17 June at 16:00 Stora Scenen, Norrlandsoperan Avant Joik
Avant Joik is a pan-Sámi and Nordic ensemble that creates an expressive and intuitive fusion of vuöllie [joik], avant-garde vocal expression, electronic music, and visual experiments. Their multi-sensory and improvisational working method is shaped by the three members' diverse backgrounds.
Katarina Barruk, raised in Lusspie [Storuman] and Gajhrege [Gardfjäll] and now based in Oslo, combines vuöllie with contemporary pop and breathes new life into the critically endangered Ume Sámi language through music. Composer Maja Solveig Kjelstrup Ratkje from Tråante [Trondheim] uses the voice as an instrument in her practice. Her work ranges from avant-garde vocal techniques to compositions for orchestra, opera and political sound art. Matti Aikio, an artist and activist from the Finnish Sápmi, works with installation and video. His art revolves around indigenous peoples’ relationship to nature, land rights and the ecological consequences of colonialism.
This performance was commissioned by Bildmuseet and Gaaltije Saemien Museume as part of the Art and Truth-Telling year-long and multi-sited project marking the process of the Truth Commission for the Sámi people on the Swedish side of Sábmie. In collaboration with the Arctic Art Summit and Norrlandsoperan.
17 June at 20:00 Stora Scenen, Norrlandsoperan Ávus
Electronic music and Sámi vuöllie [joik] merge in Ávus - an Ume Sámi word that stands for both space and happiness. The group was formed by the Grammy-winning saxophonist Jonas Knutsson, known from collaborations with the likes of Avicii. Knutsson is joined by Ingá-Máret Gaup-Juuso from Gárasavvon [Karesuando], an established voice in the new generation of Sámi musicians; Jörgen Stenberg, an Ume Sámi joiker, a cultural worker, an oral storyteller and a reindeer herder active within the Máláge [Malå] Sámi community, as well as the percussionist Mikael Emsing and the synthesizer Andreas Estensen. Together they offer a magical and emotional show where vuöllie [joik] takes centre stage.
This concert is supported by Bildmuseet in collaboration with the Arctic Art Summit and Norrlandsoperan.
