{"id":66903,"date":"2025-06-03T09:39:30","date_gmt":"2025-06-03T13:39:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/?p=66903"},"modified":"2026-05-07T15:05:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T19:05:07","slug":"professors-video-wins-international-prize","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/2025\/06\/03\/professors-video-wins-international-prize\/","title":{"rendered":"Professor\u2019s Video Wins International Prize"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignwide\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"643\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-66905 lazyload\" alt=\"Still from video, Like shishmaref, show abandonned house on the Outer Banks.\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2025\/06\/Shishmaref_Ranis-1000x643.jpg\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2025\/06\/Shishmaref_Ranis-1000x643.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2025\/06\/Shishmaref_Ranis-600x386.jpg 600w, https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2025\/06\/Shishmaref_Ranis-768x494.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2025\/06\/Shishmaref_Ranis-300x193.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2025\/06\/Shishmaref_Ranis.jpg 1366w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1000px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1000\/643;\" \/><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color has-large-font-size wp-elements-74c478d44a457d39405b2835766ab864 wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Jurors call \u201cLike Shishmaref,\u201d showing coastal degradation in Alaska and N.C. Outer Banks, \u201ca powerful artistic experience.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Professor of Art <a href=\"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/people\/marek-ranis\/\">Marek Ranis<\/a> has received the prestigious <em>KP<\/em>&nbsp;Prize 2025, awarded by the Kunsthal Aarhus, a contemporary art museum in Denmark.&nbsp;Ranis received the award for his video, \u201cLike Shishmaref,\u201d which was presented in the museum\u2019s <em>KP25 <\/em>exhibition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Established in 1947, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kunsthalaarhus.dk\/da\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kunsthal Aarhus<\/a> annual <em>KP<\/em> exhibition showcases exemplary work by artists from across the globe, selected by a distinguished jury. Artists of all ages, educational backgrounds, nationalities, and residencies are invited to submit their works. From the artists chosen for the exhibition, the jury awards one <em>KP<\/em>&nbsp;Prize to an artist \u201cwho has shown extraordinary talent.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For this year\u2019s&nbsp;<em>KP25 <\/em>exhibition, the selection committee reviewed a total of 2,658 works from 543 applications and chose 90 works by 58 different artists for presentation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Completed in 2016, \u201cLike Shishmaref,\u201d is a 16-minute video that juxtaposes scenes of the eroded coasts of the Alaskan Inupiaq village of Shishmaref and the North Carolina Outer Banks (pictured in a film still above). Both landscapes have been battered by rising seas caused by climate change, demonstrating an environmental catastrophe shared by communities thousands of miles apart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignfull size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"554\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2025\/06\/Marek_Like-Shishmaref_Lars-Svanholm-1000x554.jpg\" alt=\"Like Shishmaref painting\" class=\"wp-image-66929 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2025\/06\/Marek_Like-Shishmaref_Lars-Svanholm-1000x554.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2025\/06\/Marek_Like-Shishmaref_Lars-Svanholm-600x332.jpg 600w, https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2025\/06\/Marek_Like-Shishmaref_Lars-Svanholm-768x426.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2025\/06\/Marek_Like-Shishmaref_Lars-Svanholm-1400x776.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2025\/06\/Marek_Like-Shishmaref_Lars-Svanholm-300x166.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2025\/06\/Marek_Like-Shishmaref_Lars-Svanholm.jpg 1536w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1000px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1000\/554;\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Still from &#8220;Like Shishmaref&#8221; <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The KP selection committee called \u201cLike Shishmaref\u201d a \u201cpowerful artistic experience.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-sm-header-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u201cThere are no words or spoken commentary, no explanations\u2014only images that speak for themselves,\u201d the jurors wrote. \u201cVisual art in its own right. There are also no moralistic finger-wagging or bombastic proclamations to steer the viewer in a particular direction or to standardize the experience; instead, it offers a poetic, sensual stream of images open to various interpretations and reflections, as is the case with all good art.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since 2002, Ranis has been <a href=\"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2024\/06\/feature-Marek-Ranis.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">investigating climate change through his artistic practice<\/a>. He has had multiple research residencies in Alaska, Iceland, Greenland and northern Norway. He has presented research at the Arctic Circle Assembly, the largest international conference addressing challenges facing the Arctic, and has exhibited his work locally and across the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This summer, Ranis has returned to Norway for a summer residency at the <a href=\"https:\/\/nkdale.no\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Nordic Artists\u2019 Centre Dale<\/a>, a highly sought after program that accepts just 15 artists from more than 1300 applicants. While there, he will complete a project, begun in the fall of 2024, in which he is painting the Norwegian landscape as seen through the windows of the homes of residents in the Dale area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignfull size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2025\/06\/Marek-Ranis_Norway-1000x563.jpg\" alt=\"Marek in front of water and icebergs\" class=\"wp-image-66921 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2025\/06\/Marek-Ranis_Norway-1000x563.