Ancestral Voices – Projections of Memory

Voces Ancestrales en Noruega: Proyecciones de Memoria // Ancestral Voices in Norway: Projections of Memory is an artistic and cultural exhibition driven by Corporación Traitraico, a Chile-based collective that has worked in collaboration with artists and indigenous communities in Patagonia and the southern zone. The project is funded by the Chilean Ministry of Cultures, Arts and Heritage, and comes to Norway thanks to a broad network of collaborating organisations led by LAG — the Norwegian Committee of Solidarity with Latin America.

The tour visits three Norwegian territories with a programme combining photography, video art, micro-documentary, conversation and performance, opening an urgent dialogue between experiences of indigenous resistance in the southern world.

This is Corporación Traitraico's first international exhibition and the first time this project has been developed collaboratively with artists and professionals of different nationalities, institutions and organisations abroad.

The exhibition includes five formats presented in different combinations throughout the tour:

1. Photography exhibition — A selection of 20 photographs documenting collaborative work in Mapuche, Selk'nam, Kawésqar and Yagán territories in Patagonia and the southern region of Chile.

2. Video art — In-room projections exploring the ritual and ancestral: the Ngen Ko (water spirits) and the ceremonial centre Ngen Kintuantu (the spiritual force that seeks the sun).

3. Micro-documentaries — Five audiovisual works: Territorio Ancestral (Ancestral Territory), Pilmaiken Resiste (Pilmaiken Resists), Relatos de Fuego (Tales of Fire), Relatos de Mar (Tales of the Sea) and Relatos de Bosque (Tales of the Forest), with subtitles in English and some indigenous languages.

4. Conversation — Open meeting with the project's artists to discuss research, creation and cultural management from the territories.

5. Collective audiovisual performance — With invited artists, poetry, visual art and live music.

Oslo | Telemark (Bø, Lifjell) | Sápmi (Karasjok, Kautokeino)
Booking open

21 March — Tour launch: "Ancestral Voices in Norway – Projections of Memory", Stories of Pilmaiken, Fire, Sea and Forest At Sentralen, Studio A.
In collaboration with Spansk Kulturhus (Spanish Cultural House)

22 March — Feminist art workshop: Søm og motstand! (Sewing and Resistance!)
In collaboration with Spire

23–25 March — University of South-Eastern Norway, Bø campus, Department of Culture, Religion and Social Studies.
In collaboration with FIVAS

26–28 March — Lifjell Arts Centre.
In collaboration with FIVAS

We invite you to be part of these activities from March 30th to April 05th at RiddoDuottar Musea in Kárášjohka on March 30 and 31 and at Guovdageainnu Kulturviessu from April 01 to 06.

March 30–31 — Riddo Duottar Musea, Kárášjohka (Karasjok) The Sámi museum opens its doors to the exhibition. In collaboration with NSR (Norske Samers Riksforbund)

Photography and video exhibition Monday March 30. 11:00 – 18:00 Tuesday March 31. 11:00 – 18:00

Conversation Tuesday March 31. 16:00 – 17:30

April 1–5 — Guovdageainnu Kulturviessu, Guovdageaidnu (Kautokeino) In collaboration with NSR, Norske Samers Riksforbund

Photography and video exhibition Wednesday April 1 – Saturday April 5. 11:00 – 18:00 every day

Conversation Thursday April 4. 17:30 – 19:00

April 6–8 — Journey through the ancestral Sápmi territory. With NSR and Corporación Traitraico

April 9–13 — Journey to the northernmost part of Norway with Corporación Traitraico and artists from Mexico and Sweden — in search of the northern lights

15 April — Conversation about the tour, the project and experiences from northern Norway, with representatives of the Sápmi community in Oslo.
Sentralen, Studio A. In collaboration with Spansk Kulturhus

20–24 April — Workshop with children and young people in collaboration with Spansk Kulturhus

30 April — Installation, opening and artist presentation.
In collaboration with Sápmi House in Oslo (Samisk hus i Oslo)

1 May — May Day breakfast with LAG: speeches, music, poetry and performance. Sápmi House in Oslo (Samisk hus i Oslo) — Join us before the march!

2 May — Screening of micro-documentaries and conversation. Sápmi House in Oslo (Samisk hus i Oslo)

3 May — Closing activities and farewell to Corporación Traitraico. Sápmi House in Oslo (Samisk hus i Oslo)

8 May — Installation at Gaia Cultural Centre Oslo

9 May — Screening of micro-documentaries and conversation. Gaia Cultural Centre Oslo (Gaia International Architects Network)

10 May — Exhibition continues at Gaia Cultural Centre Oslo