CoastARTS treats the coastal areas of Europe as rich zones for analysing the convergence of ecological and cultural perspectives on crisis and its material manifestations. The project uses performing arts practice and research to develop methods and models that can be deployed across multiple disciplines to deepen understanding of the intricate links between historical crises and looming threats to our planet. In doing so, it lays ground for building resilience in communities and fostering adaptive responses to the Earth’s increasing precarity.
CoastARTS is a comparative, multi-sited study proceeding in three broad phases (research and creative design, community-based practice, reflection and analysis), each lasting a year. With cultural partners, we will also co-create performances, exhibitions and sustainable digital resources that will be accessible to all. The work will unfold collaboratively in Ireland, Spain, Portugal, Norway and the UK, serving as both an analytical window into coastal crises and a mode of collaborative action.
Matilda Aaltonen is participating in the Norway CoastARTS project, which explores our relationships with birds in Norway's coastal environments. She will collaborate with singer, yoiker, and composer Kari Heimen in their art project “Birds, Yoik and Dance in the HOT SPOT”, which will take place in Herøy and Sandnessjøen in May 2026.
Duration: 2025–2027
Principal investigator: Heli Aaltonen
Postdoc researcher: Pauliina Maapalo
Artist: Matilda Aaltonen, Georgiana Keable, Kari Heimen, Mari Mäkiö, Annalise Best, and Mark Trapani.
Ornithologists: Martin Eggen, Atle Ivar Olsen & Audun Eriksen.
NTNU - Department of Art and Media Studies and The Research Council of Norway.
CoastARTS is a comparative, multi-sited study proceeding in three broad phases (research and creative design, community-based practice, reflection and analysis), each lasting a year. With cultural partners, we will also co-create performances, exhibitions and sustainable digital resources that will be accessible to all. The work will unfold collaboratively in Ireland, Spain, Portugal, Norway and the UK, serving as both an analytical window into coastal crises and a mode of collaborative action.
Matilda Aaltonen is participating in the Norway CoastARTS project, which explores our relationships with birds in Norway's coastal environments. She will collaborate with singer, yoiker, and composer Kari Heimen in their art project “Birds, Yoik and Dance in the HOT SPOT”, which will take place in Herøy and Sandnessjøen in May 2026.
Duration: 2025–2027
Principal investigator: Heli Aaltonen
Postdoc researcher: Pauliina Maapalo
Artist: Matilda Aaltonen, Georgiana Keable, Kari Heimen, Mari Mäkiö, Annalise Best, and Mark Trapani.
Ornithologists: Martin Eggen, Atle Ivar Olsen & Audun Eriksen.
NTNU - Department of Art and Media Studies and The Research Council of Norway.
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Photos: Matilda Aaltonen
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