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Heiðrik á Heygum's Meat, watercolour and gouache on paper, 2022. Photo courtesy of the artist.

Image Description: A watercolour painting of meat packaged in clear plastic against a white background.

Mythe et Évidence by Mathieu Valade. Photo by Brian Medina.

Image Description: An outdoor art installation featuring a white unicorn inside of a translucent box lit from within with a silver metal frame and concrete foundation in a park at night.

Festival of Cool performers Tuuletar. Photo by Katariina Salmi.

Image Description: Upper body shot of four members of Tuuletar standing sideways with bare skin covered in colourful paint with hands on each others shoulders against a black background.

Festival of Cool performers VÍÍK. Photo courtesy of the artists.

Image Description: Six members of VÍÍK stand side by side outside in front of a wooden construction all wearing black clothing except for one person left of centre wearing a white v-neck short sleeve dress.

Moby Dick performance. Photo by Christophe Raynaud de Lage.

Image Description: A darkly lit stage with a large whale puppet being held up by faintly seen people in black clothing. Steam rises from the whale's blowhole and two guitarists play upstage of it.

Moby Dick performance. Photo by Christophe Raynaud de Lage.

Image Description: A group of performers stand in a V formation wearing black cloaks and hats, facing upstage towards whale bone props on a dark, hazy stage.

Moby Dick performance. Photo by Christophe Raynaud de Lage.

Image Description: A performer playing Moby Dick sits on-stage at a table with props on it with their right arm being raised by one of five people behind them wearing black robes and headwraps with skeletal facial makeup.

Post Capitalistic Auction creator, Jingyi Wang.

Image Description: Headshot of Jingyi Wang, a woman with straight, shoulder length dark brown hair with her lips slightly parted gazing gently at the camera wearing a black and white blouse and a black cardigan overtop against a white background.

Post Capitalistic Auction, previously held in Bergen. Photo by Øystein Grutle Haara.

Image Description: Two speakers stand at a podium in front of a powerpoint presentation on a black platform stage with others sitting in chairs on-stage and a seated audience facing the stage in a room lit by dim blue lighting.

Mobile Sweat by Art Spin. Photo by Priam Thomas. Editing by Layne Hinton.

Image Description: The Mobile Sweat sauna, a large four wheel trailer with the words Public Sweat written on its side set-up outdoors on cobblestone against a blue background.

Video in the mobile sauna by Stein Henningsen, photographed by Priam Thomas for Art Spin.

Image Description: A video of nature playing on a screen inside a wooden sauna in dim lighting.

Dispatches. Photo by Lauren Beauchamp and Norah Lång.

Image Description: Reindeer antlers placed on a grass-covered plain in daytime.

Dispatches. 'Reflections from Attu: Five Days with Mr. Akatu Jakobsen on the West Coast of Greenland'. Photo by Diellza Murtezaj and Meral Jamal.

Image Description: A woman in white and black clothing holds a video camera filming a man in jeans and black jacket as he speaks and leans against a black wooden fence that is part of a walkway on a cloudy day. Colourful a-framed houses are in the background.

The Breathing Hole / Aglu ᐊᒡᓗ. Image by Gayle Uyagaqi Kabloona.

Image Description: Graphic illustration of the profile of the head of a polar bear in white against a black background.

Mundial Montréal performers Symbio. Photo by Christoffer Paavilainen.

Image Description: Members of music duo Symbio sit on chairs on-stage with their eyes closed and each playing their instrument, an accordion and a hurdy-gurdy.

Mundial Montréal performer Ánnámáret. Photo by Marja Viitahuhta.

Image Description: Music artist Ánnámáret stands outdoors on a rocky, grassy plain on a partially cloudy day wearing red, green and black traditional Sámi attire, gákti.

Mundial Montréal performers AySay. Photo courtesy of the artists.

Image Description: AySay music trio stand facing the camera in various styles of long-sleeve shirts with blue lighting and a blue backdrop.

Mundial Montréal performers Helsinki Cotonou Ensemble. Photo by Eetu Linnankivi.

Image Description: Group shot of nine members of Helsinki Cotonou Ensemble with expressive facial expressions and poses against a blue backdrop.

FIKA(S) Festival 2022 edition. Image courtesy of FIKA(S).

Image Description: Graphic for FIKA(S) Festival with pink and white text listing event information overtop illustrated blue evergreen trees with a colourful round-edge frame outlining the image.

BreakOut West performers Kitka. Photo by Maáyan.

Image Description: Music duo Kitka face each other while pulling up the collars of their shiny black puffer jackets with one of them peaking at the camera.

BreakOut West festival performer Kid Vicious. Photo by Olle Ejderlöf.

Image Description: Black and white image of artist Kid Vicious with dark chin length hair and bangs wearing a spagetti strap dress and singing into a microphone.

