• Black Box teater
  • Ušllu Álbmotgaskasaš Teáhterriemut
  • 8–11 March 2023
  • Bures boahtin Ušllu Álbmotgaskasaš Teáhterriemuide 2023 / Welcome to Oslo Internasjonale Teaterfestival 2023

Geassemánus 2023 boahtá norgga duohtavuohta- ja soabadankommišuvnna raporta. Kommišuvdna lea 2018 rájes dutkan eiseválddiid dáruiduhttinpolitihka sápmelaččaid, kvenaid, norggasuopmelaččaid ja meahccesuopmelaččaid ektui, ja dan váikkuhusaid.

Kommišuvdna lea juo cealkán ahte assimilerenpolitihka váikkuhusat ain leat, eai dušše eaŋkilolbmo dásis, muhto maiddái struktuvrralaččat ja politihkalaččat.

Dát váikkuhusat maid vuhttojit dás, ahte norgga teáhtersuorgi beare unnán leat láhčán saji  historjjáide ja práksisiidda mat vulget eamiálbmotgeahččanbáikkis. Leat muitalusat, duohtavuođat, hálešteamit ja árbevierut maidda hárve dahje ii obage leat láhččojuvvon sadji.

Dán jagáš festiválaprográmmas geahččalit láhččit saji eará rytmihkaide, dramaturgiijaide, muitalusaide ja Iogihkaide. Dát festivála vuolggasadji lea amas máŋgasiidda, muhto lea diehttelas ja garvvitmeahttun oassin norgga ja davviriikkaid servvodagas, historjjás ja dálááiggis. Min ambišuvdna ii leat ráhkadit pedagogalaš oahppoarena, muhto dahkat Black Box teáhtera báikin, gos árktalaš eamiálbmotdáidárat deaivvadit ja lonohallet bargovugiid, muitalusaid ja praksisiid. Mii juohkit hui máŋgga vásáhusa ja muitalusa miehta árktalaš eamiálbmotmáilmmi, muhto deaivvadit menddo hárve.  Mii dárbbašit čoahkkinbáikkiid gosa sáhttit boahtit deaivvadit, guorahallat ja geahččaladdat ođđa jurdagiid riikarájáid ja posišuvnnaid rastá.

Teáhter ii leat goassege leamas okto Artktisas. Dat mii guoská ovdanbuktimii ja estetihka lea álo vuolgán eallinpráksisis, mo olmmoš eallá, ja mo relatere sihke vássán áigái ja boahtte áigái, lundui ja árbevieruide. Sámi dáiddár Áillohaš dajai eallin ieš lea dáidda, ja dáinna vugiin son čilgii sámi dáiddapráksisa guovddáža. Dat, maid mii odne gohčodit surggiidrasttildeaddji, dat mii fátmmasta máŋga disipliinna, lea diehttelas ja dárbbašlaš. Improvisašuvdna ja ođđasisgeavaheapmi lea premissa. Juohke dáiddár geainna oahpásmuvvabehtet dán jagáš festiválaš bargá danin máŋgga bargovugiiguin ja ávdnasiiguin. Danin sávvat maiddái ahte váldibehtet áiggi leat teáhteris dáid beivviid, maiddái dalle go ii dáhpáhuva maidege lávdelanjain. Foajea dat šaddá festiválaáigge čoahkkananbáiki dahje eará sániiguin báiki gos vásihat iešguđetge ovdanbuktinvugiid, dáhpáhusaid ja muitalusaid. Fáhkka ja improviserejuvvon.

Dakko bokte leat bovdejuvvon Ušllu Álbmotgaskasaš Teáhterriemuide. Duohta eará báikái.

Maria Utsi
Camara Lundestad Joof

The Norwegian Truth and Reconciliation Commission's report will come in June 2023. Since 2018, the commission has investigated the Norwegian authorities' Norwegianization policy towards the Sami, Kven Norwegian Finns and Forest Finns, and the consequences of this.

The Commission has already stated that the after-effects of the policy of assimilation are still very real. Not only on an individual level, but also structurally and politically.

The fact that the Norwegian theater field has to such a small extent managed to accommodate stories and practices from an indigenous perspective makes these repercussions visible. There are stories, truths, conversations and traditions for which space has rarely or never been made.

In this year's festival programme, we are trying to create space for other rhythmics, dramaturgies, narratives and logics. This festival springs from a cultural point of view that is unknown to many, but which is a natural and invariable part of Norwegian and Nordic society, history and the present. Our ambition is not to create an educational training arena, but to turn Black Box teater into a place where Arctic indigenous artists meet and exchange expressions, stories and practices. We share so many experiences and stories across the Arctic Indigenous world, but we come together way too rarely. We need places to meet and try out new ideas and thoughts, across national borders and positions.

The theater has never stood alone in the Arctic. The performative and the aesthetic spring naturally from life practice, the way people have lived their lives, in relation to both past and future, nature and traditions. The Sami artist Áillohaš referred to life itself as art and articulated with it the core of Sami art practice. What we know today as interdisciplinarity, the multidisciplinary, is natural and necessary. Improvisation and reuse is a premise. All the artists you meet at this year's festival therefore work broadly, with a wide range of expressions and mediums. This is also why we hope that you will take the time to be at the theater these days, also outside the stage programme. During the festival, the foyer will be a gathering place and a place to experience different expressions, events and stories. Unannounced and improvised.

You are hereby invited to Ušllu Álbmotgaskasaš Teáhterriemut. Quite a different place.

Maria Utsi
Camara Lundestad Joof