Blodklubb, “the club for everyone who has blood” , was founded in 2018 by the artists Sigbjørn Skåden, Kristin Bjørn, Kristina Junttila and Bernt Bjørn. The club is an unpredictable and entertaining social meeting place, where each club meeting has its own dramaturgy and agenda. The basic theme is the relationship between culture and genetics, with the Sami as the focal point. At the first club meeting, the audience witnessed the artists’ genetic tests being opened for the very first time. The purpose was to map Sami genetic material. It is neither easy nor unproblematic.

Individual viewpoints and family histories are the starting point when we step into the minefield of “culture and genetics.” Basically, we, the founders, represent four archetypes, or stereotypes, in the northern public: “The Sami activist,” “the objective researcher,” “the victim of Norwegianization,” and “the bearer of Norwegian guilt.”

After six years in the Blodklubb universe, we are constantly working to expand and change our own understanding of the field of tension in which Blodklubb operates.