Press kit

Nammásj is an artistic expedition on skis, pulling pulkas, through the Sarek in Swedish Lapland. At the end of winter 2027, polar explorer Moufid Taleb will guide four artists there: Hugo Paradis and Monsif Taleb (film and photography), Laura Lhuillier (drawing) and Juliette Saumagne (music). About nine days on their own, to the foot of a sacred mountain whose name has been lost. Its ambition: to cultivate wonder by bringing people closer to the living world through art.

Nammásj is an artistic expedition on skis, pulling pulkas, through the Sarek in Swedish Lapland. At the end of winter 2027, polar explorer Moufid Taleb will guide four artists there: Hugo Paradis and Monsif Taleb (film and photography), Laura Lhuillier (drawing) and Juliette Saumagne (music). About nine days on their own, to the foot of a sacred mountain whose name has been lost. Its ambition: to cultivate wonder by bringing people closer to the living world through art.

The name comes from that mountain. In Sámi tradition, it was so sacred that people avoided naming it; after being left unspoken for so long, its real name disappeared. Nammásj means “nameless” (pronounced roughly “nah-mash”).

None of the four artists has ever made work from a place this wild. Each will create at their own pace, on site or back home. The expedition will then be told through talks, a documentary, photographs, drawings and music. The preparation is already being shared on social media, and during the expedition the team’s position will be visible live on nammasj.fr thanks to a satellite beacon.

The project is run by Explorateur Terrien, a French non-profit association, and funded by a crowdfunding campaign and partners.