The mountain seemed to change completely

2020 | 5’ - 10’

viola

Written for/performed by Ruth Rose

The largest settlement on the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard is a town called Longyearbyen. Longyearbyen sits on the south shore of Adventfjorden. Across the bay towers the mountain Hiorthfjellet, rising nearly a kilometre from the arctic waters

When I arrived in September 2018 thick clouds completely obscured Hiorthfjellet. Longyearbyen seemed to be adrift in a grey void, alone. I turned to walk to my accommodation. After some time I looked back, and was surprised at the sudden appearance of a mountain.

The next morning, a light dusting of snow rested atop the peak.

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