Electric Lies emerged as a response by Sámi performance activist Camilla Therese Karlsen to the climate justice initiative Listening to the Land, which I have been developing at Oyoun. This project critically examines the problematic rhetoric surrounding the “green shift” in energy production, questioning its true impact on Indigenous communities. In collaboration with artists from Greenland, it brought Arctic perspectives into Listening to the Land, aiming to create a regenerative future centered on BIPOC narratives and alternative methodologies to combat environmental degradation.
Mirroring the trajectory of reindeer herding, our journey continued Finland, Sweden and Norway where field research and collaborative discussions with local communities deepened our exploration of the ongoing struggle for land and rights.
"My family got assimilated when we lost connection to the land.
When you steal the land,
you steal everything."
- Ida H. Benonisen, Sami poet and activist, shared her journey during our fieldwork in Norway :