Guržot ja guovssat /Spell on you!
2020, 330 x 600 x 220厘米
螺纹，钢，木，安装是由duodji萨米工艺传统制成的
图片:Sven harys Kunstmuseum
这个装置作品是一个三维绘画作品，探讨当地萨米社会中的矛盾力量。基于萨米复兴运动，它呈现了一种源自Duodji传统的赋权情境。它展示了一个聚集的群体，治愈并强化了因殖民主义造成的代际创伤的个体。Guoržžu指的是厄运鸟或恶灵，而Guovssa是一种幸运鸟-北欧蓝山鸦或西伯利亚松鸦，以带来好运而闻名。这种鸟是群居的，好奇的，爱玩的。
Duodji是一个整体概念，保留了萨米哲学、价值观和灵性，并将它们与实用和传统技能联系起来。Duodji是做和创造，是手工和创作。它是朝向自主和血缘关系的行为。殖民主义试图否定和妖魔化Duodji传统，特别是妇女的手工艺。尽管如此，Duodji至今仍然非常强大而重要。
对我来说，Duodji是处理脆弱、真诚、敏感和共同体的激进柔软。它强调我们与所有生命实体之间存在着互惠关系。Duodji是一种集体创作方式，是对以个人为中心和竞争社会的一种对抗力量。《Guržot ja guovssat / Spell on you!》是由芬兰、挪威和瑞典萨米地区的多位妇女制作的。这种手织结的纺织建筑涉及仪式、补偿、安慰和牺牲。
在萨米文化中，物质物品具有能量和力量。这种能量来自材料本身，来自将技能、关怀和爱转化为物品的制作者，以及从使用和与物品及其力量共处的用户。物质被视为不是被动的，而是积极作用者。
当代艺术领域被围绕着可能歧视不同文化遗产的权力结构。西方艺术传统与萨米Duodji传统非常不同。我理解将诞生于不同文化背景的概念结合起来时所面临的困难。说Duodji物品是艺术并不正确，因为它是一个独立的整体概念，但我认为当将博物馆文物转移到艺术背景时，可以从更广泛的视角来理解。如今，当代艺术领域是一个稀缺且倍受重视的自由梦想和实验平台之一。我认为打破当代艺术与工匠创作过程之间的等级制度，并围绕手工艺的知识展开对话是非常重要的，这是一个女性主义表达。
Guržot ja guovssat / Spell on you!
2020, 330 x 600 x 220cm
thread, steel, wood, installation is made out of duodji Sámi craft tradition
photos: Sven Harrys Kunstmuseum
The installation Guržot ja guovssat / Spell on you! is a three-dimensional painting dealing with contradictory forces in the local Sámi societies. Based on the Sámi revitalisation movement it presents an empowering situation born out of Duodji tradition. It presents a gathered flock that heals and strengthens individuals from intergenerational traumas caused by colonialism. Guoržžu means a bad luck bird or an evil spirit and Guovssa is a lavskrika or Siberian jay, known to bring good luck. This bird is social, curious and playful.
Duodji is a holistic concept that preserves the Sámi philosophy, values and spirituality, and connects them with practical and traditional skills. Duodji is doing and making, crafting and creating. It is an act towards self-determination and kinship. Colonialism has tried to invalidate and demonize Duodji tradition, especially women’s crafts. Despite this, Duodji is still today very powerful and vital.
For me Duodji is radical softness dealing with vulnerability, sincerity, sensibility and communality. It highlights that we are living in a reciprocal relationship with all living entities. Duodji is a collective way of creating, a counterforce against individual-centeredness and a competitive society. Guržot ja guovssat / Spell on you! is made by several woman across Sápmi in Finland, Norway and Sweden. This textile architecture of hand-woven knots deals with ritual, redress, consolation and sacrifice.
In Sámi culture material items hold energy and power. The energy comes from the material itself, from the maker who has transformed skills, care and love into the item, and from the user who has used and lived with the item and its power. Material is seen not as passive, but as an active author.
The contemporary art field is surrounded with power structures that can discriminate against different cultural heritages. The Western Art tradition is very different from the Sámi Duodji tradition. I understand the difficulties when combining concepts born in different cultures. It’s not correct to say that the Duodji object is art, since it’s a separate holistic concept, but I think that museum artefacts can be understood from a wider perspective when transferred to an art context. Today, the field of contemporary art is one of the sparse, highly valued platforms for free dreaming and experimenting. I find it important to destabilize the hierarchy between contemporary art and artisanal creative processes and open dialogues around knowledge of the handmade as a feminist articulation.
