Solo audiovisual performance, 2026
Gullat
Photos: Adrian Svendsen Bensvik
About Gullat
What do threatened landscapes tell us if we actually listen?
Gullat is North Sámi for “to hear”. The solo performance was first presented at NŌUA gallery in Bodø during Sámi Week 2026: an hour of deep listening.
It is built on field recordings from Sápmi and the Himalayas, two regions where Indigenous communities live with climate change and the landscapes are changing fast. Among the places are two holy mountains, Aahkansnjurhtjie in Sápmi and Ama Yangri in the Himalayas.
Geophones, hydrophones and contact microphones pick up what normal hearing misses, like vibrations in the ground and insects moving. On stage the recordings are transformed live with granular synthesis, AI-based resynthesis, resampling and looping, layered with synthesizers and organic textures, with joik improvised throughout. VJ Oabbá mixes video from the same landscapes live.
As the recordings change, they mirror the changes in the landscapes they come from, and the work becomes a new reading of landscapes in flux.
