Dássádat gaskkal dáidaga ja politihkalaš cealkámušaid dáiddalaš práksisa; Álgoálbmogiid vuoigatvuođat ja luonddugažaldagat leat mu dáidagis
Lean govvideaddji- ja filbmadáiddár. Lean oahppu gazzan Art and Design Universitehtas Helsingforsas 1999. Mu dáiddalaš práksis lea mu sámi vuođus. Mu ovdalaš bargguin dutken iežan identitehta gaskkal suoma ja sámi kultuvrras. Dan maŋimuš govvidan barggus de lea mu guovddáš leamaš davvi guovlu. Barggu lea postkoloniija temát sámi guovlluin, main erenomáš fuomášupmi lea globálalaš ruvkeindustriija. Gávnnadeapmi luonddus ja olbmos ii leat harmonalaš, muhto billisteapmi. Dan ektui go ovdalaš áigi, lean lahkonan dien temáid iežan portreahta govvaráidduin, gos lean čájehan dan boares sámi jáhkku ahte olmmoš sáhttá ealli hámi váldit.
Dan nuppi bealis de leat mu filbmadagut stoahkkái, ja dutket vuostálasvuođa gaskkal tradišuneala sámi eallinvuogi ja ođđaáiggálaš eallin. Ovdamearkka dihte, mu bálkkašumi filmma Eatnanvuloš Lottit lea dánssun oanehisfilbma. Váldoolbmot leat guokte nuorra sámi baleahtta oahppit; Birit ja Katja Haarla. Filbma muitala melankolska muitalusa dánssuma bokte. Dan seammás dutká dan stuorát gažaldaga, eaiggádeapmi sámi eatnamide.
"Balancing between art and political statements in artistic practice ; Indigenous rights and environmental issues in my art".
I am a photographic and video artist. I graduated from the University of Art and Design in Helsinki in 1999. My artistic practice is based on my Sámi roots. In my earlier work I explored my own identity between the Finnish and the Sámi culture. My recent photographic work has focused on the northern landscape. The accent of the work is on the postcolonial topics in the Sámi area, focusing particularly on the global mining industry. The encounter between nature and mankind is not harmonious, but destructive. Unlike earlier, I have now approached the theme through a series of self-portrait photographs, in which I have interpreted the old Sámi belief that a human being can assume the form of an animal.
On the other hand, my video works are playful, exploring the contradiction between the traditional Sámi way of life and the modern society. For example, my award-winning film Eatnanvuloš Lottit - Birds in the Earth is a short film based on dance. The main characters are two young Sámi ballet students; Birit and Katja Haarla. The movie tells a bit melancholic story through their dance performances. At the same time it examines the deeper questions of the ownership of Sámi land.
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