Historjá Stitches for Sapmí

The largescale textile artwork Historjá by MarakattLabba made a huge breakthrough when it was shown at documenta 14 in Kassel The embroidery depicting motifs from Sámi history is also the starting point of Thomas Jacksons documentary which tells us about Sámi culture whose history has been marked by a struggle against the majority population The struggle has concerned the right to land and way of life but also underlying this are two views of mankind and its relationship to nature In Historjá Stitches for Sapmí historical events and mythological images are woven together with how climate change threatens contemporary reindeer herding and thus the existence of Sámi culture