ČSV

The performance intervention ČSV is the result of the residency of Nordic and German artists at Oyoun. In this unique performance, traditional Joik singing, poetry, mask dance and contemporary dance are combined to create an impressive work. The aim is to educate the audience about the socio-political situation in Sápmi and at the same time to make them think. This performance intervention combines artistic expression with an important social concern and conveys the important message about the challenges and resilience of the Sámi community.

*These letters have many meanings, one of which is "čájet sámi vuoiŋŋa", which translates as "showing the Sami spirit" and is often used to promote Sami identity and activism

In 2023, Electric Lies took form in Berlin as a gathering, of voices, of urgencies, of lands that echo far beyond the city. Artists from Sápmi, Greenland, and Latin America came together to trace the fault lines of so-called green futures, where Indigenous worlds are displaced in the name of protection.

Over the course of a week, the residency unfolded as a series of gestures across Berlin, public interventions, quiet disruptions, moments of witnessing. Workshops, screenings, and conversations became spaces to listen, to remember, to resist.

It began with a protest in Berlin with the artists stood in solidarity with Sámi communities demonstrating in Oslo, where reindeer pastures have been cut through by wind turbines. Their voices carried the weight of a ruling October 11, 2021 when Norway’s Supreme Court declared the Fosen turbines illegal, acknowledging the violation of Sámi rights, even as the structures remained.

Article 27 of the United Nations requires the establishment and implementation of procedures that recognize and protect the rights of indigenous peoples to their lands and resources.

Violations of this affect every indigenous community worldwide!