Šuvva: A talkshow-collage

Šuvva is a gathering in the form of a talkshow-collage taking place in Tromsø on 29 March 2025.

Curated and hosted by artist Elina Waage Mikalsen, this one-day gathering is about sounds and listening from a Sámi and indigenous perspective. It will take the open structure of a talkshow to bring together a wide variety of practices and formats – performances, conversations, lectures, music and food – with invited guests including Viktor Bomstad, Geir Tore Holm, Suzanne Kite, Jessie Kleemann and Sunna Nuosuniemi.

Everyone with an interest in sound, listening, music and experimentation from a Sámi perspective is welcome.

Programme details will be released later in February.

Elina Waage Mikalsen (b.1992) is a Sámi-Norwegian interdisciplinary artist and musician from Romssa/Tromsø, Sápmi. She works with sound, text, textile, performance and installation. She often mixes field recordings, voice, electronics and home-built instruments to create sonic spaces that exist somewhere between reality and fantasy. She has exhibited and performed nationally and internationally in places like Henie Onstad Kunstsenter, MUNCH, Charlottenborg Kunsthal, Nuuk Art Museum, Cultural Centre Caisa, The National Museum in Norway, Lofoten International Arts Festival and Singapore Biennale.