BreakOut West performer Cell7. Photo by Julie Rowland.

Image Description: A sepia toned half-shot of artist Cell7 wearing a tie-dye pattern hooded sweater with the word HUF on it in white. The artist's arms are behind their head tilting it downwards.

BreakOut West festival performers BSÍ. Photo by Ugla Hauksdóttir.

Image Description: Music duo BSÍ pictured from the waist up, sitting against a concrete wall. Silla Thorarensen is on the right wearing round black glasses and a burnt orange coat. Julius Pollux Rothlaender is on the left wearing a grey coat.

BreakOut West festival performers The Magnettes. Photo by Annica Zion.

Image Description: Half-shot of two women Rebecka and Sanna, members of The Magnettes trio. Both wear oversized black suits with a black tie and white collared shirt, and have mid-length blonde hair with dark makeup.

Arctic/Amazon artist Outi Pieski, Birit Haarla and Katja Haarla, Guhte gullá – Here to Hear, 2021. Photo by Mauri Lähdesmäki.

Image Description: Video still image of two performers in movement next to each other wearing traditional Sámi gákti against a black background.

Fuglakvæðið (The Bird Ballad) by Edward Fuglø. Image courtesy of the artist.

Image Description: A graphic illustration of a puffin bird dressed in a royal uniform as if posing for a portrait with various graphic illustrations surrounding the image.

Animal, Vegetable, Mineral exhibition. Beads of Timber by Anna Rikkinen. Photo by Pia Maria Rautio.

Image Description: A barefoot child in neutral coloured shorts and shirt holds a chain of large wooden beads that coil around on the floor against a brown background.

The Sea Around Us by Rita Jokiranta at the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic.

Image Description: A colourful video installation of sea water projected onto the outside of a building with people walking by at dusk.

Rita Jokiranta, still image from About the Sea Around Us, 2022.

Image Description: Deep blue wavy waters with white specks along the lower half of the image.

Arctic AR. OVIAS by Ann Holmgren Aurebekk.

Image Description: A person dressed in traditional Sámi fur attire walking on a snowy flatland towards a setting sun and a tent called a Lavvu.

Arctic Highways artist Dan Jåma, video still from Leave No Trace, 2021.

Image Description: Close up of the legs of a reindeer herd standing in snow.

Eyes as Big as Plates, Scotty (Tasmania 2019). Photo by Karoline Hjorth & Riitta Ikonen.

Image Description: A person in a body of water covered and surrounded by seaweed in daytime.

Nordic Screendance at the National Arts Centre. Still of Birds in the Earth by Marja Helander.

Image Description: Two dancers stand on a flat rocky and grassy surface both wearing traditional Sámi attire, gákti, with their arms raised above their heads to create an oval shape.

SPHERE sound installation, a shimmering ornament of silt. Image courtesy of the artists rebecca bruton and Halla Steinunn Stefánsdóttir.

Image Description: Abstract white and grey artwork against a brown background.

SPHERE photography exhibition, Eyes as Big as Plates. Photo by Riitta Ikonen and Karoline Hjorth.

Image Description: A person sits covered in seaweed on a rocky shore next to a body of water with pieces of ice floating in it and a mountain in the background in daytime.

SPHERE performer Mari Samuelson. Photo courtesy of the National Arts Centre.

Image Description: Side view of violinist Mari Samuelson with her fair hair pulled into a tight low bun and wearing a white highneck long-sleeve top holding a violin in her left hand while leaning backwards to look towards the ceiling. There are grey and brown graphics in the background.

SPHERE. Image courtesy of the National Arts Centre.

Image Description: Graphic banner for SPHERE festival, with SPHERE written in brown uppercase letters and the accent on the first e is drawn as a feather.

Caustic Effect. Image Design by Rebecca Smit, 2022.

Image Description: Overlapping images of Landon Krentz making the signs that represent Caustic Effect, underwater with refracted light on the ocean floor; a mermaid tail shadow can be seen on the ocean floor.

"I Forgive You" playwrights Scott Jones (R) and Robert Chafe (L). Photo courtesy of Artistic Fraud of Newfoundland.

Image Description: Black and white image of two bearded men smiling widely, with one slightly behind the other in an indoor space.

"I Forgive You," 2022. Photo: Dahlia Katz. Photo Subject: Lennox Blue Powell.

Image Description: A young dancer with curly red hair wearing a white dress shirt twirls with his arms open as if to accept a hug.

Kolonien. Photo by Olof Grind.

Image Description: Music quartet Kolonien pose leaning on each other with soft facial expressions, wearing flowing red shirts and holding a branch of leaves in front of a teal green satin backdrop.

Vök. Photo courtesy of the artists.

