On Sunday, 3 June from 11:00 to 16:00, a closing Symposium will be held at OCA in 探花精选 to offer insights into issues of art, guardianship, land, nature and colonial consumption in relation to Indigenous artistic practices. This event will include presentations by S谩mi author Marry 脕. Somby on writing and literature in the staging of the Action; S谩mi scholar Irene Snarby, contextualising the art of the legendary S谩mi artist Iver J氓ks (1932鈥2007) from a duodji perspective (a term mis-labelled as S谩mi handicraft, which in fact encompasses a S谩mi worldview, spirituality, S谩mi knowledge, conceptions of nature and the making of objects in relation to life); renowned M膩ori curator Megan Tamati-Quennell will present central moments in recent M膩ori artistic production with particular focus on leading M膩ori artist Ralph Hotere and Senior M膩ori artists Emily Karaka and Shona Rapira Davies; 探花精选-based musicologist, educator and musician 脕ine Mangaoang on the relationship between songs and protest; S谩mi artist Pauliina Feodoroff on her work at the intersection of ecological restoration and film; S谩mi musician and yoiker Sara Marielle Gaup and radio producer Eva Maria Fjellheim on art and guardianship; London-based, Bangladeshi artist, writer and researcher Nabil Ahmed, together with Papuan nature guardians Mama Yosepha Alomang and Markus Haluk, London-based human rights campaigner Andrew Hickman, and human rights lawyers Veronica Komanand Fadjar Schouten-Karwa will speak on recent research into environmental regulation, spatial and media practices and the law relating to the impact of mining in West Papua, as an environmental issue connected to current challenges across other Indigenous contexts, such as that of the S谩pmi region.
The Symposium is free and open to everyone. No pre-registration needed. Lunch and snacks will be served.
Click to go to the programme and the contributors鈥 biographies.
Before commencing the Symposium, on Sunday, 3 June, from 10:00 to 10:50, OCA invites you to a guided tour through the exhibition led by OCA鈥檚 Director and Chief Curator Katya Garc铆a-Ant贸n.
For more information, please contact OCA鈥檚 Project Officer Nikhil Vettukattil, or call +47 23 23 31 50.
'Let the River Flow. The Sovereign Will and the Making of a New Worldliness'
'' is the fruit of three years of dialogue with artists, scholars, and peoples across S谩pmi (whose land crosses four nation-states: Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia). The exhibition showcases the essential role of S谩mi artists in the Action, in particular the seminal M谩zejoavku: S谩mi D谩iddajoavku (S谩mi Artists鈥 Group, 1978-83), as well as the solidarity of non-S谩mi counterparts. It presents rare historic works, side-lined from the Nordic art history canon, a small number of duodji, as well as material from the Archives of the Protest Movement against the Damming of the 脕lt谩-Guovdageaidnu Water System, and new contemporary commissions that explore the legacy of 脕lt谩 today.
'Let the River Flow' is curated by Katya Garc铆a-Ant贸n with Antonio Cataldo. The project has been honoured by the guidance of an Advisory Council consisting of S谩mi scholars, Prof. Harald Gaski and Dr. Gunvor Guttorm. The exhibition design is the result of discussions between the curatorial team and the S谩mi-Norwegian collaboration of the architects A-Lab (K谩re R. Anti) and Torsteinsen Design.
Artworks by: 脕illoha拧/Nils-Aslak Valkeap盲盲, Maria Thereza Alves, Jon Ole Andersen, Jimmie Durham, Elle M谩rj谩 Eira, Mai-Lis Eira, Aage Gaup, Trygve Lund Guttormsen, Josef Halse, Geir Tore Holm and S酶ssa J酶rgensen, Rose-Marie Huuva, Berit Marit H忙tta, Susanne H忙tta, Iver J氓ks, Keviselie/Hans Ragnar Mathisen, Britta Marakatt-Labba, Joar Nango and Tanya Busse, Rannveig Persen, Synn酶ve Persen, M谩ret 脕nne Sara, Arvid Sveen, Catarina Utsi and Elin M谩r 脴yen Vister.
The Office for Contemporary Art Norway
The Office for Contemporary Art Norway is a non-profit foundation created by the Norwegian Ministries of Culture and of Foreign Affairs in 2001, with an "arm鈥檚 length鈥 policy. Its principle aim is to foster dialogue between the art field in Norway 鈥 including Sami practitioners 鈥 and the international arts scene, as well as supporting these artistic figures in their activities around the world. As a result, OCA鈥檚 discursive, exhibition, publishing, residency and visitor programmes focus on bringing the plurality of practices and histories at the forefront of international artistic debates to Norway, and participating in such debates both nationally and internationally. OCA has been responsible for Norway鈥檚 contribution to the visual arts section of the Venice Biennale since 2001.