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2025\/06\/Marek-Ranis_Norway-600x337.jpg 600w, https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2025\/06\/Marek-Ranis_Norway-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2025\/06\/Marek-Ranis_Norway-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2025\/06\/Marek-Ranis_Norway-1400x788.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2025\/06\/Marek-Ranis_Norway-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2025\/06\/Marek-Ranis_Norway.jpg 2048w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1000px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1000\/563;\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Professor of Art Marek Ranis in Norway<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ranis is interested in community identity and how, he says, \u201cthe land becomes the unifying force, the connector.\u201d Because there is a nearby university, the population is remarkably diverse for a small village. Over the course of several months, Ranis has been meeting with both native Norwegians and international residents in their homes, conducting extensive interviews to learn about their histories, their relationship to and perceptions of the landscape, and their concepts of national identity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI\u2019ve interviewed expats from Wales, Scotland, and the USA, as well as recent political and war refugees from Eritrea, Afghanistan, Congo, and Ukraine,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In each home, Ranis has asked which window view is the residents\u2019 favorite, and that view becomes the subject of a painting (see examples, below).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI really wanted to see the place through their eyes,\u201d Ranis said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By the end of the residency, he hopes to have completed more than 20 interviews and corresponding paintings, which will be presented at an event at the Nordic Artists\u2019 Centre in July. Subsequently, Ranis will give each participant their respective painting as a gift, \u201cin gratitude for my experience,\u201d he said. The Nordic Arts Centre will also publish a book of the <em>Dale Series<\/em> paintings and conversations.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignfull is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"836\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2025\/06\/Ranis_Dale-1-1000x836.jpg\" alt=\"Painting looking from a window\" class=\"wp-image-66925 lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1000px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1000\/836;width:374px;height:auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2025\/06\/Ranis_Dale-1-1000x836.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2025\/06\/Ranis_Dale-1-600x502.jpg 600w, https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2025\/06\/Ranis_Dale-1-768x642.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2025\/06\/Ranis_Dale-1-1536x1284.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2025\/06\/Ranis_Dale-1-2048x1712.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2025\/06\/Ranis_Dale-1-1400x1171.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2025\/06\/Ranis_Dale-1-300x251.jpg 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"816\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2025\/06\/Ranis_Dale-2-1000x816.jpg\" alt=\"Painting looking from a window\" class=\"wp-image-66927 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2025\/06\/Ranis_Dale-2-1000x816.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2025\/06\/Ranis_Dale-2-600x490.jpg 600w, https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2025\/06\/Ranis_Dale-2-768x627.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2025\/06\/Ranis_Dale-2-1536x1253.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2025\/06\/Ranis_Dale-2-2048x1671.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2025\/06\/Ranis_Dale-2-1400x1142.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2025\/06\/Ranis_Dale-2-300x245.jpg 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1000px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1000\/816;\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"839\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2025\/06\/Ranis_-Dale-3-1000x839.jpg\" alt=\"Painting looking from a window\" class=\"wp-image-66923 lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1000px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1000\/839;width:371px;height:auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2025\/06\/Ranis_-Dale-3-1000x839.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2025\/06\/Ranis_-Dale-3-600x504.jpg 600w, https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2025\/06\/Ranis_-Dale-3-768x645.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2025\/06\/Ranis_-Dale-3-1536x1289.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2025\/06\/Ranis_-Dale-3-2048x1719.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2025\/06\/Ranis_-Dale-3-1400x1175.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2025\/06\/Ranis_-Dale-3-300x252.jpg 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Norway has spectacular scenery \u2013 famous for its fjords \u2013 and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.apollo-magazine.com\/landscape-painters-norway\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">two centuries of paintings celebrating its unique landscape<\/a>. Ranis said that he had to return to his early training to paint \u201cstraightforward classical landscapes,\u201d but that it has proved to be meditative, and a \u201cform of escape.\u201d Compared to the constant change in our daily lives, the majesty of Norway\u2019s nature conveys a reassuring permanence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s constant. It stays there. As humans, we need that. We all have a longing for something we can rely on.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Professor of Art Marek Ranis has received the prestigious KP&nbsp;Prize 2025, awarded by the Kunsthal Aarhus, a contemporary art museum in Denmark.&nbsp;Ranis received the award for his video, \u201cLike Shishmaref,\u201d which was presented in the museum\u2019s KP25 exhibition. 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