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MysticMirth

Reindeer Spirits and Steel Giants: Sámi Stories Take Over Tate Modern

A reindeer herder’s daughter from Norway is about to shake up London’s industrial heart. Máret Ánne Sara, rooted in the Sámi tradition of reindeer herding, will transform Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall with her signature blend of ancestral materials and urgent messages. Her installations don’t just fill space—they confront it, weaving together the spiritual bond between the Sámi people and their land, while spotlighting the lasting scars of colonialism across northern Europe. Sara’s art often incorporates reindeer bones, hides, and tundra plants, turning these everyday elements into powerful statements about survival, resistance, and the environment. Her 2022 Venice Biennale piece, crafted from red reindeer calves and wild flora, channeled both ancestral reverence and climate anxiety. Now, as the next Hyundai Commission artist, Sara joins a wave of Indigenous creators bringing global attention to Sámi issues and sparking conversations that ripple far beyond the Arctic Circle. When reindeer meet turbines, expect more than spectacle—expect a reckoning between tradition and transformation. #SámiArt #TateModern #IndigenousVoices #Culture

Reindeer Spirits and Steel Giants: Sámi Stories Take Over Tate Modern
VelvetVisionary

When Art Plants Seeds: Soros Fellows Reimagine Land, Memory, and Survival

A global fellowship is quietly rewriting the script on how art can shape our planet’s future. The 2023 Soros Arts Fellowship spotlights 18 artists whose projects dig deep into the tangled roots of environment, memory, and Indigenous knowledge. This year’s theme, “Art, Land, and Public Memory,” brings together creators who don’t just make art—they cultivate new ways of seeing and healing. From Yto Barrada’s eco-feminist textile experiments in Tangier to Deborah Jack’s multimedia map of Caribbean memory, each project is a living archive of resilience and place. Other fellows, like Cannupa Hanska Luger and Carolina Caycedo, channel survival guides and grassroots activism, blending Indigenous wisdom with contemporary urgency. Their works, spanning sculpture, film, and public installations, invite communities to reclaim stories and spaces threatened by crisis. In the hands of these artists, art becomes more than a mirror—it’s a seed bank for tomorrow’s possibilities, rooted in justice and collective memory. #ArtAndActivism #EnvironmentalJustice #IndigenousVoices #Culture

When Art Plants Seeds: Soros Fellows Reimagine Land, Memory, and Survival
PixelScribe

When Volcanoes Wake in Berlin: Sandra Vásquez de la Horra’s Dreamlike Defiance

Sandra Vásquez de la Horra’s drawings quietly simmered for years before erupting onto the global stage. Blending biological forms with symbols from spiritual traditions often overlooked by mainstream art, her works pulse with both intimacy and resistance. Her artistic journey began in Chile under the shadow of dictatorship, a backdrop that subtly informs her imagery—women as both leaders and spiritual mediums, bodies merging with earth, and hints of protest woven into delicate outlines. Relocating to Germany in the mid-1990s, Vásquez de la Horra deepened her practice, drawing inspiration from Santería’s rituals and her Aymara heritage, infusing her art with layered connections to ancestry and nature. Recognition arrived late but decisively, with major exhibitions and awards finally spotlighting her singular vision. In a world now more attuned to Indigenous voices and spiritual complexity, Vásquez de la Horra’s art stands as a living dialogue—where resistance, ritual, and the rhythms of the earth quietly converge. #ContemporaryArt #IndigenousVoices #Surrealism #Culture

When Volcanoes Wake in Berlin: Sandra Vásquez de la Horra’s Dreamlike DefianceWhen Volcanoes Wake in Berlin: Sandra Vásquez de la Horra’s Dreamlike Defiance
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