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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.
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  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 Hjelm (Sweden)
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Xleph in residency in Sweden

Ikfkos’s musical collective Xleph will be in residency at Teatermaskinen May 14-20. They will investigate if music and hypnotherapy together help us to be stronger in the formulation of our own relationship to nature today. They will do so by recording material under hypnosis which will be shaped into their first studio album. The individual members of the collective will also perform a public concert on May 18. Here are some reflections on the project: “Who is the real me?” is one of the most persistent questions in human history. It is a question that obviously has no simple answer. Still, we know that from the day we are born that we are influenced by the outside world. We are primarily shaped by our experiences of the natural environment. What happens when the technological influence becomes stronger and stronger? As our society gradually becomes more complex, the external pressure on each individual becomes stronger, it therefore becomes increasingly important to kno
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Sami and Mexican Dance in Stockholm

  IKFKOS organises a workshop where Sami and Mexican indigenous music, dance and philosophy meet. It takes place at Höjden in Stockholm March 28-31. The workshop is lead by Mexican choreographer Ricardo Rubio. Together dancers and musicians will investigate the overlaps between Sami and Mexican cultures and ontologies and use these to create new musical and dance expressions. Ricardo Rubio is a Mexican choreographer, poet, and performance artist. He is founder and current director of INTERflamenca as well as El Dia D. Both are based in Santiago de Queretaro in Central Mexico. His personal approach to creations can be found in dialogues between diverse disciplines like poetry, ethnography, performance and electronic media. He uses these to research the purpose of ancient rituals in Latin America and traditional dances in the contemporary world. He is interested in body expressions of movement which dialogue with electronic media: visual art-multimedia and sound art-electronic musi
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Preparing Sami-Lakota Dialogues in Gothenburg

  What can a cod concert sound like? What can be learned from animal communication? How do we understand animals ? Can water be a being? Animals communicate amongst each other. Their communication offer new perspectives on language and a peek into a fascinating non-human world. Experience music based on the cods mating calls, learn more about how seal pups communicate and how Water can be viewed as the first form of consciousness on the planet. A group of artists, researchers and activists will reflect on these questions on April 18. We will collaborate with Morgondagens konstpublik to bring Lakota activist Tiokasin Ghosthorse to Sweden. To prepare, we organise a one day workshop on March 12 together with and at Sjöfartsmuseet in Gothenburg. Sjöfartsmuseet, Akvariet, Ocean Lab, Karl Johansgatan 1-3, Gothenburg
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In Mexico

  We have been carrying out research in Mexico in January and will be in residency at El Dia D , Queretaro, January 21 – February 12, 2024. During this time we will be working with artists and choreographers from Mexico and Canada and developing new work. Together artists, dancers and musicians will investigate the overlaps between Sami and Mexican cultures and ontologies and use these to create new visual, musical and dance expressions.
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New Technology and Sami Culture

  - Welcome to a concert at Teatermaskinen , on September 8 at 20.30 Sami shaman, Jonas Engman will perform in trance together with Per Huttner at Teatermaskinen , on September 8 at 20.30. The performance will beging with Engman singing and playing his drum. He will be wearing an electroencephalogram (EEG) and Huttner will improvise music in real time using Engman’s brain activity. The concert offers a unique opportunity to experience traditional animism in dialogue with cutting edge medical, musical and performative technology.
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