Image Description: Upper body shot of music trio Vök standing in front of a red backdrop, each wearing a white shirt and black pants, with one member wearing white pants and a black round brim hat.

Nive and the Deer Children. Photo courtesy of the artists.

Image Description: A sepia tone image of singer Nive standing in a grass-covered field wearing a dark short-sleeve collared dress with seven members of her band standing in a semi-circle behind her.

GusGus. Photo by Daníel Ágúst.

Image Description: Three headshots of GusGus band members placed side by side. Each person is backlit by an orange light and has a circular light shining on one eye as well.

Kongero. Photo by Linda Rós Guðnadotter.

Image Description: Four members of the band Kongero stand in a field in a diagonal line facing the camera each wearing a floral dress in shades of black, white and blue during daytime.

ISÁK. Photo by Mads Suhr Pettersen.

Image Description: Members of music trio ISÁK stand facing the camera in a triangle formation all wearing neutral coloured clothing with purple tinted-lighting against a purple backdrop.

leoblu. Photo by Kseniya Apresian.

Image Description: Artist leoblu, a woman with middle-parted shoulder length hair and blue eyes wearing black eye liner and a black top sitting in a white bathtub with red lighting. The image is turned sideways.

Alianait Arts Festival 2022. Image by Charlotte Karetak.

Image Description: Graphic illustration of Inuit goddess Sedna with her tail submerged in water as she embraces a person sitting above the water's surface in neutral grey, beige, black and blue tones against a dark grey background.

Tord Gustavsen. Photo by Alessandra Frequja.

Image Description: Black and white image of pianist Tord Gustavsen sitting behind a piano with his eyes closed, feeling the music, in a black suit jacket.

Eivør. Photo by Sigga Ella.

Image Description: Music artist Eivør, a woman with long blonde hair wearing a black top poses in front of a yellow circle surrounded by soft red light.

VILDÁ. Photo by Joanna Suomalainen.

Image Description: Black and white image of music duo VILDÁ sitting on the floor back-to-back leaning on each other and wearing cozy loose outfits. Each hold a large hide drum.

Sara Ajnnak. Photo courtesy of the artist.

Image Description: Artist Sara Ajnnak stands on an outdoor railway track wearing a mustard yellow knee-length dress with orange smoke surrounding her.

TOHU / Montréal Complètement Cirque Festival. 'PLAST'. Photo by Jonatan Nylander.

Image Description: Two performers with long hair tied into high ponytails wear white short-sleeve shirts and pants while hanging from a rope sideways with their limbs wrapped around the rope.

TOHU / Montréal Complètement Cirque Festival. Portmanteau 'Piste, piste, piste'. Photo by Mikko Pirinen.

Image Description: Two performers in loose white costumes lean away from each other and counterbalance by holding the opposite hand of the other. The stage is dark with white striped lighting on the performers and small white spheres placed around them on the floor.

TOHU / Montréal Complètement Cirque Festival. Dansateliers 'FASE'. Photo credit Alexander Browne.

Image Description: Three circus performers in red long-sleeved jumpsuits form an upside-down U shape atop a snowy mountain range in daytime.

Dir. Maria Loohufvud, still of Calendar Girls, 2022. Courtesy of Hot Docs.

Image Description: Five women in their 60's wearing knee-high white fur boots and pink fringe dresses pose in a v-formation in front of a car with an open trunk in a parking lot with trees in the background.

Dir. Simon Lereng Wilmont, still of A House Made of Splinters, 2022. Courtesy of Hot Docs.

Image Description: Two children with shoulder length hair wearing grey sweaters sit against a beige wall with a leaf-like mural painted on it.

The Days performance by Maria Nurmela and Ville Oinonen. Photo by Victor Dmitriev.

Image Description: Dancer Maria Nurmela standing sideways on-stage with hair pulled into a bun and arms reaching out. In the blurred background dancer Ville Oinonen walks towards her.

Design Matters exhibition "The secrets of..." by COMPANY (Aamu Song and Johan Olin). Photo by Brian Medina.

Image Description: A white vitrine features brightly coloured painted and lacquered wood carvings in the shapes of fruit, including pineapples, pear, apple and apricot. Next to the fruit is a white cube with a pink lacquered bird perched on top.

Junior festival performance Those Who Run in the Sky. Photo by Gerth Lyberth.

Image Description: A performer stands facing upstage with one arm raised and legs slightly apart wearing a white long-sleeve jumpsuit with a hood and knee-high brown leather boots. The stage backdrop shows a snowy mountain range with blue aurora borealis lights at night.

Junior festival performance Spoiiiiiiiiing! by Kitt Johnson X-act. Photo by Per Morten Abrahamsen.

Image Description: Two performers wearing black long-sleeve jumpsuits moving across a pile of garbage at an outdoor landfill in daytime.

