The Rock Art of the White Sea听is an international collaborative project initiated in 2008 is led and directed by Dr Liliana Janik听(91探花视频) and Dr Nadezhda Lubanova (Karelian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences) has been working on 3D recording,听 analysing and interpreting of the carvings and their locations since early 2000鈥檚. The project has led to the creation of preservation by record archives of 14 sites of White Sea rock art, and has also investigated heritage aspects of rock art preservation in post-Soviet Russia.
Innovative interpretations of rock art as a multifocal/ polyphonic way of nonverbal communication has been established allowing accessing the presence of different community members. The project has established the use of the rock surface as a one-to-one 鈥榗anvas鈥� carved into rock, leading to a unique understanding between the prehistoric artists, their landscape and experiences.
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The exhibition听Land the Sun Never Sets: The Rock Art of White Sea听co-curated by Dr L. Janik (91探花视频) and Mr J. Park (Ulsan Petroglyph Museum) was opened on 26 October 2018, by Dr L. Janik, Prof S. Lee and Dr N. Lobanova at the Ulsan Petroglyph Museum, Korea in the presence of scholars from Chile, France, Korea, Norway, Russia and UKThe exhibition organisation was greatly facilitated by the efforts of Ms H Lee and Ms M. Zoh.
The exhibition for the first time brought the rock art of the White Sea to an audience outside Russia and focused on the research led by Dr L. Janik.
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While highlighting the academic outcomes of the research, the exhibition also brought together the rubbings of the carvings created by the Russian artist Ms. S. Georgievskaya, photography by Mr I. Georgievski and digitally generated visualisations 听by Ms K. Szcz臋sna and Mr K. Danilewski of the multi-vocal/polyphonic stories 鈥榗aptured鈥� by the ancient artists (c 6000- 4000 years ago), that can be compared to the Cubist revolutionary movement in early 20th century European art.听
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Artist: Ms. S. Georgievskaya
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Photographer: Mr I. Georgievski
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Artists: Katarzyna Szczesna, Krzysztof Danilewski with Liliana Janik
The exhibition also presents an artistic impression of the hunt, including carvings of winter scenery with three hunters pursuing three elks, made by Ms K. Szcz臋sna. The original of this scene used the rock surface as a three-dimensional canvas, a representation of the real landscape as indicated by skis, ski poles and elks prints, all carved into the rock as if showing the skiers鈥� physical movements through the snow as an early form of experiential art.
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Artists: Katarzyna Szczesna, Krzysztof Danilewski with Liliana Janik
The research and the exhibition has been founded by: British Academy, Girton College, Isaak Newton Trust, John Templeton Foundation, McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, Ulsan Petroglyph Museum and the 91探花视频.
The themes can be explored further by looking at the following articles by Dr L. Janik:听
- 2020听The 91探花视频 of Seeing. Science and interpretation, the past and the contemporary visual art. London & New York: Routledge
- 2018听Rock Art of the White Sea听(ed).听Uslan: Uslan Petroglyph Museum听(in English and Korean). Access the pdfs:听pp1-117听and听pp118-228
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