VIDEO FEATURES (2025 - 2020)
Artist talk / conversation between Pari Stave, curator of the National Gallery of Iceland, Inuk Silis Høegh and Jacob Kirkegaard. July 4th, 2025
The Green Land is a visual meditation on a landscape that is both untouched and unstable due to human intervention and climate change. The work is a 34-minute video installation with sound by Jacob Kirkegaard.
Born in Qaqortoq, South Greenland in 1972, Inuk Silis Høegh is a film director and conceptual artist who often works on the boundaries of these art forms. He currently lives and works in Nuuk.
Film about Jacob Kirkegaard. Produced by JJ FILM in collaboration with New Carlsberg Foundation. Year: 2025. Director: Henrik Lundø, producer: Mads Jørgensen, Editor: Henrik Lundø. Duration: 05:35. Language: Danish with English subtitles. Thanks to HOFOR.
VOICES: Cipto (Jakarta, Indonesia, 2024). A film by Jacob Kirkegaard.
This video premiered as part of a compilation of videos on waste worker voices at a session hosted by The Circulate Initiative at the UN Responsible Business and Human Rights Forum, Asia-Pacific.
Waste worker interviewed: Cipto from Jakarta, Indonesia. With thanks to Mahija Parahita Nusantara Foundation. Video created by Jacob Kirkegaard with footage provided by fondlab
MOCA, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles: Climate Conversations: Fluid States
The MOCA Climate Conversations series seeks to create a space for collective learning and dialogue, providing a platform for engaging with pressing topics, fostering awareness, and inspiring action around the diverse facets of climate, culture, and environmental justice.
Session 1: Artist-Led Activism Isfald (Excerpt) by Jacob Kirkegaard. This sound work captures the deep booms of calving icebergs and the high pitched crackling of melting ice. Commissioned for the Louisiana Museum and recorded in Greenland in 2013. Excerpted work is courtesy of the artist.
Island Eye Island Ear - Julie Martin interviews Margaretha Åsberg, LIAF2024
Inuk Silis Høegh & Jacob Kirkegaard – artist talk about The Green Land. Nordatlantens Brygge, 2023.
Simultan Festival: ""...on our way back, the boat vibrates with the force of the engines from the Water Plant,
through an immersive sound composition that will transport you to the heart of Europe's oldest hydropower plant,
performed by Jacob Kirkegaard and created especially for this occasion.
In operation since 1910, the old hydroelectric plant in Timisoara generates electricity from the Bega River
and is considered a notable example of industrial architecture from the 1900s. Using sensor recordings of the plant's
essential mechanical structure and live underwater recordings from the powerful Bega river, Kirkegaard has crafted a
hypnotic soundscape that captures the interplay between man-made technology and the natural world.
Sonic Narratives, Simultan Festival, Timisoara, Romania, 2023
Artist talk: Jacob Kirkegaard, Danish Sound Artist: "The Sound of Waste"
Association of Jersey Architects / AJA Public Talks, Jersey Island, 2023
VOICES: Empowering waste workers on the path to a just transition
This video premiered at a side event focused on waste worker voices co-hosted by The Circulate Initiative and UN-Habitat in Nairobi during the third session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-3) to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment.
Individual video credits:
Vietnam Video by The Circulate Initiative Waste worker interviewed: Nguyen Thi Thanh Thuy from Binh Dinh, Vietnam. With thanks to the United Nations Development Programme. Video created by Jacob Kirkegaard with footage provided by Do Khuong Duy. South Africa Video by UN-Habitat Interviewee: Patrick Sphiwo from Johannesburg, South Africa. With thanks to African Reclaimers Organisation. Video created by Jacob Kirkegaard. India Video by The Circulate Initiative Interviewee: Kumuda from Bengaluru, India. With thanks to Hasiru Dala Innovations. Video created by Jacob Kirkegaard with footage provided by Vaishali Bhatia. Nigeria Video by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) Interviewee: Friday Oku from Lagos, Nigeria. With thanks to the Association of Scraps and Waste Pickers of Lagos. Video created by Jacob Kirkegaard.
Testimonium 8-channel sound installation - ADK, Berlin, 2023
Jacob Kirkegaard - THE LAND, 2022
Field recordings for Permanent Cloud. Recording at data center in Germany, 2022
The Royal Life Guards Music Band (Denmark) plays Crossfire by Jacob Kirkegaard.
Klang Festival, Live at the Royal Theatre, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2022
Crossfire, 2022
Jacob Kirkegaard recording the sound of butterflies for his multi-channel piece Chaos Edge. Botanical Garden in Copenhagen, Denmark, Summer 2022
Field recordings for 'The Land' at Danish farm, 2021
Onassis Foundation: Jacob Kirkegaard live at Borderline Festival, Athens, Greece, 2021
Field recordings for 'Crossfire' with the Danish Armed Forces, 2021
"When I listen, I have to be quiet. Sound Artist Jacob Kirkegaard"
LOUISIANA CHANNEL, Denmark 2021
Jacob Kirkegaard's solo exhibition "Mellem Rum" at Museum Sønderjylland, Tønder, 2021
Jacob Kirkegaard: Some say the world will end in fire, Copenhagen Contemporary, Denmark, 2020
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