Gyda thraddodiad adrodd straeon llafar unigol Sámi o joik yn ei ganol, mae ÁHKUIN yn alwad-ac-ymateb gweledol a cherddorol rhwng mam-gu a’i disgynyddion. Mae cyfweliadau archifol a joik Maarit-áhkku (mam-gu Sunná Máret Nousuniemi) yn dadsyllu fel edefyn cysylltiol dros amser, gan wahodd y gwyliwr trwy borth i'r gornel hon o Sápmi. Yma, mae rhythmau amser yn cael eu gosod gan y tasgau dyddiol a sicrhaodd oroesiad y rhai a ddaeth o'r blaen; mae gorchwylion gweddol gyffredin — cario dwfr o'r afon, gosod y sawna, berwi mêr esgyrn ceirw — yn cynyg rhoddion cof, cerddoriaeth, a gwybodaeth Gynhenid.
Fel mewn cymunedau brodorol ledled y byd, mae gwladychu wedi llywio hanes diweddar Sámi yn ddwfn trwy straeon colled. Gan dynnu ysbrydoliaeth esthetig o ffynonellau mor amrywiol â duodji (gwaith llaw Sami a systemau gwybodaeth seiliedig ar y tir), gwaith David Lynch, Matriarkaatti (Matriarchy) Pauliina Peodoroff, a chelf gymunedol â ffocws amgylcheddol Niillas Holmberg, Jenni Laiti ac Outi Pieski, mae ÁHKUIN yn cyflwyno drama swynol ond eto’n rhoi gwersi newydd sbon ar gyfer Sámi ac yn rhoi gwersi newydd sbon iddi.
Fel mewn cymunedau brodorol ledled y byd, mae gwladychu wedi llywio hanes diweddar Sámi yn ddwfn trwy straeon colled. Gan dynnu ysbrydoliaeth esthetig o ffynonellau mor amrywiol â duodji (gwaith llaw Sami a systemau gwybodaeth seiliedig ar y tir), gwaith David Lynch, Matriarkaatti (Matriarchy) Pauliina Peodoroff, a chelf gymunedol â ffocws amgylcheddol Niillas Holmberg, Jenni Laiti ac Outi Pieski, mae ÁHKUIN yn cyflwyno drama swynol ond eto’n rhoi gwersi newydd sbon ar gyfer Sámi ac yn rhoi gwersi newydd sbon iddi.
With the singular Sámi oral storytelling tradition of joik at its center, ÁHKUIN is a visual and musical call-and-response between a grandmother and her descendants. Archival interviews and the joik of Maarit-áhkku (dir. Sunná Máret Nousuniemi’s grandmother) unspool as a connective thread across time, inviting the viewer through a portal into this corner of Sápmi. Here, the rhythms of time are set by the daily tasks that assured the survival of those who came before; seemingly mundane chores — carrying water from the river, setting up the sauna, boiling reindeer bone marrow — offer up gifts of memory, music, and Indigenous knowledge.
As in Indigenous communities the world over, colonization has profoundly shaped recent Sámi history through stories of loss. Drawing aesthetic inspiration from sources as diverse as duodji (Sámi handicrafts and land-based knowledge systems), the work of David Lynch, Pauliina Peodoroff’s Matriarkaatti (Matriarchy), and the environmentally focused, community-based art of Niillas Holmberg, Jenni Laiti and Outi Pieski, ÁHKUIN presents a melancholy yet playful Sámi story with lessons for a new era defined by giving and receiving.
As in Indigenous communities the world over, colonization has profoundly shaped recent Sámi history through stories of loss. Drawing aesthetic inspiration from sources as diverse as duodji (Sámi handicrafts and land-based knowledge systems), the work of David Lynch, Pauliina Peodoroff’s Matriarkaatti (Matriarchy), and the environmentally focused, community-based art of Niillas Holmberg, Jenni Laiti and Outi Pieski, ÁHKUIN presents a melancholy yet playful Sámi story with lessons for a new era defined by giving and receiving.
