Balvvosbaiki

Anna Näkkäläjärvi-Länsman (Finland): Bálvvosbáiki 60’

Bálvvosbáiki (meaning place of worship) is a work in which indigenous Sámi yoik is combined with electronic music, Carelian bowed lyre, and video art. Based on the yoiks of the Sámi artist Ánnámáret, this work explores and expresses how the Sámi relationship with nature, the ancient religion of nature, and the Sámi worldview continue to manifest themselves in Sámi life today. The yoiks question and reflect on what remains of the Sámi worldview in this time, and are surprised how it is possible to preserve it under centuries of cultural pressure.

Ánnámáret: yoik
Turkka Inkilä: electronics
Ilkka Heinonen: Carelian bowed lyre
Marja Viitahuhta: video art