Interview with Jessie Kleemann
Interview by Daniel Chartier
On Monday November 11th, 2024, Greenlandic poet and performer Jessie Kleemann was the guest of Professor Daniel Chartier at the International Laboratory for Research on Images of the North, Winter and the Arctic at the Université du Québec à Montréal. Together, they conducted this interview about contemporary art from Greenland, the blending of traditional Inuit elements and current political values in her work, her multilingual poetry collection Arkhticós Dolorôs, the myth of Sedna, climate change, the creation of cultural institutions in Greenland, and Jessie Kleemann's decisive encounter with activist Saami artists.
Jessie Kleemann Performance artist and poet from Greenland. Interview with Daniel Chartier