Thematic conversation at MUNCH: Jearrat Biekkas / To Ask the Wind
Schedule
Wed, 08 Oct, 2025 at 06:30 pm
UTC+02:00Location
MUNCH | Oslo, OS
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MUNCH's curator of Indigenous Art, Liisa-Rávná Finbog, will discuss the act of listening, and how sound may be perceived in a variety of ways, with artist Carmel Alabbasi and scholar/artist Emma Arnold.📣 The talk will be held in English.
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08.10.2025
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Doors: 18:30
Event start: 19:00
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Toppsal, 12th floor
NOTE: The event is free but be aware that a ticket does not guarantee a seat. Due to limited capacity, please arrive early to secure your spot.
✍️ In the Sámi poem, Jearrat Biekkas/To Ask the Wind, Nils Aslak Valkeapää explains that to ask the wind is an act of curious listening. Inspired by Valkeapää, Jearrat Biekkas/To Ask the Wind encourages reflections that look into landscapes of sound, asking how art may facilitate both the labour and the politics of listening.
Founded on a Sámi understanding, listening is understood as receiving information from multiple mediations, including the encounters between people, meanings, and actions.
The event will close with a Sámi ceremony of cleansing performed by Arnhild Haagensen. Participation is optional and those not wanting to remain should leave after the conversation concludes.
💬 Read more about the participants by following the link: https://www.munch.no/en/whats-on/jearrat-biekkas--to-ask-the-wind-/
Jearrat Biekkas/To Ask the Wind is conceived in conjunction with Lawrence Abu Hamdan's MUNCH-exhibition, Zifzafa.
Photo: © Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Zifzafa, 2024, still from virtual reality audio platform. Courtesy of the artist.
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Where is it happening?
MUNCH, Edvard Munchs Plass 1,Oslo, NorwayEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
