filmography

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  • Godnat - Sinilluarit (short film, 1999)
  • På Fremmed Is (documentary, 2000)
  • Eskimo Weekend (short film, 2001)
  • Red Lights and Time for Time (music videos, 2003–2004)
  • Sooq Akersuuttugut / Why We Fight (art video, 2004)
  • Tarrarsornerit / Spejlinger (documentary, 2007)
  • Sumé: The Sound of a Revolution (documentary, 2014)
  • The Green Land

References

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  1. ^ "CV Inuk Silis Høegh" (PDF). Nwbk.dk. Retrieved 2017-05-27.
  2. ^ a b c "Filmmakers and Their Global Lens: Inuk Silis Høegh". Independent Magazine. 5 May 2015. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
  3. ^ "Inuk Silis Høegh - Vancouver Biennale". Vancouver Biennale. Retrieved 29 October 2019.[permanent dead link‍]
  4. ^ Kogge, Michael. 2012. "Iceland/greenland" in Ian Aitken (ed.). The Concise Routledge Encyclopedia of the Documentary Film Routledge, Dec 27, p. 394
  5. ^ "Inuk Silis Høegh". Dfi.dk. Retrieved 19 June 2016.
  6. ^ [1] Archived 2014-12-03 at the National and University Library of Iceland
  7. ^ "Sume - lyden af den grřnlandske revolution | Odense". Fyens.dk. 2014-10-14. Retrieved 2017-05-27.
  8. ^ "Film om Grønlands største rockband - Film & tv - Kultur". Archived from the original on 2014-10-19. Retrieved 2014-10-19.
  9. ^ "Premiere: Se første trailer til Sume-film". Sermitsiaq.ag. Retrieved 19 June 2016.
  10. ^ "Danske medier hylder Sume-film". Sermitsiaq.ag. Retrieved 19 June 2016.
  11. ^ "Dansk premiere på dokumentaren om Sume". Kalaallit Nunaata Radioa website. Retrieved 19 June 2016.
  12. ^ "An Iceberg in the Heart of Ottawa - National Gallery of Canada". Gallery.ca. Retrieved 19 June 2016.
  13. ^ "A time-lapse video of Greenlandic artist Inuk Silis Høegh's Iluliaq [Iceberg] (2013)". Ngcmagazine.ca. Retrieved 19 June 2016.
  14. ^ a b "Iluliaq: A monumental work by Greenlandic artist Inuk Silis Høegh on view at the National Gallery of Canada". artdaily.cc. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
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