Exhibition event 3 Sunday October 15. @3.30 pm at Galleri Nord-Norge

Read more about the content in the events listed below here.

(FREE ENTRY)

LIST OF EVENTS:

Friday 13 October at 17:00: Exhibition opening and live radio broadcast

Saturday 14 October at 11:30 - Artist collective SASUSU Radio in conversation with curator Kjetil Berge.

Saturday 14 October at 18:00 - Tamil food, performance and live radio broadcast

Sunday 15 October at 15:30 - Live radio broadcast

The exhibition lasts until October 22.

During ARCTIC MOVING IMAGE & FILM FESTIVAL 2023, SASUSU Radio invites to the exhibition "Verdens ende" (“The end of the world”). SASUSU Radio is a project-based artist collective consisting of Henrik Sørlid, Ellen Vikström, Mimii, Jette Graaner and Sanjey Sureshkumar.

The group works with a temple as a meeting place, a place for healing and mythology. With “The end of the world” as a direct thread between the time we live in and the end of the world, the artist group wants to create dialogue in Harstad. With a programme consisting of cooking and tea-drinking, radio programmes, music and performance, together with guests in and outside Harstad, SASUSU Radio welcomes you to life at The end of the world.

A little more about the artist collective SASUSU Radio:

SASUSU Radio is a migrant meeting place that has since 2021 searched for connections between the Eelam-Tamil island landscape and the Tamil diaspora in Norway. In the reincarnation of Eelam-Tamil culture created by encounters with and between peoples, place relations and migratory revivals, older traditions are presented in new refuges, and new traditions in older haunts. The radio's expression is channeled through collaboration and family ties that take place over time and in various works. The projects are fleeting and limitless and are shaped in the presence, where human coexistence highlights our everyday life and we who are part of it. Between physical and common points of reference, the radio tries to take root in the contexts that exist and are rooted in society, past and future.

Sunday 15 October 1pm. Screen 1 Harstad Kino

This year marks the 10 years anniversery of the first Frost film, and we are celebrating with a Frost party for children and children at heart at the AMIFF film festival at Harstad Kino. The film celebrates that we are all different and that it is important to accept that we are all unique. No one is perfect and everyone has qualities that make them special. Therefore, the film fits into this year's theme of AMIFF, BEND IT, MAYBE, which is intended as an open and solution-oriented call for considerations around relational themes, with a focus on identity and belonging.

In addition, the film is set in an environment that can be reminiscent of the Arctic. There is a reindeer in the film, and one of the characters Kristoffer is based on a Sami man. Nevertheless, it was not until Frost II that the Sami community was invited by Disney to give their opinion on how the Sami elements in the film should be presented.

About the movie:

When a spell enchants a kingdom into eternal winter, fearless optimist Anna decides to embark on an epic journey to find her sister Elsa, the Snow Queen, and put an end to her icy curse. She has with her on the journey the experienced mountaineer Kristoffer and his good friend, the reindeer Svein. On their journey through valleys and over mountains in a landscape reminiscent of Norway, they meet mysterious trolls and a wonderfully funny snowman called Olaf. There are magical conditions on every mountain peak and together they must fight against the icy elements to save the kingdom from eternal damnation.

Directed by Chris Buck ("Tarzan," "Surf's Up") and Jennifer Lee (screenwriter, "Rive-Rolf"), the film is produced by Peter Del Vecho ("Ole Brum," "The Princess and the Frog").

Frozen (2013) 108 minutes. Norwegian speech and text. Age limit 6 years (allowed for children from 0 years accompanied by adults)

SATURDAY 14 October. Harstad Cinema

HORROR FILM FROM GREENLAND

Director: Malik Kleist. Greenland (2023). English subtitles. 119 minutes. PG 15

For the first time, Greenland is in the competition for the Nordic Council's film prize. Now you have the unique chance to watch the Greenlandic film that has been nominated.

Here is the reason the Nordic Council has given for nominating this film:

"With his unique ability to build on Inuit stories and mythology, the director in Alanngut Killinganni (The Edge of the Shadows) combines modern storytelling techniques with humor and horror from the oral Greenlandic storytelling tradition. One of the film's central elements is therefore its use of Greenlandic stories and mythology, which are woven into the story in a natural and authentic way.

The Greenlandic landscapes are also included as a central element in the film, where breathtaking views of the mountains and the sea form a fantastic backdrop for the action. The beautiful landscapes enhance a sense of fear and unease and add an extra dimension to the exciting action.

