Round:Motion:TOUR — on foot and skis across land and by sailboat, packraft or kayak across water on a northern route around the world.
In this physically exploratory, unpredictable and unimaginable journey, artist Katharina Kneip connects man-made and natural infrastructures, culture and nature across borders, creating a network with different people she meets along the way, with animals, landscapes, stones, the past and the future… until she eventually returns to her geographical starting point.
The TOUR began in January 2023 in Münster (Westphalia) in Germany and has since taken her
- On foot to Kirkenes, north-eastern Norway
- Winter and polar night in Kirkenes and the surrounding region, working as a local guide, planning the next part of the tour …
- By ski and pulka from Kirkenes to Tromsø
- By sailing boat from Tromsø to Longyearbyen, Svalbard
- Summer in Svalbard, including working as a local guide and as crew on a sailing boat
- Sailing via East Greenland to Ísafjörður in Iceland
- Hiking from Ísafjörður to a farm near Akureyri
- Winter on the farm, planning the next stage, crossing Iceland from north to south on skis and pulka and various shorter hikes with friends
- Hike from the farm to Reykjavik and the sailboat
- Sailing from Iceland via southwest Greenland to Lewisporte, Newfoundland, Canada
- Hiking from Lewisporte to Lark Harbour on the west coast of Newfoundland
- Sailing from Lark Harbour via the Magdalene Islands and Cape Breton to mainland Nova Scotia
Since then – crossing Canada, first from east to west on foot and on skis…
… depending on political circumstances and sailing opportunities, the journey will continue… until the circle around the earth is complete.
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