PRACTICAL INFO
You need to buy a ticket to attend a listening session at Jiennagoahti.
There's several slots each day and each slot is 1 hour long.
There's five tickets available per slot.
Tea and coffee will be provided in the Jiennagoahti as you listen.
Jiennagoahti is situated on Torrfjellet, accessible by foot, a 10–15 minute walk from the Fløibanen Upper Station. Accessing the site is mostly via paths, but involves walking over uneven ground for the last 200m, which is not suitable for wheelchairs or baby strollers. See full access instructions.
Warm clothing and good shoes is essential for a good experience! On average it's always colder up on the mountain than in the city. Check the weather forecast before you go up and make sure to dress accordingly.
Photo av John Sears, CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
Borealis is excited to continue its presentation of Sámi culture through our collaboration with the unique listening space Jiennagoahti, a small listening hut perched on Mt Fløyen in Bergen.
This year’s commission was created by the acclaimed Sámi composer, musician, and joiker Sara Marielle Gaup.
Nana Nannán – Solid Soil was made specifically for this intimate listening space, anchored in solid soil and deeply connected to nature. Gaup’s process for this work involved listening closely to the natural world and discovering the luohti (melodies) of elements in nature she had not yet learned. This reciprocal communication between people, places, entities, and other beings translates the energies of the environment into music.
The work is rooted in the soundworld of Gaup’s raw joik style, which allows her to connect with older tradition-bearers while simultaneously forging new musical pathways. As a cyclical form of expression, joik allows the work to reflect continuity and renewal.
Nana Nannán – Solid Soil embodies Gaup’s dialogue with nature and was created specifically for intimate listening, inviting audiences to engage closely with the sound and the surrounding environment. Commissioned by Borealis with the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's 2023 report as a backdrop, the project reflects Borealis’ ongoing commitment to exploring Sámi sonic experimentalism and demonstrates how new forms of sound and music can engage with the resurgence of culture and language following colonial policies of erasure.