2020(SE)
Re.membering
Graphic design | Poster design
Lecture on Sápmi territory, art and culture in regards to Swedish colonialism. Text by Moa Matthis, lecture by artists Thomas Colbengston and Katarina Pirak Sikkz – Hosted by Konstfack(SE).
Poster
(Northern Sami: sapmi, Lule Sami: Sábme / Sámeednam, Southern Sami: Saepmie, Ume Sami: Sábmie, Inari Sami: Säämi, Skolt Sami: Sääʹmjânnam)
Sámi are the indigenous people of the northern parts of Sweden, Finland, Norway, and the Kola Peninsula of Russia.
We built the poster based on the Sámi flag(3), designed by the Coast Sámi artist Astrid Båhl. The colours (blue, red, green and yellow) are commonly used on gáktis (traditional clothing). According to Båhl, the flag design was inspired by the poem "Päiven Pārne'" (Sons of the Sun) by Anders Fjellner and symbolizes that the sun gives life to the earth. The central element is taken from a sun/moon symbol appearing on many shaman's drums.
A first, unofficial Sámi flag was designed by Coast Sámi artist Synnøve Persen from Porsáŋgu in 1977.
We built the poster based on the Sámi flag(3), designed by the Coast Sámi artist Astrid Båhl. The colours (blue, red, green and yellow) are commonly used on gáktis (traditional clothing). According to Båhl, the flag design was inspired by the poem "Päiven Pārne'" (Sons of the Sun) by Anders Fjellner and symbolizes that the sun gives life to the earth. The central element is taken from a sun/moon symbol appearing on many shaman's drums.
A first, unofficial Sámi flag was designed by Coast Sámi artist Synnøve Persen from Porsáŋgu in 1977.
Tomas Colbengtson – “Artic scandinavia” Screenprint on aluminium 50 x 60 cm 2016
The Sami flag near Randijaur village (Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP/Getty Images)
Katarina Pirak Sikku – “Dollet” (Grasp) 2006
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Sámi drum with sun-moon symbol
Sámi drum with sun-moon symbol“To remember can be to collect and release the stories of silenced voices and experiences into the present, changing the future. To remember can be to resist the deliberate act of forgetting the violence and exploitation that marks colonial history, its practice and self-celebratory story-telling. (...) To remember can be a process of artistic practice, and a work of art.” Moa Matthis
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