DIRECT CONNECTIONS

Direct Connections – a circular conversation between joik and aesthetics by Eva Bakkeslett and Johan Anders Bær.
Art of Adaptation, Fritdjof Nansen Institute, Oslo June 2008

"When I first met joik,
I mean the very moment I realized with my body and soul what joik really is,
I started sensing the coming to knowing from another perspective.
I became aware of a different way to perceive the world.

I understood the difference between being separate from nature and that of being inseparable – a part of – to be connected.

Joik is not ABOUT – it IS.
An amplification of relationships.
A direct connection with no beginnings or ends.
A circular conversation."