Ideell kulturförening för kväner och samer (IKFKOS)

  June 9–14, 2026, IKFKOS will present the fourth edition of the Transformation festival in Bergslagen and Stockholm. This edition takes a somewhat different direction from the previous ones. The working process revolves around sound, animism and shamanism. The participants ask themselves how contemporary music can draw inspiration and nourishment from these practices. The investigations take place alongside a continued exploration of biofeedback in musical composition and improvisation. During their stay in Sweden, the participating musicians will collaborate with a Sámi shaman so that they can learn about traditional Sámi traditions. A public events will take place on June 12 at The Outpost and in a Sámi kåta (a Sámi traditional house) outside Riddarhyttan in Bergslagen, in collaboration with Teatermaskinen . Workshops with Swedish musicians will also be held in Stockholm. As its name suggests, Transformation IV is the fourth iteration of the festival. It forms a part of a serie...

  IKFKOS connects with our Finnish partners in north and south. Workshops in different forms will take place April 28 - May 3. If you are interested in connecting with us, we go public at these venues and these times. We will touch upon previous experiences and future plans. -  Black Sheep Pub , Jakobstad, 20.00, April 29. -  Ääniasema festival , Jyväskylä, 21.40, May 1. - Korjaamo , Helsinki, 18.30, May 2.

IKFKOS, Teatermaskinen, The Outpost and Vision Forum organise the festival, Transformation IV in Sweden June 9-14, 2026. It takes a slightly different format than the previous iterations. The participating musicians focus on animism and shamanism and how contemporary music can learn form these practices.D uring their visit to Sweden, the musicians work together with a Sami shaman. They do so without letting go of the focus on biofeedback that has been the hallmark of the previous festivals. Public events will take place on June 12 and at The Outpost and in a Sami kåta both outside Riddarhyttan in central Sweden. Workshops with local musicians will also be held in Stockholm. Transformation IV is, as the name indicates, the fourth festival. Previous festivals have been organised in Sweden, France and Belgium as well as an online version in 2020. Participating artists: Gaël Segalen Sonja Tofik Hardi Kurda Anouk Azar Atau Tanaka Samon Takahashi Jonas Engman och Per Hüttner More info soon.

 IKFKOS is pleased to announce that we will be in residency in Mexico and Brazil in January and February 2026. The team will spend time in Mexico City and the states Chiapas, Oaxaca as well as a two week stin in Sao Paulo. Work will focus on developing work for the upcoming presentations in Sweden and in France. The work focuses on how indigenous cultures in the three countries can learn from each other. Performances will be presented in both countries in February 2026. In the performances sound recordings from natural sources recorded in in Sàpmi as well as contemporary and historical recordings of Noaidi, their drums and yoiks form an integrated part of the work.

  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 ...

  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.