TAKKUUK
An audio-visual installation and soundtrack sharing stories of indigenous life, culture and climate change in the arctic.
TAKKUUK is a new immersive installation from BICEP, visual artist Zak Norman and filmmaker Charlie Miller that explores the lives, communities and challenges facing artists Indigenous to the Arctic Region.
Created in partnership with the charity In Place of War, as part of their EarthSonic programme, the installation sees the renowned Northern Irish electronic duo — otherwise known as Andy Ferguson and Matthew McBriar — collaborating with a number of Indigenous vocalists, including Katarina Barruk, Andachan, Sebastian Enequist (from Sound of the Damned), Tarrak, Nuija, Niilas and Silla.
The music was recorded in 2024 by Detroit-based producer and musician Matthew Dear in Árni Árnason from The Vaccines studio, during Iceland Airwaves festival in Reykjavík.
“As climate change increasingly impacts Arctic landscape and communities, it will also impact how all of us live, wherever we are in the world. We hope these raw first-hand stories coming from the Indigenous artists and contributors in TAKKUUK, will help to humanise those effects and inspire people to learn more about it.”
- BICEP
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“It’s easy to switch off with climate change... But if you start telling the story in different ways... at least it's a start"
- Luke Bainbridge, The Guardian
Tour Dates
03-05.09.25 Wintercircus, Ghent, BE
04.10.25 Meraki Testa Dell’Acqua, Sicily, IT
15.10.25 Blue Earth Summit, London, UK (film excerpts)
23.10.25 ADE Amsterdam, Netherlands (excerpts + listening session)
07.11.25 The Future is Sound, London UK (film excerpts)
08.11.25 Simple Things Festival, Bristol, UK
13.11.25 IMS Dubai, UAE
19.11.25 Linecheck, Milan, IT
22.11.25 EarthSonic Live at Manchester Museum, UK
29.11.25 Ambika P3, London, UK (film excerpts)
22-31.01.26 Magma Futura, Montevideo, Uruguay
28.01 - 8.02.26 Gray Area, San Francisco, California, USA
24.02.26 Green Events and Innovation Conference, London, UK
06 & 08.03.26 Nuuk Snow Festival, Nuuk, GL
08.03.26 Seeyousound International Music Film Festival, Turin, Italy
12.03 & 17.03 & 19.03.26 CPH:DOX, Copenhagen, Denmark
Date TBC Arctic Sounds Festival, Sisimiut, GL
19-23.05.26 Brighton Festival, Brighton, UK
“The Arctic climate is changing rapidly, so in context of the larger project, it's a ‘hey look at this, the adverse effects of climate change are obvious,’ but also, ‘hey look at how cool Inuit culture is.”
- Charlotte Qamaniq, Silla
