Johtingeaidnu – The Path Within

Leena Valkeapää

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Abstract

The exhibition Johtingeaidnu – The Path Within brings together two worlds: reindeer nomadism in the Arctic Sápmi region and the bioscience on epigenetics. It engages with the concept of shared embodied memories carried within humans, reindeer, and in Johtingeaidnu – the ancestral migratory paths. The exhibition premieres the results of a long-term collaboration between artist-researcher Emilia Tikka, reindeer herder Oula A. Valkeapää, and artist-researcher Leena Valkeapää. The installation consists of films and objects as stories in which migratory paths, along with the bodies that inhabit them, carry traces of pasts and possible futures.

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Original languageEnglish
Place of PublicationBerlin
PublisherSchering Foundation
Publication statusPublished - 11 Apr 2025
MoE publication typeF2 Partial implementation of a work of art or performance
EventJohtingeaidnu – The Path Within - Schering Foundation Project Space, Berlin, Germany
Duration: 11 Apr 202513 Jul 2025
https://scheringstiftung.de/en/projektraum/emilia-tikka-matters-of-activity/

Field of art

  • Contemporary art
  • Film

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