Luohti (yoik) is a traditional Sámi vocal art. A person luohti, is not just a song about someone, but its purpose is to bring a person to be present in the situation. The starting point for the installation has been the question of what a personal yoik brings out of a person, what is this personality that the yoik brings into present. The work interprets how the most fundamental thing in a person is their relationship to the world around them; to their loved ones, their family, their home, etc. Personality is something that is constantly in motion rather than a static essence.

In Western philosophy and quantum physics, the idea of ​​how the basis of being and the universe consist not so much of objects but specifically of the relationships between them (such as Deleuze and Webster). The Sámi worldview follows indigenous philosophy, where this experience has always played a central role. This is very evident in the luohti tradition.

A person luohti is often an intimate act of love and appreciation. This installation is a person luohti which consists of fragmentary duodji parts that form a protective circle and a network of relationships. A person’s essence lies somewhere in between these relationships, in the different shades and color combinations created by these relationships. Through colors, qualities emerge about their character, their family, their home region, values, attitudes, history, present, and future.

Johan Turi wrote: “The yoik is not just music. [Its] functions are much broader than that. They are routes to social contact.”