Mitch Holson
Where The Fjord Forgets
www.mitchholson.com
In 1981, Norway passed the Pollution Control Act, requiring all mines to conduct environmental impact
assessments if they wished to use the ocean for their waste. Today, Norway remains one of only four
nations that still permit ocean dumping of mine tailings, and one of just two issuing new permits. The
State maintains that this method causes the least ecological and social harm. Holson’s work examines this
claim, questioning Norway’s compliance with its own laws and international obligations, and reflecting
on the traditional Sámi knowledge and ecological memory lost in the currents of industrial progress.