Eanan

Mediabox at Forum Box presents Eanan, a video work by Marja Viitahuhta, Ánnámáret, Ilkka Heinonen and Turkka Inkilä.

In this cameraless work Eanan, a luohti on earth and land, the lifegiver and cultural starting point of the Sámi people, is yoiked by indigenous musician Ánnámáret. 

The luohti is accompanied by electronic music by Turkka Inkilä and the jouhikko, a Karelian bowed lyre, played by Ilkka Heinonen.

The animated video work by Marja Viitahuhta is based on photographs taken by Ernst Manker and drawings by his wife, Lili Manker, depicting old Sámi drums from the book Die Lappische Zaubertrommel.

The work both reveals and conceals the original drums within the noise of digitally emerging images. These images are combined with impressions of plant leaves, flower petals, earth and salt, created on film using printing, painting and phytogram techniques on film.

The work explores the indigenous people’s relationship with the land, their environment and their cultural heritage. 

It also reflects on what has been preserved of Indigenous spiritual traditions, and how these traditions have been othered, lost or erased as a result of colonisation.


Forum Box, Mediabox

30.10.-22.11.2026

Tue-Sun 12.00-17.00

Free entry