2025; dur: 11’22; Sound and video installation by Avant Joik (Ratkje, Aikio, Barruk)
Photo on courtesy of Bildmusset and and Gaaltije Saemien Museume.
The work was commissioned as a part of the exhibition Art and Truth Telling.
Bildmuseet: “What counts as truth? In what ways can art expand the language of truth and the process of truth-telling? Art and Truth-Telling marks the process of the Truth Commission for the Sámi people on the Swedish side of Sábmie. Through vuöllie [joik], duöjjie [Sámi crafts], drawing, installation, architecture and glasswork, the exhibition highlights the role of art in shaping personal and collective truths.
Avant Joik (Matti Aikio, Katarina Barruk and Maja Solveig Kjelstrup Ratkje), Sissel M Bergh, Niklas Blindh, Monica L Edmondson, Mats Jonsson, Johanna Minde, Per Elof Nilsson Ricklund, Lisa Nyberg, Julia Rensberg, Birgitta Ricklund, Risfjells Sameslöjd (Doris Risfjell and Sven-Åke Risfjell) and Elme Ämting.
The exhibition Art and Truth-Telling is produced by Bildmuseet and Gaaltije Saemien Museume, and grounded in southern Sábmie. Curators: Anneli Bäckman and Anca Rujoiu.”