The Sleeper: On the Night Festival 2025

Conversation with Edi Muka, curator at the Public Art Agency Sweden; artists Karin Keisu and Josse Thuresson; and Lena Ylipää, based on the 21st edition of the Night Festival held in Korpilombolo in December 2025.

The Public Art Agency, in collaboration with Kin, participated with the exhibition The Sleeper, featuring the above artists as well as Anila Rubiku. The exhibition reversed perspectives from Selma Lagerlöf’s The Wonderful Adventures of Nils, where Nils falls asleep precisely over Tornedalen. The program also included conversations, presentations, and co-creative workshops, all focusing on dreams, darkness, Tornedalian culture, and Meänkieli as a language.

Presented in collaboration with Public Art Agency Sweden.