handicraft

That threat is existential and highly documented: namely, the digital revolution has done to the analog world of art, media and communication what the industrial revolution did to agrarian and handicraft economies a century before.

Throughout the old town, kitschy souvenir shops have replaced handicraft stalls and bookstores.

The museum showed an immersive installation about climate change by the Icelandic artist Jónsi this year and is currently exhibiting contemporary art and handicraft by Indigenous artists from Sápmi, Canada and Alaska.

It is a major source of income for locals and their sightseeing, restaurant, hotel and handicraft businesses.

The process begins with some choice cuts of maple and spruce, and — if all goes according to plan — ends with a beautiful piece of handicraft that is also a functional musical instrument.