The film explores important themes related to grief, community and tradition. It is seen in the clash between civilisations, city and country, and the natural and the mystical as well as in the respect for nature and history. There are things out there that we don't know about. The film places itself elegantly in the more recent tradition of "arctic chills" from the high north."

ABOUT THE MOVIE:

Eight years have passed since six young people were attacked by a Qivittoq (a Greenlandic legendary figure). Tuuma is a tourist guide in Greenland and often sails with tourists in this arctic area. On a trip, the two Danish tourists want to go to the site of the attack and manage to persuade a reluctant Tuuma. His bad feeling unfortunately becomes a reality and the two tourists disappear. Tuuma quickly sails back to Nuuk to get help from the police, who at first do not take him seriously. But is it a good idea to go back and look for the tourists, when the Qivittoqs are in the mountains? In this film we are not exposed to monsters, vampires or zombies. The Edge of the Shadow explores a scary being from Inuit mythology, if you left society out of jealousy, anger or shame and went to the mountains to live alone you could become a qvittoq. Here, the mythology is staged in a classic low-budget horror film format.

Exhibition event 2 Thursday October 14. @6.pm at Galleri Nord-Norge

Read more about the content of the events at this exhibition at sasusu.com here.

(FREE ENTRY)

LIST OF EVENTS:

Friday 13 October at 17:00: Exhibition opening and live radio broadcast

Saturday 14 October at 11:30 - Artist collective SASUSU Radio in conversation with curator Kjetil Berge.

Saturday 14 October at 18:00 - Tamil food, performance and live radio broadcast

Sunday 15 October at 15:30 - Live radio broadcast

The exhibition lasts until October 22.

During ARCTIC MOVING IMAGE & FILM FESTIVAL 2023, SASUSU Radio invites to the exhibition "Verdens ende" (“The end of the world”). SASUSU Radio is a project-based artist collective consisting of Henrik Sørlid, Ellen Vikström, Mimii, Jette Graaner and Sanjey Sureshkumar.

The group works with a temple as a meeting place, a place for healing and mythology. With “The end of the world” as a direct thread between the time we live in and the end of the world, the artist group wants to create dialogue in Harstad. With a programme consisting of cooking and tea-drinking, radio programmes, music and performance, together with guests in and outside Harstad, SASUSU Radio welcomes you to life at The end of the world.

A little more about the artist collective SASUSU Radio:

SASUSU Radio is a migrant meeting place that has since 2021 searched for connections between the Eelam-Tamil island landscape and the Tamil diaspora in Norway. In the reincarnation of Eelam-Tamil culture created by encounters with and between peoples, place relations and migratory revivals, older traditions are presented in new refuges, and new traditions in older haunts. The radio's expression is channeled through collaboration and family ties that take place over time and in various works. The projects are fleeting and limitless and are shaped in the presence, where human coexistence highlights our everyday life and we who are part of it. Between physical and common points of reference, the radio tries to take root in the contexts that exist and are rooted in society, past and future.

SATURDAY OCTOBER 14. 2PM-3:30PM. HARSTAD CINEMA - CINEMAROOM 2

Artfilmprogram: Weeds and Aliens

Curated by Ida Lykken Ghosh/ Atelier Nord

Artists in conversation with curator after screening: Fatou Åsbakk and Eli Mai Huang Nesse.

This eclectic program brings together seven artists, showing works spanning from 1987 to 2023. Encouraging a position of embrace, through daydreaming, with humor and a sense of open-mindedness.

LIST OF FILMS:

•  Eli Mai Huang: I Forgot My Grandparents’ Names

  8:42 min. 2018

• Sunil Gupta: Cock Crazy or scared stiff

  5.27 min.1992/ 93

• Marte Gunnufsen: Queen!

  4:20 min. 2018

• Qi Tan: Shadow Bugs

  6:50 min. 2021

• Inger Lise Hansen: Static

  4:43 min. 1995

• Ann-Elise Pettersen Hyndøy: Terra Pax (Drøm)

  20:45 min. 1987

• Fatou Åsbakk: Acting out fourteen in front of an audience, to be able to fully appreciate soon becoming forty a.k.a. finished researching and start life 4 real, according to Jung

  2 min. 2023

The title derives from a book by artist, fashion designer and photographer Benjamin Alexander Huseby from 2015. Described as an “occasionally arbitrary collection of photographs of some rather wonderful, useful plants, normally considered weeds,” the story of weeds is the story of man and civilisation, of agriculture and migration. Juxtaposing weeds and humanity, Huseby describes being between places and a present condition between velocity and abandonment.

