5/2024
Várjjat - where the land and ocean speak...
The workshop invites the participants to move through the land and seascape of Várjjat/Varanger, indigenous Sea Sámi land, - listening, sensing, being in the spring; the beginning of the year in Sámi tradition, at Biergi/Kiberg/Kiiperi (Norwegian Sápmi) with artist and composer Elin Már Øyen Vister.
Location: Biergi/Kiberg/ Kiiperi, Finnmark (NO)
Dates: Friday–Sunday, 18-20 May 2024
12 participants
Programme includes visits to Várjjat Sámi Musea/Varanger Sámi Museum, Ceavccageaðge/Mortensnes cultural heritage site, Ihkkot/Ekkerøy or Hornøya seabird mountains, and common listening sessions.
Invited artist & composer: Elin Már Øyen Vister
Invited performer & choreographer: Katarina Skar Lisa
Coordination: Nancy Couling & Atso Airola with Elin Már Øyen Vister
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Várjjat - where the land and ocean speak...
The workshop invites the participants to move through the land and seascape of Várjjat/Varanger, indigenous Sea Sámi land, - listening, sensing, being in the spring; the beginning of the year in Sámi tradition, at Biergi/Kiberg/Kiiperi (Norwegian Sápmi) with artist and composer Elin Már Øyen Vister.
Location: Biergi/Kiberg/ Kiiperi, Finnmark (NO)
Dates: Friday–Sunday, 18-20 May 2024
12 participants
Programme includes visits to Várjjat Sámi Musea/Varanger Sámi Museum, Ceavccageaðge/Mortensnes cultural heritage site, Ihkkot/Ekkerøy or Hornøya seabird mountains, and common listening sessions.
Invited artist & composer: Elin Már Øyen Vister
Invited performer & choreographer: Katarina Skar Lisa
Coordination: Nancy Couling & Atso Airola with Elin Már Øyen Vister
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Árviesjávrrie - in
ancestral forests and mountains
The workshop invites the participants to experience Árviesjávrrie/Arvidsjaur indigenous Forest Sámi land - listening, sensing being in the summer with artist, reindeer herder and yoiker Jörgen Stenberg among others. We explore the question of forgotten ancestral knowledge, removed cultural heritage and erased collective memories among Forest Sámi, including discussions about forgetting in various colonial contexts.
Location:Árviesjávrrie/Arvidsjaur , Swedish Sápmi
Dates: Monday–Friday 4-8 August 2025
8 participants
Programme includes visits to Áhkánålggie Mountain, Grodkällan, traditional Forest Sámi architecture and common observing listening and performing sessions.
Invited artist, reindeer herder and yoiker: Jörgen Stenberg
Dedicated performance day Alberto Altes and inputs by Trine Hansen
Coordination: Susanne Ewerlof, Nancy Couling, Alberto Altes
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The workshop invites the participants to experience Árviesjávrrie/Arvidsjaur indigenous Forest Sámi land - listening, sensing being in the summer with artist, reindeer herder and yoiker Jörgen Stenberg among others. We explore the question of forgotten ancestral knowledge, removed cultural heritage and erased collective memories among Forest Sámi, including discussions about forgetting in various colonial contexts.
Location:Árviesjávrrie/Arvidsjaur , Swedish Sápmi
Dates: Monday–Friday 4-8 August 2025
8 participants
Programme includes visits to Áhkánålggie Mountain, Grodkällan, traditional Forest Sámi architecture and common observing listening and performing sessions.
Invited artist, reindeer herder and yoiker: Jörgen Stenberg
Dedicated performance day Alberto Altes and inputs by Trine Hansen
Coordination: Susanne Ewerlof, Nancy Couling, Alberto Altes
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Jiennagoahti - learning to listen
The closing meeting will be held on 11 December in the Jiennagoahti in Bergen/Birgo. To honour and engage with the sound dimension of this space, we dedicate the meeting to the sounds of Sámi land, sea and people, and to joik as a way of connecting these and more. The event will be live-streamed in collaboration with Peter Meanwell, Lydegallereit.
Location: Bergen (NO)
Date: 11th of December 2025
Programme includes presentation and discussion around recent work by artists Polina Medvedeva and Andreas Kühne
moderated by artist Sabine Popp
Invited joik artists Trine Hansen and Katarina Dorothea Isaksen
Coordination: Nancy Couling in collaboration with Peter Meanwell, Lydegallereit
Streaming and technical set-up: Peter Meanwell
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The closing meeting will be held on 11 December in the Jiennagoahti in Bergen/Birgo. To honour and engage with the sound dimension of this space, we dedicate the meeting to the sounds of Sámi land, sea and people, and to joik as a way of connecting these and more. The event will be live-streamed in collaboration with Peter Meanwell, Lydegallereit.
Location: Bergen (NO)
Date: 11th of December 2025
Programme includes presentation and discussion around recent work by artists Polina Medvedeva and Andreas Kühne
moderated by artist Sabine Popp
Invited joik artists Trine Hansen and Katarina Dorothea Isaksen
Coordination: Nancy Couling in collaboration with Peter Meanwell, Lydegallereit
Streaming and technical set-up: Peter Meanwell
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