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2nd year of the TOUR

The second year of the Round:Motion TOUR takes me from Kirkenes to Tromsø in March/April by ski and pulka, from there by sailing ship to Longyearbyen on Svalbard, where I will stay until the end of August, getting to know the region and working, before sailing on to Iceland.

After the first year of the TOUR, which I covered on foot except for the paddle passage from Denmark to Sweden, the challenge for this year was to continue westwards from Northern Norway across the sea using wind power if possible. I wanted to leave the exact route as open as possible and see how my search for sailing opportunities would develop.
Skiing and sailing away from the Norwegian mainland both involve searching for a suitable route depending on the situation. Depending on the quality of the snow and ice, wind, weather forecast and other geographical and personal circumstances, this kind of travelling is not (or relatively rarely) tied to predetermined tracks. I am very curious to see how the perception of the route through this historically and geopolitically as well as climatically and scenically exciting and controversial part of the world develops.

 
To circumnavigate the Earth by foot, packraft, and kayak along a northern route; that’s what the Round:Motion:TOUR is about. It delves into the unimaginable, practical, physical, and unpredictable exploration of movement.
Using film, photography, and drawing as primary mediums, I document the link that occurs between physical and mental challenges while trekking through large, cold, and isolated areas. 
 
Beginning in Münster, Germany, this expedition circuits through different locations in Scandinavia, Russia, Alaska, and Canada. ‍ One of my commitments is to carry out projects along the way with local artists and scientists, as well as with the landscape, animals, plants, stones, and snow. These will then be uploaded onto the Forum:Round:Motion in order to create a long-lasting network of information sharing and storytelling.
 
The Tour takes Round:Motion from theoretical to practical thinking, it aims to redefine ideas of the comfort zone and questions our perception of time. Though circumnavigation’s long history has been defined by heroic and romanticised reporting and documentation styles, I believe it is important to break away from these structures; especially when they are used as the catalysts that initiate a process and are allowed to unfold without any sense of hierarchy. If you would like to leave a comment, meet, join me, or have any questions, please get in touch here.

1st year of the TOUR

Initially, the Round:Motion:TOUR was set to head North-east, where a large part of the TOUR would be spent trekking through Russia. However, at the beginning of 2022 it became clear to me that this part of my plan had taken a turn into inadvisable territory. Slow progression is an important aspect of the TOUR, especially vis a vis movement and northern nature, weather, culture, etc., so immediately switching course to a westward route from Münster was out of the question. Instead, I opted to head into Scandinavia, meaning end of January 2023, I went northbound. First, at a moderate pace through Hamburg and Kiel until I reached Denmark. 
After walking through Denmark I kayaked to Sweden, where I continued my hike following different hiking paths such as Hallandsleden or Bohusleden, further on in Norway parts of the Olavs pilgrims path or just on my own way through nature until Oslo. In Oslo I spent about two weeks together with the dancer and choreographer Signe Alexandra Domogalla to think about our relation to walking, about being and moving outdoors and transforming these experiences further on. Practically this meant beside discussing and writing, visiting the Nansen Institute, walking and filming in the forest near Oslo and holding lectures or exhibiting for example in the Kristiania University College or the Goetheinstitute in Oslo. 
My walk continued with the spring when heading further north through Norway via Trondheim, Mo i Rana until Sulitjelma, where I crossed the border to Sweden. In Sweden I walked through Padjelanta National Park and later on followed the Kungsleden. Recognizing a great difference in the way of treating official hiking paths, the amount and atmosphere between other hikers compared to Norway, where I rarely met anyone and where the hiking trails are not nearly as clearly recognisable by bridges, planks or signposts. 
After a visit to Kiruna and experiencing the incredible effects of the mine there, I continued eastwards, through a lot of swamp and forest in Finland and on to Norway. I followed the Pasvik valley all the way to Kirkenes. 
 
I stayed in Pasvik and Kirkenes for the entire polar night, met many local people, worked as a guide and the art organisation Pikene på Broen, while I went on tours in the region and planned the further course of the TOUR.

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