{"id":2672,"date":"2023-03-28T08:03:02","date_gmt":"2023-03-28T08:03:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arctichighways.com\/?p=2672"},"modified":"2026-02-11T09:23:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T09:23:12","slug":"arctic-highways-opens-in-scandinavia-house-new-york-on-april-15-in-english-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arctichighways.com\/en\/arctic-highways-opens-in-scandinavia-house-new-york-on-april-15-in-english-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Arctic Highways opens in Scandinavia House, New York on April 15"},"content":{"rendered":"

On April 15 in celebration of the opening of Arctic Highways \u2014 Unbounded Indigenous People, join us for a special performance and film event! At 1 PM, Greenlandic dancer Elisabeth Heilmann Blind performs\u201dUaaJeerneq \u2013 the Greenlandic Mask Dance,\u201d the oldest dramatic expression among the Inuits in Greenland. At 2 PM following a brief intermission, we will hold a screening of the film Historj\u00e1 \u2013 Stitches For S\u00e1pmi (dir. Thomas Jackson, Sweden, 2022), depicting artist Britta Marakatt-Labba\u2019s battle for her culture against the threats of climate change.The film will be followed by a music performance by S\u00e1mi Yoiker Lars-Henrik Blind; and at 3:30 PM, the event will conclude with a panel discussion with Britta Marakatt-Labba, Thomas Jackson, and Elisabeth Heilmann Blind.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2018Uaajeerneq\u2019 \u2013 the Greenlandic Mask Dance has been approximately alive for around 3,000 to 4,000 years. In the beginning, the Mask Dance was mainly used for fertility rituals, but as time passed it merged with shamanic seances and was welcomed as a relief from the dark winter months. The Mask Dance contains three dimensions and three elements: the dancer eliminates the self as much as possible by changing and deforming their face and body (with make-up, stick and string) to reach the spirit level, where the borders between human being and animal, female and male evaporate. The performance is divided into two parts, beginning before the audience where Heilmann Blind transforms herself into a Mask Dancer while telling the history of the tradition.<\/p>\n

Artist Britta Marakatt-Labba has for decades depicted the indigenous Sam\u00ed people\u2019s mythology, relation to nature and political struggle, as in her piece Historj\u00e1, a 24-meter-long embroidery depicting motifs from Sami history. With small stitches, Marakatt-Labba evokes the history and mythology of the Sami people, as well as stories of colonialism, state-supported racism and political strife. After decades of protesting her people\u2019s rights through art, she is now facing another struggle: the fight against climate change. After generations of family reindeer-herding, will her son be able to carry on the family tradition? \u201cNature truly comes alive in this stunningly beautiful story about the S\u00e1mi worldview and mythology\u201d (Business Doc Europe); Watch trailer.<\/p>\n

After the film, S\u00e1mi Yoiker Lars-Henrik Blind will perform. Reindeer herder, Yoiker and narrator Lars Henrik Blind has been an active cultural worker in S\u00e1pmi for more than 40 years. First as a young yoiker who he has toured with prominent yoikers at home and abroad. Lars Henrik has been involved in many different cultural projects over the years including at the Sami Theater in Kiruna and toured as a narrator around the Nordics, as well as an amout of different filmproductions.<\/p>\n

Britta Marakatt-Labba, Thomas Jackson, and Elisabeth Heilmann Blind will then hold a panel discussion moderated by Tomas Colbengston.<\/p>\n

On view at Scandinavia House through July 22, 2023, Arctic Highways \u2014 Unbounded Indigenous People brings together the artwork and handicrafts of 12 Indigenous artists from S\u00e1pmi, Canada and Alaska in an exhibition highlighting the thriving cultural and spiritual communities of the Arctic region; the gallery will concurrently be open for viewing from 12-6 PM.\u00a0 <\/span>Learn more here.<\/p>\n

*ASF Members must first be logged into Elevent to receive their discount*<\/p>\n

VISIT THE VIRTUAL EXHIBITION HERE \u2192<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

SCANDINAVIA HOUSE, 58 PARK AVENUE, NEW YORK, NY 10016<\/span>
\nWEB:\u00a0 www.scandinaviahouse.org<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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On April 15 in celebration of the opening of Arctic Highways \u2014 Unbounded Indigenous People, join us for a special performance and film event! At 1 PM, Greenlandic dancer Elisabeth Heilmann Blind performs\u201dUaaJeerneq \u2013 the Greenlandic Mask Dance,\u201d the oldest dramatic expression among the Inuits in Greenland. At 2 PM following a brief intermission, we […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2670,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2672","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-testar"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arctichighways.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2672","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arctichighways.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arctichighways.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arctichighways.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arctichighways.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2672"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/arctichighways.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2672\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3146,"href":"https:\/\/arctichighways.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2672\/revisions\/3146"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arctichighways.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2670"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arctichighways.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2672"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arctichighways.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2672"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arctichighways.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}