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IKFKOS returns to the Motherland

  IKFKOS will carry out a workshop on a burial mound outside Krokvik, close to Kiruna August 13-18, 2025. The work will focus on examining mankind's connection to nature: to nature that is pulsating inside us and to nature which is sprawling and sprouting around us. Special attention will be paid to reflections about how contemporary Western civilisation breeds insensitivity to the natural vibrations within us and around us. We will reflect on how we, through rationality, have lost the connection to the outside world which is instead shaped by ideas and ideologies. This world view makes us focus on regrets about the past and the future and takes focus from life here and now. In the workshop we will investigate how, through traditional Sami and Kven knowledge and the arts, can reconnect to life in new and inspiring ways. The group is made up of representatives from traditional Sami and Kven communities as well as practitioners in theatre, dance, music and visual art. The group will ...
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New Movement Workshop in Bergslagen

  Jonas Engman who has worked in Sami shamanic traditions all his adult life will lead a workshop at Teatermaskinen June 14-17, 2025. During the workshop the group will focus on how contemporary sound and music can be incorporated into traditional Sami and Kven traditions and ceremonies, as well as how contemporary stage performers can learn from Sami and Kven practices. In the process the team (which include practitioners from theatre, dance, music and visual art) will use new technology that measure the bodily processes of the participants as well as the movements of the surrounding nature.) The workshop will be held in a traditional Sami Kåta. The workshop will include public performance in on June 15 and offers a unique opportunity to experience traditional animism in dialogue with cutting edge performative expressions. If you want to experience the performance, please write us on info [at] visionforum.eu.

Vidare mot Mexiko 2025

Ikfkos fortsätter att samarbeta med mexikansk ursprungsbefolkning. En samisk representant och en svensk performancekonstnär reser till Mexiko för att arbeta med konstnärer från olika ursprungsbefolkningar. Målet med vistelsen är att fördjupa förståelsen för olika animistiska kulturer, både i Sverige och Mexiko och hur konsterna kan arbeta med denna kunskap. Arbetet är planerat att genomföras i December 2024. Mer info inom kort.

Zygote Workshop in Stockholm

- Zygote is preparing new proto-events that will be shown at Weld in Stockholm in spring 2025. Zygote is project where performance artists, dancers, musicians and researchers in foetal development are working together. Zygote is a mobile laboratory that moves between different Swedish urban and natural locations. The work is a collective investigation, where the audience is actively involved in shaping the results. The process does not result in a final performance, instead the working group conducts a series of ongoing investigations together with different audience groups. We call these proto-performances. This makes the work an ongoing and investigative process. The Zygote team with members from Ireland and Åland will be in residence at Höjden in Stockholm January 9-16, 2025.

Join us at Etnografiska in Stockholm

Please join us at Etnografiska in Stockholm at 6pm, October 9, 2024. Together with our sister organisation MKP, we organise an event called “Noche de Muertos”. Within the exhibition ¡Viva Mexico! dancers and performers from Sweden, Finland and Mexico will present performances specially conceived for the context, place and time. The performances have  been developed during a dance workshop at Teatermaskinen in Riddarhyttan in September 2024. The work has been led by Ricardo Rubio, who is a Mexican choreographer, poet, and performance artist. The event offers a unique opportunity to experience the work of him. Ailish Maher and Carima Neusser are also performing. The event is supported by OPSTART at Nordic Culture fund. WELCOME!  

More Nordic Dance at Teatermaskinen

  With our our sister organisation MKP we organise a a dance workshop that focuses on Nordic romantic art and its relationship to indigenous culture. Did it create the deathblow to indigenous ontologies, or does it inspire to return to our roots? The workshop takes place at Teatermaskinen in Riddarhyttan September 17-28. In the workshop we work together with Mexican choreographer Ricardo Rubio. Together dancers and musicians will investigate how 19th century romantic art can become an inspiration for new contemporary dance. Participants come from Sweden, Norway and Finland. Drop us a line at info [at] visionforum.eu if you want to join. Participation in the workshop is free. A public presentation will be held at Etnografiska in Stockholm on November 9. It will take place within the current exhibition on Mexican culture and how it relates to death. More info soon. The project is supported by Nordic Culture Fund's Opstart program. ...
  Performance program 20h, July 19, 2024.   Nour Justinia Hotel, Sousse, Tunisia. Organiser: Elbirou Art Gallery with AllArtNow with Ikfkos. Curators: Abir Boukhari & Karim Sghaier In conjunction with the UV biennial Vision Forum will present an evening of performances with Swedish and Tunisian artists working together. The project takes place in a centrally located hotel which is in the process of being renovated. The performances will take place outdoors in the hotel’s open yard.   Artists in the project: Wissem El-Abed (Tunisia), Severin Guelpa (Switzerland), Eleonore Josso (France), Amine Melki (Tunisia), Fredj Moussa (Tunisia/France), Asma Laajimi (Tunisia), Mouna Jemal Siala (Tunisia), Diogo Pereira (Portugal), Mohamed Ben Soltane (Tunisia), Ahlem Chihaoui (Tunisia), Nisrine Boukhari (Syria/Austria), Omar Bey (Tunisia), Mustapha Sedjal (Algeria/France), Selim Ben Cheikh (Tunisia), Shelley Vanderbyl (Canada), Khaled Abedrabbou (Tunisia), Mats ...