Scheibe & GüntzelArt meets Finnish <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/grainfarming?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#grainfarming</a> or It takes a village to plant a rye field<br>
Part 4 / MÄMMI/MEMMA<br>
A participartory <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/soundperformance?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#soundperformance</a><br>
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In the spring chapter of our project series <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/PRESERVED?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PRESERVED</a> we designed a sound performance celebrating the traditional dessert "<a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/mämmi?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mämmi</a>" served at <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Easter?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Easter</a>. For those who are not Finnish - mämmi is dark-brown pudding made of rye flour and rye malt, served with cream and sugar. The performance was planned as a participartory project where the people of <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Andkil?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Andkil</a> (<a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Vörå?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Vörå</a>) were invited to join and contribute.<br>
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The central meeting point of the project - the Plaza del Råg, located in the middle of the <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/rye?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#rye</a> field which was planted in August 2024 served as a stage. An active/powered speaker system was used to present an experimental (sound) interpretation of the terms „mämmi“ (fin.) and "<a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/memma?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#memma</a>" (swed.), inspired by <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Dadaism?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Dadaism</a> or artists and writers like Ernst Jandl and Josef Beuys. The active speaker enabled us to put different layers of sound on top of each other and repeat them in loops to eventually creating a space of sound based on the constant repetition of the declination of the terms „mämmi“ and "memma". Philip started the performance by repeating the declinations and then we handed the microphone to the people from the village. We had a blast. After the performance mämmi was served in the newly restored barn of <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Abramsgården?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Abramsgården</a>.<br>
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[Our project deals with the question of the identity-creating significance of rye for Finland - especially in the region of Vörå, resp. <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Ostrobothnia?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ostrobothnia</a> - and how this relationship can be reflected artistically ("Rågens rike" means "Kingdom of Rye" and describes this very region - Finlands <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/granary?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#granary</a>) The project is hosted by Abramsgården in Vörå (Vöyri) in Finland-Sweden.<br>
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Fotos: Kim Blåfield<br>
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With the support of: <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/finnlandinstitut?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#finnlandinstitut</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/mikkofritze?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mikkofritze</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/finnlines?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#finnlines</a><br>
<a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Vöråsparbankaktiastiftelse?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Vöråsparbankaktiastiftelse</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/harryschaumanstiftelse?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#harryschaumanstiftelse</a><br>
<a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/grannaslantbruk?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#grannaslantbruk</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/perjohangrannas?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#perjohangrannas</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/tommyantill?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tommyantill</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/abbeberglund?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#abbeberglund</a><br>
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<a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/art?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#art</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/conceptualart?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#conceptualart</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/finland?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#finland</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/performance?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#performance</a>