Thinking at the Edge of the World

'Thinking at the Edge of the World’ was a cross-disciplinary international conference initiated and developed by Office for Contemporary Art Norway (OCA) and the Northern Norway Art Museum (NNKM). Held on Svalbard from 12-13 June 2016, it brought together figures from the fields of art, architecture, psychology, philosophy, history and science, who were invited to visit and think about the region, considering it as a unique vantage point from which to reflect upon the environmental, aesthetic, architectural, economic, political and scientific forces that are shaping the North of Norway and its relationship to the world.