Recording a Yoik for a Salmon that Died in 1960

2022

18:48 min

HD video, stereo

English

This video presents documentation of a Yoik dedicated to the main protagonist of the VR work The Bone: a wild salmon captured in Sveio in the 1960s.

 

Performed by Ánde Somby in the Kvalnes Mountains (Lofoten) on September 4, 2021, the piece becomes an occasion for him to reflect on his relationship with his so-called ‘3D Yoik’ and to share salmon stories drawn from his fishing community along the Deatnu (Tana) River.

 

This documentation was produced by Art Republic, with support from NNKS, Arts Council Norway & Goethe Institut – Norway.

 

– Production: Art Republic
– Camera: Jona Kleinlein
– Yoik sound recording: Pedro Zapata (Echo Sound Production As)
– Yoik post-production: Christian Barth & Julian Ferreira da Silva
– Video edition: Michelle-Marie Letelier

 

Exhibited at:
– 2025-2026, Transhemispheria (solo show), Hå Gamle Prestegard, Nærbø, Norway

 

Screened at:
– 2022, Steveston Salmon Festival, The Blue Cabin Floating Artist Residency, Steveston, Canada