Resumen de Wild, silly and enlightening
Ings interrogates some of Europe's festivals. "Disappearing Acts" was the theme of this year's Lofoten International Art Festival. A 24-year-old institution, it is held every other year on a cluster of islands off Norway's north-west coast, just above the Arctic circle. This year's festival expired several kinds of disappearance: people are leaving the countryside for the cities, while globally, the countryside itself is dying off in unexpected and unnerving ways. There's paranoia in this vision, and a millennial impulse that has nothing to do with science. As the UN climate conference in Paris nears, however, and with Syrian refugees being spotted entering Norway from Arctic Russia by bike, some response beyond blind panic would surely be welcome.
