Varder: Words and Images from a Brief Watch in the Arctic
(last edited: 2026)
author(s): Sam Horowitz
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The Varder are a system of marine navigational aids along the Norwegian coast originating from the age of sail. Officially still part of the oldest maritime navigational system still in use, these forms now act as anchors to a physical present. In a digital society losing its patience, the Varder stand in contrast to the accelerations surrounding them: analogue, material, and static.
