Ringtone is an instant, alarming and transient. In most cases, they are not welcome, unless they are. Ringtones for the Arctic are miniatures, attempts at instant gratification and urgency, thirst and thaw, but they are also souvenirs of the sonic landscapes of the Arctic. These on-demand theatrical gestures, microdoses of sublimity grind against the perceivedly uneventful timescales of the geological. Whilst affect of landscape dramas overshadow more intricate narratives of complex ecological entanglements, they are bound to be first encounters that balance between extractivism and dancing with the seals.

Proposals for Arctic ringtones is an interactive sound and kinetic installation that starts when the visitor calls a local number and stops when the call is hung up.