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“Skrevet i Stein” (Written in Stone) by Marte Lill Somby is this year’s summer exhibition at Várjjat Sámi Musea – Varanger Sámi Museum

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Viewing period 22 June – 31 August 2024

The 2024 summer exhibition is a strong exhibition about a difficult topic and we are proud to be able to present it to our audience.

“Skrevet i Stein” is an ongoing project about Sami women who have experienced violence in close relationships in Sápmi.

It can be psychological, physical or sexual violence and abuse.

In this art project, Somby wants to focus on women’s mental health in Sápmi. You as a girl, woman, lady or áhkku can get a voice in the form of a word and a stone.

Violence is a problem all over the world. The percentage of women exposed to violence in Sami communities is markedly higher than in the rest of society. It is the Sami women’s stories that she now wants to convey in their own words.

The exhibition will open on Saturday 22 June at 3pm. Bures boahtin! Welcome!

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Exhibition opening: Koll´ješkuätt – Starts to be heard Saturday 17.6. 14-16 o’clock Skolt Saami Museum Ä’vv

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Artistic team: Aimo Aikio, Tero Harju, Tuuli Malla, Erja Taskinen
Collaborators: Tauno Porsanger, Heini Wesslin, Gunn Marie Trasti

Koll´ješkuätt exhibition consists of sounds and animation which are spread around the yard of Skolt Saami Museum Ä’vv. The exhibition title means “starting to be heard” and refers to sounds of Skolt Saami language and culture becoming audible in Neiden. Our wish is to offer a possibility for being with Skolt Saami language and culture through gentle listening.

The outdoors exhibition consists of Koll´ješkuätt sound art work with seven speakers, made by the working group, and Jåttjed animation by Erja Taskinen which will be seen inside a lavvu.

Performers at the opening:
Music: Aimo Aikio, Tero Harju
Leu´dd: Hanna-Maaria Kiprianoff

The museum offers coffee, tea and something to eat.
The event is free of charge.

The exhibition is open 17.6.-26.8.2023.
Projektin instagram-tili: kolljeskuatt

The exhibition is supported by the Finnish Cultural Foundation’s Lapland Foundation and Sámi Parliament.

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Art exhibition at Ä’vv – John Andreas Savio

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We have the pleasure to exhibit some of the Sámi artist John Andreas Savio´s artwork. The exhibition, on loan from The Savio Museum, is on display from May until September 2023. The Museum administers the largest collection of Savio´s art (about 900 works) and they can only display 40 of these in their present exhibition premises at the Borderland Museum.

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