Stills fro  Eli Mai Huang’s film: I Forgot My Grandparents’ Names

Aldersgrense 15 år

Artist talk Saturday October 14. at 11.30 am at Galleri Nord-Norge

(FREE ENTRY)

Read more about the content of the events at sasusu.com here.

LIST OF EVENTS:

Friday 13 October at 17:00: Exhibition opening and live radio broadcast

Saturday 14 October at 11:30 - Artist collective SASUSU Radio in conversation with curator Kjetil Berge.

Saturday 14 October at 18:00 - Tamil food, performance and live radio broadcast

Sunday 15 October at 15:30 - Live radio broadcast

The exhibition lasts until October 22.

During ARCTIC MOVING IMAGE & FILM FESTIVAL 2023, SASUSU Radio invites to the exhibition "Verdens ende" (“The end of the world”). SASUSU Radio is a project-based artist collective consisting of Henrik Sørlid, Ellen Vikström, Mimii, Jette Graaner and Sanjey Sureshkumar.

The group works with a temple as a meeting place, a place for healing and mythology. With “The end of the world” as a direct thread between the time we live in and the end of the world, the artist group wants to create dialogue in Harstad. With a programme consisting of cooking and tea-drinking, radio programmes, music and performance, together with guests in and outside Harstad, SASUSU Radio welcomes you to life at The end of the world.

A little more about the artist collective SASUSU Radio:

SASUSU Radio is a migrant meeting place that has since 2021 searched for connections between the Eelam-Tamil island landscape and the Tamil diaspora in Norway. In the reincarnation of Eelam-Tamil culture created by encounters with and between peoples, place relations and migratory revivals, older traditions are presented in new refuges, and new traditions in older haunts. The radio's expression is channeled through collaboration and family ties that take place over time and in various works. The projects are fleeting and limitless and are shaped in the presence, where human coexistence highlights our everyday life and we who are part of it. Between physical and common points of reference, the radio tries to take root in the contexts that exist and are rooted in society, past and future.

FREDAG 13 OKTOBER KL 20:20 Harstad KINO, SAL 2

>would you die for me?

Happiness stained.

All over

A 30 minute playlist of works made between 2008 and 2021.

List of videos

• Michael Curran & Louisa Minkin:
  The Sun and the Moon [excerpt]
  60 min, 2008

• Louisa Minkin og Francis Summers (LMFS):
  Would You Die For Me.
  7:09 min, 2016

• LMFS:
  How to Accommodate Grief in Your Life.
  5:10 min, 2016:
  Voice: Dead Horsley

• Louisa Minkin:
  Eat Work [excerpt]
  00:15 sec, 2021

• Louisa Minkin:
  I’m Wishing [excerpt]
  00:30 sec, 2017
  Voice: Hausu

• LMFS:
  Conflictual Circulation,
  6:40 min, 2016-2021.
  Voice: Hausu

• Louisa Minkin:
  Yes to Life
  6:30 min, 2013

• Louisa Minkin
  Tiger Lady animation [excerpt]
  for Viralux, Gordon Dawson & Trish Lyons, 2019

  
  

The Sun and The Moon is a 60 minute performance to camera piece made by Michael Curran and Louisa Minkin in 2008. The Sun and the Moon keep time, moving back and forth like clockwork. The light changes and their gestures become charged.

Yes to Life was made over 2012 as the military entertainment complex flexed its wings. It’s a supercut glitch-remix of two video covers of Carly Rae Jepsen's 'Call Me Maybe' by the Miami Dolphins Cheerleaders and members of the US Marine Corps stationed in Khandahar, Afghanistan. Native to youtube it is a kind of fan-form of acting out, where gesture and gender are entangled.

Three of the videos in this screening [>would you die for me?, How to Accommodate Grief in Your Life and Conflictual Circulation] are part of the larger Dead End project co-created by LMFS [Louisa Minkin and Francis Summers] who have been ‘making banners sometimes’ since 2012. This work explores the subcultural phenomenon of griefing within online culture, posing modes of image-gathering that grief play has generated in the now ‘dead end’ world of Second Life, a Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO) environment. Using screen capture alongside photogrammetry we documented a world built and razed digitally by a now dormant group of anonymous gamers called the Yung Cum Bois (YCBs). They read poetry back to us, invoking networked pathologies, image dumps, blockaded communication networks. An imagist and splenetic journey through griefing as counter-protocol in our contemporary digital agora.

