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.
TAKKUUK premiered in July 2025, featuring on the giant floor to ceiling wrap around screens at Outernet London, one of the UKs most visited cultural attractions.
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.
TAKKUUK will begin a worldwide tour in September 2025, with dates throughout the year and into 2026.
“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
Premiere of TAKKUUK at the Outernet (London, UK) 03/07/25
“The people of the Sábmie region – home to the Sámi people of Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia – and other Indigenous communities that populate the Arctic, are commonly misunderstood, misrepresented and stereotyped. It’s exactly these misconceptions that a new touring audio-visual installation, TAKKUUK, aims to challenge.”
- Isaac Muuk, Crack Magazine
“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
Global Tour Dates
01-07.09.25 Wintercircus, Ghent, BE
04.10.25 Meraki Testa Dell’Acqua, Sicily, IT
15.10.25 Blue Earth Summit, London, UK
13-14.11.25 IMS Dubai, UAE
19.11.25 Linecheck, Milan, IT
22.11.25 Manchester Museum, Manchester, UK
28-29.11.25 Ambika P3, London, UK
01.26 Glacier Projection, Uummannaq, GL
02.26 Nuuk Snow Festival, Nuuk, GL
28.03.26 Venue TBC, NYC, US
04-06.26 Ulster Museum, Belfast, UK
06.05.26 Arctic Sounds Festival, Sisimiut, GL
13-16.05.26 The Great Escape, Brighton, UK
Autumn 26 Immersive Visio Space, Oulu, FL
“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
