With a focus on sites around Árviesjávrrie / Arvidsjaur, Trine Hansen, architect and musician, and Susanne Ewerlöf, curator and PhD student, are trying to understand how history, heritage and place interact. During February, they will reside in Ubmeje/Umeå at the invitation of UmArts to start the process of building an art installation/space for open conversations and art. The residency will contribute to their artistic research project Spekulationsworkshop kring det glömda skogssamiska arvet (2025-26) funded by an exploratory workshop grant from the Swedish Research Council. It remains a structure that is never finished, in perpetual use for conversations and gatherings.
Susanne and Trine will be in residence at the UmArts Research studio from 9-18 February.
On Saturday the 14th of February, the artists will give a public talk about their work at Tráhppie the Sami Cultural Center.
On Sunday 15th February at 14.00, they will give a Guest Tour on lost ancestral knowledge among Forest Sámi in the Art and Truth-Telling exhibition at Bildmuseet.
During the afternoon of February 17th (14.00-16.00), Jörgen Stenberg, yoiker and reindeer herder from Malage/Malå will join Hansen and Ewerlöf’s conversation by sharing his perspective on land use and Sami rights. For this occasion friends, researchers, students and anyone curious about these topics are invited to sit down at UmArts to share thoughts and spend the afternoon together.
The conversations and outcomes of the residency will be presented during Ubmejen biejvieh / Samiska veckan (Umeå Sami week) in the form of an open studio at UmArts. Opening times: Monday 2nd March to Saturday 7th March 12.00-17.00.
