Juhl`s Sibergallery - Lapplands erste Silberschmiede #6
Auf ihrem Wege zum Nordkap, oder von dort zurück nach Europa (über Finnland und Schweden)fahren Sie über die Lappländische Tundra. Mitten in ihrer wundersamen Weite liegt Kautokeino, die heimliche Hauptstadt der Lappen (Samit). Etwas Ausserhalb im Grünen mit schönster Aussicht über den Ort finden Sie Juhls`Silvergallery, seit Jahrzehnten eines der beliebtesten Ziele Nord-Norwegens.
Kautokeino 2014
At the rehearsal and preparations for
CREATIVE ENCOUNTERS - Evening with Meri & Friends at Mara's Pub, Kautokeino, no, w Johannes Bergmark, Yolanda Gutiérrez, Asher Lev, Irina Lavrinovic, Meri Nikula, supported by Konstnärsnämnden - the Swedish Arts Grants Committee
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THE PROGRAM:
20:00
MEXICAN SPIRIT Vol.2
'' People will enter in a Mexican space through short videos and food. In these short videos you will see childhood memories from old B-movies and the elaboration of some Mexican meals like pozole (corn soup). Looking after how identity can be defined, Yolanda Gutiérrez takes us in a short trip how this Mexican part of her can be interpreted, questioning what exotic is and how media contributes to support this stereotype. She will invite the guests to take a shot of her own secret recipe from her hot Mexican chocolate with aphrodisiacs ingredients. After this point everything can happen.''
20:30
'SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST' (Solo Performance by Meri Nikula) is questioning the this Darwinian theory that has shaped our modern world: that the strongest has the right to dominate or destroy the weaker ones. Competition is encouraged and winners praised, anywhere from talent shows to the utopian concept of 'continuous growth' most countries still base their wellbeing on. How far do we want to push ourselves? In 'Survival Of The Fittest' one woman balances between the images of what it means to be 'fit', superior and in control - as well as falling out of the grace into the animalistic and the vulnerable.
21:00
CREATIVE ENCOUNTERS
Johannes Bergmark and Meri Nikula have been working on a new collaboration for a few days in Kautokeino, supported by the Konstnärsnämnden - the Swedish Arts Grants Committee. Improvised music: instant compositions, instant poetry. No preparation, different every time. Entering the unlimited world of noises, voices, scratches and squeaks, in streams of sound, letting the subconscious guide us. Empty your mind and the let the sounds flow through.
21:30
THE NIGHT OF THE UNEXPECTED
Group improvisation - no borders, no genre, no script. All improvised, living in the moment, following the individual impulses as well as interactions between the performers, the space and the audience. Everything is allowed, everything is possible. Freedom of expression through body, mind and spirit in a free flow of imagination.
WELCOME!! VELKOMMEN!! BURES BOAHTIN!!
WHAT MOVES AND MOTIVATES US?
Johannes Bergmark, Sound Artist (Stockholm)
'' I am interested in the poetic charm and the feel of things that I find on streets and flea-markets, like toys, kitchen tools, small decorative kitsch, thrown-away junk or materials from nature. My music is made on such objects, and also on unusual instruments that I've been fascinated by or constructed myself.''
Yolanda Gutiérrez, Choreographer, Performer & Video Artist (Mexico/Hamburg)
'' I’m searching for a concept of what the body is looking for on stage in a social and political context and not only in an artistic way. Improvisation for me in dance and theatre is like life itself: taking risks, decisions, being passionate, calm, aware, interested, observing and getting always farther and farther every time - without looking back.''
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Asher Lev, Dancer (Jerusalem)
'' The body is the usual focal point of my performances. I enjoy apposing fascism. I try to disturbed the order and confuse as much as possible.''
Irina Lavrinovic, Actress (Lithuania/Brussels)
'' Physical expression of the body, repetition, action, situation, art interaction in life - this are the things which interest me and the concepts I play with as an artist.''
Meri Nikula, Vocalist & Performer (Finland/Kautokeino)
'' I am interested in the very basics of being human: why are we here, what is YOUR experience of life? I question the concept of one shared reality and the ready-made frames of living and thinking. My voice and my body, the most basic and most personal tools are my main instruments for artistic expression.''
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