Art / Earth – Jöklaminni is a transdisciplinary art-science project initiated by Stray Light and curated by Nicolas Baeyens and Þóranna Dögg Björnsdóttir. The project brings artists and scientists together to explore how we relate to a planet in motion. Taking glaciers as its point of departure, it connects scientific knowledge with artistic engagement with landscapes that are visibly changing and disappearing. Glaciers make planetary transformation tangible: local movements of ice and water are closely linked to global processes such as rising sea levels and shifting ecosystems, which also affect low-lying regions such as Belgium.

From early March to early April 2026, three Icelandic artists – Julie Sjöfn Gasiglia, Vala Sigþrúðar Jónsdóttir and Sigrún Gyða Sveinsdóttir – will be in residence at C-TAKT in Pelt, where they develop new work and research in dialogue with scientists and fellow artists. Their stay is accompanied by a programme of encounters in Belgium, including meetings with researchers from De Jonge Academie and the Royal Academy for Science and the Arts of Belgium, participation in the Belgian Science for Climate Action conference, and visits to artists and institutions. The residency follows an earlier phase of the project in February at SÍM Residency in Reykjavík, where Belgian artists Mattias De Craene, Stijn Demeulenaere and Kevin Trappeniers undertook fieldwork in glacier landscapes together with glaciologists from the University of Iceland.

Van begin maart tot begin april 2026 verblijven drie IJslandse kunstenaars – Julie Sjöfn Gasiglia, Vala Sigþrúðar Jónsdóttir en Sigrún Gyða Sveinsdóttir – in residentie bij C-TAKT in Pelt, waar zij nieuw werk en onderzoek ontwikkelen in dialoog met wetenschappers en collega-kunstenaars. Hun verblijf wordt gevoed door een programma van ontmoetingen in België, met onder meer gesprekken met onderzoekers van De Jonge Academie en de Koninklijke Academie voor Wetenschappen en Kunsten van België, deelname aan de conferentie van Belgian Science for Climate Action en bezoeken aan kunstenaars en instellingen. De residentie sluit aan op een eerdere fase van het project in februari bij SÍM Residency in Reykjavík, waar de Belgische kunstenaars Mattias De Craene, Stijn Demeulenaere en Kevin Trappeniers veldonderzoek deden in gletsjerlandschappen, samen met glaciologen van de University of Iceland.