Finally TAKKUUK is coming to Sápmi!  

TAKKUUK is an immersive installation from BICEP, visual artist Zak Norman and filmmaker Charlie Miller that explores the lives, communities and challenges facing artists Indigenous to the Arctic Region.  
 
TAKKUUK premiered on the giant floor to ceiling wrap around screens at Outernet London, one of the UKs most visited cultural attractions. It can be seen at various events and institutions around the world – and now finally at Riddu Riđđu.  
 
Created in partnership with the charity In Place of War, as part of their EarthSonic programme, the installation sees the renowned Northern Irish electronic duo - otherwise known as Andy Ferguson and Matthew McBriar - collaborating with a number of Indigenous vocalists. The music was recorded in 2024 by Detroit-based producer and musician Matthew Dear in Árni Árnason from The Vaccines studio, during Iceland Airwaves festival in Reykjavík. The project is accompanied by an amazing soundtrack: Listen / Download the Soundtrack. 

Indigenous artists involved in the project:  

Katarina Barruk (SÁ) 

Andachan (KN/GL) 

Sebastian Enequist (from Sound of the Damned) (KN/GL) 

Tarrak (KN/GL) 

Nuija (KN/GL) 

Niilas (SÁ) 

Silla (CA) 

Alan Pedder in Line of Best Fit about TAKKUUK:  

“If people can no longer practice their traditional way of life, what happens to the knowledge, the stories, the memories, and the language they use to describe it? These questions and more are explored in TAKKUUK, a strikingly powerful new audiovisual work that teams dance music big-leaguers Bicep – the Northern Irish duo of childhood friends Andy Ferguson and Matt McBriar – with seven Indigenous artists from Greenland, Norway, Sweden, and Canada.” 

Welcome to experience TAKKUUK, for the first time ever on a Sami stage! There will be a Q&A after the screening.