We are the North - a decolonizing ritual

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Human trafficking across continents. Families divided in the name of civilization. Suppression of language and culture. Racial biology research. Our collective scar tissue in the Nordics is painful. Between soil, plants and glass, the past and present of Nordic colonialism emerge in a meeting between the personal, the historical, the factual and the emotional. The work takes place in an installation by the Sami artist Stina Aletta Aikio. In a living landscape, the vulnerable conversation between us opens up, in a sensual space where the dialogue reaches beyond the spoken word. Performers and audience move, shape, dissolve and recreate the earth, while words, body and landscape merge in a gradual transformation, where encounters between materials and people create new connections. The work was produced in 2022/23 with support from the Danish Arts Foundation, Arts Council of Norway, Nordic Culture Fund, NAPA, Augustinus Foundation, Danish Composers' Association and others. - Date: 15 October 2026 - Time: 19:30–20:30 - Venue: Nordatlantens Brygge - Address: Strandgade 91, Copenhagen K, Denmark - Admission: From DKK 80