Mämmi Mämmi Mämmi
About yesterday

We were lucky and the rain didn´t fall while we were performing. And we were lucky to have a photographer because the one that we usually work with (Erik Åhman) turns out to be the brother of one of the singers of the band KAJ who will represent Sweden at the ESC. And understandably he is very busy at the moment travelling with them. Funny enough the whole band is from the area and the whole area is going nuts about it. We found replacement in Kim Blåfield who will send us the official performance documentation next week, so for now its just the afterwards mämmi feast. It was great that so many people came. Stay tuned for more.

And thank you @Pejuksu@mastodon.social for the lemon and orange slices. That was a great addition to the mämmi/memma.

Fotos: Scheibe & Güntzel and Dorothee Schulte-Basta

The project is hosted by #Abramsgården in Vörå, supported by #Vöråsparbankaktiastiftelse #harryschaumanstiftelse #Finnlines #finnlandinstitut #grannaslantbruk #perjohangrannas #tommyantill #abbeberglund

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Preparing for tomorrow

Today we went to Vasa to buy mämmi. A traditional Finnish pudding made of rye malt. We will serve it tomorrow after our sound performance. The performance will deal with the term "mämmi". In Swedish and in Finnish (since we are in Finland-Sweden). Dorothee, our host also prepared her legendary eggnog. It will be wild.

The project is hosted by #Abramsgården in Vörå, supported by #Vöråsparbankaktiastiftelse #harryschaumanstiftelse #Finnlines #finnlandinstitut #grannaslantbruk #perjohangrannas #tommyantill #abbeberglund

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The hut in the middle of the rye field..
... is progressing. Philip used more wood shingles and finished for now. The space will be used tomorrow for our upcoming sound performance and has been used in the last months already as a meeting point. We are only using material that the neighbours provided or that we found. The next part will be build when we are back in July. We called the space "Plaza del Råg" and the small path that leads to it "Råg Boulevard".

The project is hosted by #Abramsgården in Vörå, supported by #Vöråsparbankaktiastiftelse #harryschaumanstiftelse #Finnlines #finnlandinstitut #grannaslantbruk #perjohangrannas #tommyantill #abbeberglund

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About today

We made it and arrived in Vörå at Abramsgården. Spring is here and our rye field is slowly awaking. We are now continuing to build the meeting point in the middle of the field (which we startet calling "Plaza del Råg") using material that we get from the neighbours. Today shingles. The cats are still tiny.

The project is hosted by #Abramsgården in Vörå, supported by #Vöråsparbankaktiastiftelse #harryschaumanstiftelse #Finnlines #finnlandinstitut #grannaslantbruk #perjohangrannas #tommyantill #abbeberglund

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And we were just informed that the cats of our hosts at Abramsgården in Vörå (Vöyri) multiplied .

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PRESERVED // Rågens rike / Finnland 2024/25
sowing

In our current project in Vörå/Finland we planted a rye field in August 2024 and developed a series of interventions, cooking events and performances related to the importance of rye for Finland. The whole project is a participartory project carried out with the cooparetion and help of the whole village. We will now go back to Finland for Easter for the next event and are so excited to see how the rye has grown. Stay tuned.

Foto: Peter Lüttge

The project is hosted by #Abramsgården in Vörå, supported by #Vöråsparbankaktiastiftelse #harryschaumanstiftelse #Finnlines #finnlandinstitut #grannaslantbruk #perjohangrannas #tommyantill #abbeberglund

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HIMMELI II

In the frame of our project PRESERVED // Rågens rike / Finnland 204/25 we dealt with the traditional himmeli objects that are made of rye straw and are now used as a traditional Christmas decoration. In the former days they would be used to ask for a good harvest. In our winter chapter (November 2024) we asked the people of the area where our project is taking place (Vörå in Finland-Sweden) to join us to create a detail of a huge himmeli by using light tubes. The village came and in joint forces the ephermeral himmeli installation was created.

The whole project is carried out with the help of the village.

Our next stay will take place soon, stay tuned.


Fotos: Erik Åhman

The project is hosted by #Abramsgården in Vörå, supported by #Vöråsparbankaktiastiftelse #harryschaumanstiftelse #Finnlines #finnlandinstitut #grannaslantbruk #perjohangrannas #tommyantill #abbeberglund

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PRESERVED // Rågens rike / Himmeli, 2024

Our current project in Finland will probably go on for a whole year. We started with the preparation of the rye field in August 2024 and came back in November for the winter session.

In the winter chapter we worked with the so called "himmelis", traditional objects made of rye straw, orginally applied to ask for a good harvest, today mainly used as Christmas decoration. We projected the structure of a classic himmeli onto the facade of a grain dryer and examined the abstract pattern. This particular himmeli is a work of the famous himmeli artist Eija Koski whom we had the honour to meet.

The dryers belong to our cooperation partners in Vörå.
Thank you @Katrin-Bethge for your great overhead projector!

With the support of: #Finnlandinstitut, #Vöråsparbankaktiastiftelse #harryschaumanstiftelse #Finnlines #grannaslantbruk #perjohangrannas #tommyantill #abbeberglund

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