Ideell kulturförening för kväner och samer

  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

  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