The program includes Sámi singing traditions and an introduction to the works in different languages and from different perspectives. In addition, visitors will have the opportunity to explore the exhibition together with the curators.
Except for the opening event, all events are included in the price of the museum ticket: 7–10€, free for under 18. Museum Card, Kaiku Card, and cultural vouchers (Epassi, SmartumPay, and Edenred Virike card) are also accepted as payment.
Exhibition opening Fri 16.1. 5–8 p.m
The exhibition opening on Friday is open to everyone and free of charge. The Art Museum’s café Kaari will serve opening guests until 7:30 p.m.
Exhibition opening at 5 p.m.:
- Anna Morottaja, Musician
- Samu Forsblom, Programme director, Oulu2026
- Pekka Olsbo, Director of the Oulu Museum and Science Centre
- Inga-Wiktoria Påve, Fredrik Prost ja Áilu Valle, Curators
- Áilu Valle, Musician
Exhibition tour guided in Aanaar Sámi livđe Sat 17.1. at 12 p.m.
Welcome to explore the exhibition together with musician Anna Morottaja. During the guided tour, you will hear livđe, the vocal music tradition of Aanaar Sámi. No interpretation in English. The tour lasts approximately 45 minutes.
Anna Morottaja is an Aanaar Sámi musician living in Inari, who performs livđes, joiks, and sings. The Aanaar Sámi, a community of fewer than a thousand people, have their own musical tradition called livđe, which differs from the better-known Northern Sámi joik. In livđe, the goal is to create a vocal portrait of for example a person or an animal with an emphasis on the use of voice rather than a narrative story.
Curators tour Sat 17.1. at 2 p.m.
Welcome to explore the exhibition with its curators Áilu Valle, Inga-Wiktoria Påve, and Fredrik Prost. The curators work in a multidisciplinary field within the arts. The tour is held in Northern Sámi, English, and Finnish.
Niillas Holmberg & Pekka Aikio: Luođik Sat 17.1. at 3.30 p.m.
Joiks from the Teno River region and rowing a river boat in the largest hall on the lower floor of the art museum. Niillas Holmberg joiks his ancestors and their relatives, while Pekka Aikio plays and mixes live river sounds, based on recordings made at River Pulmankijoki for the 2024 album Luođik. The work features old joiks, but due to the Teno fishing restrictions, which have endangered the river’s soundscape made the river’s soundscape endangered, the piece feels alarmingly timely. No interpretation in English.
Exhibition tour guided in Skolt Sámi leu’dd Sun 18.1. at 12 p.m
Welcome to explore the exhibition with leu´dd singer Hanna-Maaria Kiprianoff. During the tour, you will hear leu´dd, which is the vocal music tradition of the Skolt Sámi people. No interpretation in English. The tour lasts about 45 minutes.
Hanna-Maaria Kiprianoff is a leu´dd singer from Sevettijärvi. She is one of the two soloists in Suõmmkar band.
Exhibition tour in Northern Sámi Sun 18 Jan at 2 p.m.
Welcome to Exhibition tour in Northern Sámi. The guide of the tour is Pinja Pieski. No interpretation in English.