The short, animated videos [Eat Work, I’m Wishing and Tiger Lady] use motion capture to apply gesture to 3D characters. Gesture here is the kind of heraldic movement described by Brecht, where action becomes politics, an embodiment of social relationships.

PG 15

Louisa Minkin is an artist based in London, UK. She is a Reader in Visual Art Practices at Central Saint Martins. Her research comprises a number of strands developed within a process-driven methodology that is often collaborative and always transdisciplinary in approach. She is currently working on Prisoners of Love: affect, containment and alternative futures. This project aims to connect UK collection items with their trans-national homes and bring emerging artists from diasporic communities in the UK, curators and researchers into conversation. The idea is to work responsively with complex histories and material practices, opening out extrainstitutional art and archival practices in the form of artwork, story and theory.

Minkin can edit with jog shuttle and is fascinated by frame rates and time zones.

FRIDAY OCTOBER 13. 3PM-4:15 PM. HARSTAD CINEMA ‘SAL’ 2.

The art collective HÆRK presents a screening programme as well as the experiment 'Harstad video art library' at Harstad public library.

HÆRK has put together a film programme for AMIFF 2023. This programme consists of short films by Eli Mai Huang Nesse and Ben Balcom with Julie Niemi, as well as a live reading og the artist Stacey De Voe's video essay “overlocked”. This event also contains a conversation with HÆRK after the screening.

Programme:

• Overlocked- Round in three threads, Stacey De Voe, 2023, c. 30m

• Bare a stone, Eli Mai Huang Nesse, 2023, 14m

• Growing Up Absurd, Ben Balcom, 2023, 15m

Overlocked - Around in Three Threads, Stacey De Voe, 2023

“overlocked-Around In Three Threads” is a live reading of an audiovisual essay. It departs from a larger ongoing research project - overlocked, which investigates nylon’s elastic imaginaries and how a seemingly innocent, yet marketed innovative thread can effectively tear through welfare politics, staging the false promise of a “one size” fits all future. Through intersections in architectures of consumer capitalism, department stores, and former sites of labor such as a former factory in Malmö, overlocked seeks to unpick the intricacies of nylon and its implications on notions of femininity, gendered labor and class politics.

Berre en stein, Eli Mai Huang Nesse, 2023

"Berre ein stein" (“Just a stone”) is a collection of anecdotes from places where stone falls occur. The film shows how one deals with the fact that everything can suddenly come crashing down and how the stones take on new meaning after they have fallen.

Growing Up Absurd, Ben Balcom og Julie Niemi, 2023

A provisional portrait of Tolstoy College, an anarchist educational community which operated within the University at Buffalo between 1969 and 1985.

'Harstad video art library' at Harstad public library.

Over a long period, HÆRK has thought about, researched and now put together a video archive which is ready at the Harstad library during AMIFF. The Videoartoteket is a small trolley with a screen and two folding chairs, a place where you can browse widely different video works from different artists.

The Artotekordingen in Norway was previously a pilot scheme in the 70s where the idea was that you could go to the library, borrow a work of art, hang it up at home and return it after a few weeks. The Harstad library had such an art library, an expanded arena for visual art — art on loan. The video artotheque continues some of the old artotheque's thinking, while at the same time requiring a separate structure. It is an attempt to make video art available, to make it — if not loanable — open to those who are in the library building; a place that can be expanded and rethought, but which still preserves and holds on.

Harstad Library opening times during the festival:

Thursday 12 October 10am - 7pm

Friday 13 October: 10am - 4pm

Saturday 14 October: 10am - 3pm

Sunday 15 October: Closed

PG 15

THURSDAY October 12. at Harstad cinema 7pm.

This year's opening film is (original title) "Den siste Våren" by Franciska Eliassen. A film that has received great reviews, and is also an award-winning film for best female lead actress and best score.

The director Franciska Eliassen will participate online on the screen in conversation with Bård Borch Michalsen in the screening room, before and after the film.

About the film:

What is sanity in an insane world?

In a small town in northern Norway, Eira tries to navigate in the shadows of her brilliant and rebellious older sister Vera. Lately something is happening to Vera. In quest of finding out what, Eira starts reading her diary. She enters Veras universe of intense light, glitter, mythology and hopes for a more beautiful world. Yet her diary reveals a darkness that Eira dosen’t know how to deal with.

Norwegian language

English subtitles.

Runtime: 80 min

PG-12