Evgenia Arbugaeva, a photographer and filmmaker, is known for her poetic portrayal of her Arctic homeland. She presents her two short documentary films that reveal a shifting landscape through science and the myths of her people, the Sakha of northeastern Siberia. Haulout takes us to a battered hut on the shore of the Arctic Ocean, where the largest walrus gathering on Earth occurs. Chuuraa descends into the thawing permafrost and the mythological Underworld in search of an ancient creature. 

The screening is followed by a live performance by Snow Raven (Khaar Suor), an Indigenous Sakha singer and educator. As a child, she learned the songs of her ancestors from her grandmother, and today she gives voice to the animals and landscapes of the North through vocal techniques, the khomus (jaw harp), drum and "Arctic beatbox" drawn from the breath of reindeer. This evening brings these two Sakha artists together for the first time. 

Film 45m, Music 45m

Programmed in collaboration with the Department of Environmental Studies, Native American and Indigenous Studies, Institute of Arctic Studies and Dickey Center for International Understanding and the Department of Geography.