Cooper, Sarah (b. 1974) & Gorfer, Nina (b. 1979): Cooper & Gorfer. Interruptions. / Gaskkalduhttimat. [Spine:] Seek vol 03.

[Göteborg], Seek AB, 2016. 4to. 128 pp. / Text bilingual in English and Lule Sami.

Publisher’s linen cloth with printed banner. As new.

”Interruptions portrays several generations of women from Swedish Sápmi. Stretching over the northern parts of Sweden, Norway, Finland and the Kola Peninsula in Russia, Sápmi occupies an area almost the size of Sweden. The manner in which the Sámi people of Sweden have been treated since the 16th century when the Swedish state began colonising the north is a dark chapter in the country’s history. Colonisation does not only affect geographic areas – fundamental characteristics of a people such as its culture, language and traditions are also dismantled and eradicated”.

”This body of work and book was made possible with funds from Konstmuseet i Norr. The book was launched in connection to the exhibition Interruptions in August 2016. The exhibition was one of the last art exhibitions at Kiruna Stadshus before the relocation of the building during an extensive city transformation due to land deformations caused by the mining industry. Konstmuseet i Norr is a project funded by Norrbotten County Council and the municipality of Kiruna. The new county art museum will open in Kiruna in 2018”.