Under the stage name ColdArtist, I explore the limits of the body and the possibilities of the mind in the harsh environment of the Arctic.
In Kalaallisut, or West Greenlandic, Nipi means so much more than just “music”. Nipi also means the sound of speech, the cracking of ice, the howling of a wolf, the barking of a seal, the sniffing of a snow fox, the growling of a bear, the breathing of the whale, the nightly chorus of the dogs, a thunder-cap of a collapsing iceberg, a yelling of the dog-driver, a cosmic silence of the dancing Northern Lights … in other words, it means all the “music” of the beautiful world around us.