Note: The event is free, but be aware that a ticket does not guarantee a seat. Due to limited capacity, please arrive early to secure your spot.
The ticket includes admission to the exhibition area on the day of the event.
Program:
18:00 - 18:10: Welcome by ISFI and MUNCH
18:10 - 18:30: Introduction by Harald Gaski
18:30 - 19:00: Film screening
- Film 1: Iđitsilba - 11 min.
- Film 2: The past and future Arctic - 6 min.
- Film 3: Birds in the Earth - 11 min.
- Film 4: Bonki - 19 min.
19:00 - 19:30: Interval
19:30 - 20:15: Panel debate
In collaboration with the International Sami Film Institute (ISFI), MUNCH will be commemorating the Sami National Day with an evening dedicated to Sami art, film and storytelling traditions.
The evening takes its starting point from the expression ‘lohkat govaid’, which means 'reading images’. This phrase was coined by the renowned Sami researcher and philosopher Harald Gaski, to reflect the relationship between Sami aesthetic practices and literary expression. Since ancient times, Sami literature has consisted of oral forms such as song or narration, and aesthetic practices or objects. For the Sami, in other words, reading involves looking at (or reading) images.
We begin the evening with an introductory talk about why (and how), in a Sami context, visual forms are an important part of Sami literature and storytelling tradition. We then move from theory to practice, by viewing a carefully curated selection of Sami short films. Finally we round off the evening by gathering the directors of these films in a panel debate about images as literature and Sami storytelling traditions in filmic form.
IDITSILBA ©Johan Mathis Gaup
