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BLACK ICE

Greenpeace Volunteer Group Oslo and Vandaler Forening are proud to invite you to the screening of the documentary “Black Ice: The story of the Greenpeace Arctic 30” followed by a concert of SKÆVV (Harald Fetveit & Thomas Oxem).

At this occasion, we will show several posters made during “Save the Arctic” campaign, which aimed to promote awerness around oil drilling and fish industries in the Arctic region.
Over 2000 posters from all over the world have been received and 3 winners have been selected to join Greenpeace for their next adventures around Svalbard.

Entrance is free but booking is necessary:
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about Black Ice

When the Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise set sail to protest the first ever oil drilling in the Arctic Ocean, none of the people on board could have known what was coming.

Seized at gunpoint by Russian special forces, the ‘Arctic 30’ were thrust into headlines all over the world, facing up to 15 years in prison and finding themselves at the centre of a bitter international dispute.

A similar protest the previous year at the same oil platform had seen the Greenpeace activists walk away untouched. This time, the events that unfolded sent shockwaves across the world.

With the eyes of the world upon them, Russia charged the crew, from 18 different countries, with piracy and hooliganism. It was the most ruthless response from a national government against an NGO in a quarter of a century.

Their imprisonment, which saw worldwide media cast the Arctic 30 in the same mould as political prisoners like Pussy Riot and Mikhail Khodorkovsky, lasted months. However, their resolve to try and stop oil drilling in the Arctic was never broken.

trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Znq…

about SKÆVV

SKÆVV is a rather noisy outfit consisting of of Thomas Oxem on drums and Harald Fetveit on analogue electronics.
Thomas Oxem is known from the unpolished and ever adventurous rock band Bladed, while Harald Fetveit is one of the grandfathers of Norwegian Noise music.

He has collaborated with a.o. Mattin, Lucio Capece, Anla Courtis, Taku Unami, Seijiro Murayama, Hong Chulki, Lene Grenager, John Hegre, Agnes Hvizdalek and Baktruppen.

Through Dans for Voksne – a series of concert that started in 2003 – he has organised projects in Svalbard and Finnmark.

soundcloud.com/skaevv

about Greenpeace

Greenpeace has been campaigning against environmental degradation since 1971 when a small boat of volunteers and journalists sailed into Amchitka, an area north of Alaska where the US Government was conducting underground nuclear tests. This tradition of ‘bearing witness’ in a non-violent manner continues today, and their ships are an important part of all their campaign work.

www.greenpeace.org/norway/no/

about vandaler forening

vandaler forening organises, conducts and documents experimental, time-based, collaborative and collective practices in relation to public space and landscape.

www.vandalerforening.org

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The event is fully supported by Greenpeace Norway. Thanks to the whole team for making this happening!