Help from the Forgotten Gods
Outi Pieski is one of the leading Sámi artists exhibited at Tate Modern (2025), MARKK, Hamburg (2023-24), Venice Biennale (2019), Gwangju Biennial (2021), Sydney Biennial (2022) and GIBCA – Gothenburg International Biennial for Contemporary Art (2023).
In Guhte gullá, young people dance to escape the anguish of world destruction and they invoke help from the forgotten Sámi earth gods Uksáhkká, Juoksáhkká and Sáráhkká. We lose our connection to the earth and our ancestors who rest underground. It is time for us to reconnect with the holiness deep within the earth.
In their work Guhte gullá / Here to hear, women from different generations listen to the voices of their foremothers through dance and duodji, traditional Sámi handicrafts. The mother-daughter relationship between Outi Pieski and Biret Haarla Pieski, Gáddjá Haarla Pieski, fits appropriately with the theme of their first joint artistic collaboration. The room is filled with Tuomo Puranen’s ritually moving electronic music and Mari Boine’s joik, which invites us to change and pay attention to the messages of our foremothers.
The aid of the forgotten Sámi earth deities
Outi Pieski is one of the leading Sapmi artists today shown at Tate Modern (2025), MARKK, Hamburg (2023-24), Venice Biennale (2019), Gwangjubiennale (2021), Sydney Biennale (2022) and GIBCA – Göteborg International Biennale for Contemporary Art (2023).
In Guhte gullá young people dance to escape the angst of world destruction, summoning the aid of the forgotten Sámi earth deities Uksáhkká, Juoksáhkká and Sáráhkká. We are losing our connection with the earth and our ancestors who rest beneath the soil. It is time for us to reconnect with the sacredness deep within the earth.
In their work Guhte gullá / Here to hear, women of different generations listen to the voices of their foremothers through dance and duodji, traditional Sámi handicrafts. The mother-daughter relationship between Outi Pieski and Biret Haarla Pieski, Gáddjá Haarla Pieski chimes aptly with the theme of their first joint artistic collaboration. The space is filled with Tuomo Puranen’s ritual-beating electronic music and Mari Boine’s yoik, which invites us to change and pay attention to the foremothers’ message.