Junior festival performance A Story of a House That Turned into a Dot. Photo by Lars K. Olesen.

Image Description: A dark stage lit by a refracting blue light from an object upstage. Downstage is a rectangular glass surface with various glowing glass vases and pitchers placed on top with the silhouette of a person sitting next to it.

Harbourfront Centre Artist-in-Residence, Jenni-Juulia Wallinheimo-Heimonen. Photo courtesy of the artist.

Image Description: Artist Jenni Juulia dressed in a swirly dress made of white paper with black text on it.

CoMotion festival performer Signmark (Marko Vuoriheimo). Photo by Brendan Delany.

Image Description: Upper body shot of rap artist Signmark with his arms stretched out towards the camera and a open-mouthed animated facial expression. He has short blonde hair and blue eyes and wears a dark denim long-sleeve button-up shirt.

Coastal Dance Festival performers Liv Aira and Marika Renhuvud. Photo by Sami Maldonado Lizarazu.

Image Description: Two dancers with braided hair wearing brown leather long-sleeve dresses, fur boots and black pants in a snowy evergreen forest with reindeer behind them. The dancer on the left has a raised leg and leans on the other dancer for support.

Coastal Dance Festival performer Sara Marielle Gaup Beaska. Photo by Iris Egilsdatter.

Image Description: Headshot of artist Sara Marielle Gaup Beaska, a woman with brown hair and blue eyes wearing grey, yellow and red gákti, traditional Sámi clothing.

Coastal Dance Festival performer Camilla Therese Karlsen. Photo courtesy of the artist.

Image Description: Aerialist Camille Therese Karlsen wearing a red long-sleeve shirt and skirt hangs upside down with her legs and one arm holding onto a thick rope. Her free hand holds a reindeer skull.

Iram Haq, still of What Will People Say (Hva vil folk si), 2017. Courtesy of TIFF.

Image Description: Three people on a motorcycle with a blurred background. The driver wears a white collared button-up shirt and the passengers wear colourful saris.

Lone Scherfig, still of An Education, 2009. Courtesy of TIFF.

Image Description: Two actresses wearing beige and leopard print hats and coats sit on an antique maroon coloured car with a grey stone building behind them.

Long Journey Home (part of Nordic Bridges). Designer: Liv Aurora Jensen, Inuk Design.

Image Description: An armchair placed on a rocky, snowy shore near a body of water in daytime. The chair is black with white Inuk-inspired designs.

Story, story, die. Photo credit Mats Bäcker.

Image Description: Two dancers sitting on a stage in grey and beige clothing. The dancer on the left uses one hand to hold the face of the other dancer, leaning towards them. The backdrop is black with bright white lights along the floor.

Sasha Huber, still of Rentyhorn, 2008. Video, 4:30 mins. Courtesy the artist and Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma. Photo: Siro Micheroli.

Image Description: A woman wearing a beige fur hat and coat, and black goggles atop her head overlooks a snowy mountain range. She holds a sign that reads Rentyhorn, and other smaller text.

Shona Illingworth, still from Topologies of Air, 2021. Three-channel high definition video and multi-channel sound installation, 45 min. Courtesy the artist and The Wapping Project.

Image Description: Silhouette of a person walking down a road with a car coming towards them at night. In the background are palm trees, a building and other pedestrians.

Nordic Lights (part of Nordic Bridges). ‘Pressure’ by Hans E Madsen. Photo by Brian Medina.

Image Description: Outdoor light art installation at night. The strings of light are thin, purple and swirly, supported by tall metal truss columns and wire mesh.

Nordic Lights (part of Nordic Bridges). 'CONTROL NO CONTROL' by Iregular. Photo by Brian Medina.

Image Description: A person in an orange jacket and grey pants standing in front of a large cube light installation at dusk. The cube has thin white lights with the person reaching their hand towards it and appearing to make lines of light radiate in all directions from where their hand is placed.

Courtesy of Harbourfront Centre

Image Description: Open-air concert stage beside Lake Ontario at dusk with a large crowd gathered. A band is performing on the stage which features a large Harbourfront Centre sign.

Courtesy of Harbourfront Centre

Image Description: People skating on outdoor rink lit with multi-coloured lights at night. Harbourfront Centre’s main building and Toronto’s skyline with the CN Tower is in the background.

Courtesy of Harbourfront Centre

Image Description: Large man-made pond with people in pedal boats on the water and pedestrians around the perimeter. A sunny, blue sky with Harbourfront Centre’s main building and Toronto’s waterfront skyline is in the background.

Courtesy of Harbourfront Centre

Image Description: People gathered around a quartet of artists performing on a round stage with a white conical canopy surrounded by white vendor tents and greenery with a pink and orange sunset in the background.