In January 2023, we packed a lot of warm sweaters and settled in Sisimiut, the second largest town in Greenland. We wanted to explore how the research of the Deep Purple Project can be communicated using a more engaging dialogue-based approach instead of the common format of a lecture during which it is only possible to ask a few questions after a PowerPoint slideshow.
During two months, we lived, worked in Sisimiut and participated in the very active local community. During our stay, we transformed a PowerPoint presentation by Alex Anesio into an interactive installation, which was based on different images from the Deep Purple Project.
With the installation, we wanted to initiate and facilitate dialogues about the research of the Deep Purple with the citizens of Sisimiut. In February 2023, we exhibited our installation at the Ilisimasat Science Festival, and at the local upper secondary school, GUX, in Sisimiut. We had many insightful dialogues about ice, ice algae, albedo, and life with citizens (see picture below). Prior to events, we could not foresee what would happen, or if anyone would talk with us, but there was a great interest, and we learned a lot from dialogues we had.
We are very grateful for all the people participating and who we have met along our way during the process of writing our thesis.
One of the activities within the installation was a large image of Greenland which people could paint on using their fingers and purple paint.
Persons gluing and arranging images within the installation.