Past event
CANCELLED:Musical performance and children’s workshop with Elina Waage Mikalsen
October 4, 2025 kl. 12.00–14.00
CANCELLED: On 4 October, a musical performance and special workshop connected to the exhibition Ring of Fire will take place at Kistefos. Please join us in for music and activities with artist Elina Waage Mikalsen – suitable for families, kids and people of all ages.
Elina Waage Mikalsen. Foto: Airida Bekeryte
12.00–14.00: Musical performance by Elina Waage Mikalsen & music workshop at Sliperiloftet
Elina Waage Mikalsen is one of the artists in the Springbrett 2025 exhibition Ring of Fire. Her installation Áhcagastá – Tales of the Ember, 2022 is on view in Nybruket’s second floor at Kistefos until the season closes on 12 October. The multi-component work investigates chapters of Sámi history and cosmology through the lens of fire. Its formal and storytelling elements consist of an intricate pattern of intertwined woolen threads – inspired by Sámi weaving traditions – duodji pieces, a sound composition and a publication. Through the delicate tension between the materials, the work emphasises the importance of balance, metaphorically and materially: fire is a prerequisite for life in the north, but it can also burn.
Illustration: install view of Elina Waage Mikaslsen, Áhcagastá – Tales of the Ember, 2022
As a musician and sound artist, weaving is also a central reference to Elina Waage Mikalsen. She has created an instrument from her áhkku’s (grandmother’s) old weaving tool – a suohponstuolet to bring out the sound of a material and spirit. With this, her voice and more, Waage Mikalsen is known for her improvised sets where she creates sonic spaces that dwell somewhere in between reality and fantasy, and which approach temporality as a circular concept rather than a linear one.
The event is free for all visitors with a museum ticket. Children and young people up to the age of 19 always enjoy free admission to Kistefos.
Elina Waage Mikalsen, Áhcagastá – Tales of the Ember, 2022 (installation, sound, publication. Mixed media.) Commissioned by Lofoten International Art Festival (LIAF) and Singapore Biennale. Created with the assistance and contributions of Lea Weldemichael Lilay, Montserrat Llampallas, Márjá Karlsen, and Magnus Holmen. Collection of Nordnorsk Kunstmuseum. Photo: Jon Christen Bjone.
Elina Waage Mikalsen (1992, Norway/Sápmi) lives and works in Tromsø. She works with a wide range of media, primarily focusing on sound and listening. Waage Mikalsen was educated at the Nordland Art and Film School, Academy of Arts in Tromsø and the Oslo National Academy of the Arts. From 2022–24 she was a guest artist and co-curator at Borealis – a festival for experimental music. She runs Šuvva, a platform for Sámi sound art, experimental music, and listening. Waage Mikalsen has exhibited and performed nationally and internationally at venues such as the National Museum in Oslo, the Singapore Biennale, LIAF: Lofoten International Art Festival, Kunsthal Charlottenborg in Copenhagen, and Kunstnernes Hus in Oslo.