Hardly a day passes without us hearing about conflicts rooted in religious differences. Violent extremism provides subject matter for mass media the world over. Perspektivet Museum focuses instead on everyday religiosity, and through several years of documentary work, we have learned about small and large religious communities in Troms\u00f8. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Globalization involves new challenges in living together as one big world, but also in dealing with specific local changes and adaptations. In the exhibition you can see Troms\u00f8 from a rare angle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Throughout history it has been claimed that human beings have an inherent ability to have religious experiences, and that this also applies to modern individuals. In the exhibition we meet people who, in different ways, practice their faith and contribute to shaping the city with their holy places, rituals and gatherings. This is not a matter of religion such as we find explained in textbooks, but religiosity<\/em> as experience, and as ideas that cannot be fully understood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This is not a matter of religion such as we find explained in textbooks, but religiosity<\/em> as experience, and as ideas that cannot be fully understood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The exhibition Homo Religiosus<\/em> is about the spiritual world and the quest for meaning and coherence in life. This is a dimension that art installations and music can help mediate. In art, the existential and religious dimension comes to expression as a type of insight that transcends dispassionate, reason-based knowledge. Perhaps the art can be viewed as a window facing inwards, while the exhibition\u2019s documentary materials offer a new lens through which to see<\/em> the city of Troms\u00f8.<\/p>\n\n\n
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