A wooden boat rests on a sandy shore with snowy mountains and an overcast sky in the background.

Sámi artist Jenni Laiti to take part in a Residency at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park

Voyage, a long-term artistic and activist project responding to the decline of native Atlantic salmon and the fragile ecosystems of the Deatnu River.

In January 2026, Invisible Flock will welcome collaborator Sámi artist Jenni Laiti to their studio for a residency to continue their work together on the new artwork Voyage—a journey from the end of the world to the next one. The work is about salmon, grief, survival, decolonisation, climate adaptation and home.

Over the last four years, Jenni Laiti and Invisible Flock have collaborated looking to understand experiences of land trauma and solastalgia in Sápmi, the Indigenous-governed area of the Arctic. Through this, they have developed Voyage, a long-term artistic and activist project responding to the decline of native Atlantic salmon and the fragile ecosystems of the Deatnu River.

The project takes the form of interventions, community gatherings, sculptural and audio-visual works, foregrounding Sámi self-determination in the face of ecological crisis and systemic exclusion from decision-making. The residency will allow in-person progression of the project. Working together physically to test, iterate and move the project into production, leading to planned exhibitions in 2026 onwards.

This residency is made possible with the support of the Finnish Institute in the UK and Ireland, and the project has been supported by the Wellcome Trust, Kumu Art Museum, TIDAL ArtS and the VOICE project with support from the Horizon Programme of the European Union.

Wooden boat on a sandy shore with snow-capped mountains under a cloudy sky.

About Invisible Flock
Invisible Flock (opens a new window)(IF) is a multi-award-winning artists group, founded by Land Body Ecologies network, based at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park. Invisible Flock create artworks and spaces where human and planetary health meet. Their practice fuses technology and natural materials collaborating with environments and communities to form layered understandings of place.

People behind the project

A man and two women stand on a mossy path in a pine forest, wearing warm jackets.

Jenni Laiti

Jenni Laiti (1981) is a Sámi artist, an indigenous rights activist and a climate justice advocate.

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