Hilde Methi

Hilde Methi is an independent curator based in Kirkenes. Her work investigates the relationship of her own locale to a larger geopolitical setting. In collaboration with others she explores what art can be and how art acts in relation to institutional centres within and at the peripheries of global capitalism. Based on her interest in local history, politics and economics, she builds up ongoing projects and art collectives infusing artistic ideas into local contexts. She conceived the Sámi Art Festival (2008–10); co-curated russianmarket.info – Taking Inventory, Uqbar (2011); Extreme Crafts, Freies Museum, Berlin (2012); and Nørrekærbiennalen (2014). She is a curator of the Dark Ecology project, in collaboration with Sonic Acts. [1]