Inuk Silis Høegh (born 1972 in
Qaqortoq
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,
Greenland
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,
Kingdom of Denmark) is a
Greenlandic artist and filmmaker. The son of artist
Aka Høegh and photographer and film artist
Ivars Silis, he grew up in an artistic environment, and his sister is
Bolatta Silis Høegh, also an artist.
Background and education
Høegh received the Niels Wessel Bagges Grant in 2005, completing a
Master of Fine Arts (MFA) from
The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts
The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts ( da, Det Kongelige Danske Kunstakademi - Billedkunst Skolerne) has provided education in the arts for more than 250 years, playing its part in the development of the art of Denmark.
History
The Royal Dani ...
(2010) and a Master of Arts in Film and TV Production from the
University of Bristol
, mottoeng = earningpromotes one's innate power (from Horace, ''Ode 4.4'')
, established = 1595 – Merchant Venturers School1876 – University College, Bristol1909 – received royal charter
, type ...
(1997).
Career
Filmmaking
Høegh's 2002 documentary "Eskimo Weekend" followed a Greenlandic rock band over a weekend, and has been credited with challenging stereotypes about
Inuit
Inuit (; iu, ᐃᓄᐃᑦ 'the people', singular: Inuk, , dual: Inuuk, ) are a group of culturally similar indigenous peoples inhabiting the Arctic and subarctic regions of Greenland, Labrador, Quebec, Nunavut, the Northwest Territories ...
.
In 2014 Høegh released the documentary
Sumé: Sound of a Revolution about the groundbreaking Greenlandic rock band
Sumé. The movie was the first ever Greenlandic selection shown at the
Berlinale
The Berlin International Film Festival (german: Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin), usually called the Berlinale (), is a major international film festival held annually in Berlin, Germany. Founded in 1951 and originally run in June, the festi ...
festival, and was very well received.
Visual art
In 2013 Høegh's art installation ''Iluliaq'', a monumental sculpture of an iceberg, was installed in the Great Hall of the
National Gallery of Canada
The National Gallery of Canada (french: Musée des beaux-arts du Canada), located in the capital city of Ottawa, Ontario, is Canada's national art museum. The museum's building takes up , with of space used for exhibiting art. It is one of the ...
, in
Ottawa, as part of the exhibition ''Sakahàn: International Indigenous Art''.
The work provided a commentary on climate change, as it appeared gradually to "melt" as the windows of the Great Hall were replaced over the duration of the installation.
His artwork has been featured in exhibitions in countries including Greenland, Denmark, France, Iceland, Finland, Latvia and Germany, and his film work has been shown internationally.
Filmography
* ''Godnat - Sinilluarit'' (short film, 1999)
* ''På Fremmed Is'' (documentary, 2000)
* ''Eskimo Weekend'' (short film, 2001)
* ''Red Lights and Time for Time'' (music videos, 2003–2004)
* ''Sooq Akersuuttugut / Why We Fight'' (art video, 2004)
* ''Tarrarsornerit / Spejlinger'' (documentary, 2007)
* ''Sumé: The Sound of a Revolution'' (documentary, 2014)
* ''The Green Land''
References
External links
* https://www.thesoundofarevolution.com/
* https://www.dfi.dk/viden-om-film/filmdatabasen/person/inuk-silis-hoegh
1972 births
Living people
Greenlandic artists
Greenlandic Inuit people
People from Qaqortoq
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