Keskustelu
The Kárášjohka Iteration by Miracle Workers Collective

Venice Biennale 2019

20.-22.09.2019
Sámi Center for Contemporary Art

Running additionally to the Venice exhibition, the performative, discursive, filmic and sonic arm of the MWC is manifested through a series of public events taking place in Berlin, Venice, Karasjohka and Helsinki during 2019.

A Greater Miracle of Perception: The Kárášjohka Iteration is the third unfoldment in a series of public events developed by the Miracle Workers Collective for the Land Pavilion as an anational intervention to the Pavilion of Finland’s site at the 58th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia.

The Kárášjohka iteration continues Miracle Workers Collective’s conversations concerning practices of rematriation of Sámi belongings, collective healing, and intangible diasporic archives at their intersection with contemporary art.

The event is part of a three-day gathering organised in collaboration with Sámi Dáiddaguovddaš / Sámi Center for Contemporary Art. It is kindly kindly supported by Norgga Sámediggi  / the Sami Parliament of Norway, the Goethe-Institut Finnland and Norway,  the Finnish-Norwegian Cultural Institute, and the Office for Contemporary Art Norway OCA.

The Kárášjohka Iteration is developed by members of the collective Maryan Abdulkarim, Giovanna Esposito Yussif, Outi Pieski, Martta Tuomaala, and Suvi West, as well as invited collaborations by Pauliina Feodoroff, Eeva-Kristiina Harlin, Niillas Holmberg, Biret Elle Láilá, Jenni Laiti, and Sunna Nousuniemi.

The project A Greater Miracle of Perception presented at the Finnish Pavilion for the 58th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia is commissioned and produced by Frame Contemporary Art Finland.