Ideell kulturförening för kväner och samer (IKFKOS)

  IKFKOS are proud to announce that Animist Sound Journeys will present a new performance at the Gwangju Biennial in South Korea at the pavillion "Exile City" curated by Abir Boukhari. In the new performance they create music and moving 3D imagery in real time. The performance will take place in conjunction with the Biennial's finissage November 23. (Time TBA.) It allows the group to present traditional Sámi culture and language in this important international context. Thematically, the work draws on the writings of Korean-born philosopher Byung-Chul Han, particularly his book The Expulsion of the Other, in which he examines what he describes as the “terror of the same” in the digital age. The performance explores how digital connectivity can simultaneously bring us together and contribute to processes of homogenisation and exclusion. Founded in 1995, the Gwangju Biennale has evolved into one of the world’s most prominent platforms for contemporary art and global cultura...

We at IKFOS will continue our research into the Life and work of the Swedish artist and mystic Ivan Aguéli. On Saturday October 17, we will undertake research with the Egyptian artist Mina Nasr at the Aguéli Museum in Sala in Sweden.  On October 20, we will organise a public talk at AllArtNow in Stockholm in dialogue with Swedish-Syrian curaor Abir Boukhari. The talk will start at 16.00 and we will focus on that Aguéli searched for truth through introspection. In this informal presentation, we will take Aguéli as a starting point to reflect on whether introspection is a universal human trait and whether it can serve as a foundation for cross-cultural dialogue. In other words, do we all sometimes look inward, and can what we find help us engage in dialogues across cultural boundaries? IKFKOS's interest in Aguéli can be found in that he saw connections between ancient wisdom (e.g. Animism and Taoism) and the Islam. We want see how his thoughts on inter-cultural exchange can serve us ...