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River Baptism June 2025, Akerselva (Khio) Within "Degrowth festival" I baptized people to the river. We created a bodyprayer and a mantra that led them to their own personalized union with river. I gave everyone present permission to copy the ritual-performance so they can continue the work of bonding with other water bodies.

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Small Mysteries Series #1: Summer Solstice 2023

"Small mysteries series" is a platform where I invite external people to interact with river and share their praxis and belieg system. This time we were in collaboration with Lone Beathe Ebeltoft (Founder Sjamanistisk Forbund and Naturfolk). We invited people to a river-meditation on summer solstice 2023.

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Small mysteries Series #3 All Saints Day 2024 "Small mysteries series" is a platform where I invite external people to interact with river and share their praxis and belief system. This was 6th year in a row working formally with All Saints Day and Ecogrief. This year I collaborated with a group of women in Oslo, "Humitos Sagrados" - who works with incense as a way of healing. They blessed Akerselva with sweet herbs. The scent touches all, freed from ideology or stigma. It was a beautiful act and very efficient.

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Confluence of Waters, Venice october 2024. Embassy of the North Sea and GARN made Confluence of Waters, with representatives from many european rivers; artists and activists. Together with lawyers from GARN (Global Alliance for Rights of Nature) we reimagine law- personhood and equality for water. I created a reinactment of the ancient rite "a marriage of the sweet and salt water" . This old pagan ritual claimed dominance over the sea, translated as peace with the ocean that could easily flood the Venice lagoon. The ritual has been apropriated in powermechanism and shaped part of the ruling class. We did the ritual with an indigenous elder who has dedicated his life to the lagoon. He married the lagoon in a promise to set her free.

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22. march 2024: World Water Day I create a walk from the sea at Sukkerbiten to KHIO, the waterfall, where the salmon spawn. In collaboration with noaidi (sami shaman) Eirik Myrhaug, elder Jane Folseth (DK), prost Marit Bunholt (Den norske Kirke) , Helge Braathen (Oslo Elveforum, Alnaelvas venner) , Dariusz Woydyga (Artist, working with trash from river) ecosophs Odin Lysaker and Martin Lee Muller and many more. We co create a walk along the river with performances and rituals as a manifest and awareness of the lifeline the river provides. After this we discussed personhoodrights fro river at KHIO (arts faculty)

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3-8 october: Confluence of Waters; Embassy of the North Sea, GARN, European Bodies of Water - meet in an artistic and creative imaginary of law to play out a fictive trial for Venice Lagoon- to investigate how it could be- if water had equality. I will be MC with Erena Rhose Maori elder.

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Bisepegårdens årlige Grønne Møte.

Jeg har jobbet med å invitere "polene" inn i sirkelen. En pol til det animistiske verdensbildet er Kirken. Vi har allerede stått med presten og vannet i mange år. Jeg ble ivitert til bispegården for å fortelle denne nye lovtypen: likehet til naturen som rettsubjekt.

I mange år har vi stått ved elva. Sunget, bundet og brent oss til og for henne. Sirkel arbeid for meg handler om å forstå at vi er systemer som åpner seg mot andre systemer som åpner seg mot andre systemer; et aquatisk system av åpenhet- sirkelens religion er inkludering.

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solstice podcast- the priest, the noaidi, the activist and the artists, myself- discuss personhoos rights and ritual activism , concerning Akerselva, the river of Oslo.

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I am in collaboration with Embassy of the North Sea

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I am gathering a crowdfunding ; 155 000NOK to write a new law that gives nature equality- specifically- the river of Os-Lo, with its fjord and its lake (Oslos drinking source) Personhoodrights means that this water cycle would be seen as a subject of law, with its guardians/representations (like a child or organization) 2. On all-saints day, november 5th ; a multireligious ritual with the water- to strengthen the pact with River.

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Sarrahka indigenous festival Eidsfoss Norway june 2023 opening performance, closing ritual podcast and workshop Water rituals, personhood rights for nature below: with Jonas Kittelsen (Exctinction Rebellion Youth Norway) Pero Inge Oestmoen (Naturvernforbundet) and journalist Inger Synneve Barth

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å burote, - performance on behalf of ØkoUka Oslo vernisage. I made a performance within the exhibition we opened " Å være med planter"/to be with plants. I weaved nettle lived and sung her melody.

the performance was held within my own opening of exhibition " å burote" - a project investigating the presence and comunication with plants, through weaving them. Vippa, Oslo, 23. september Økouka 2023

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ØkoUka; Ecological Week of Oslo Vernisage Performance and exhibition Weaved carpets, made of our local weeds in Norway. “Å burote “- literally means to root-live. it is an exploration of the relationship with plants over time, while weaving. What songs come through? This is how I come to know her, through experiential exploration.

Its called; to come closer to the plants

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A podcast recorded at Sarrahka Festival in June 2023 where we discuss what is sacred in nature (Norwegian)

My position is that of making River (nature) a subject of law not an object of law! (Like human organisation institution etc)

) DET HELLIGE I NATUREN https://open.spotify.com/episode/6LfAsp1udolLGYgkQYl0ho

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Jonas Kittelsen ( leader Extinction Rebellion Oslo) and I went to pay a visit to mayor of Oslo- Marianne Borgen, to propose personhood - equality - rights to Akerselva and her cycle, lake, fjord and river. Lets give all bodies of water their rights!

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All Saints 2022 I initiated people to the water. They are now children of her and are invited to go out and work for their special water body. Everyone has a relationship to water and are willing to fight for her. Hu-Ma, (from Arab)- spirit-water; we are water spirits. Akerselva, my mother- November 2022. Cross religious ritual with priest Knut Rygh, maori water shaman Erena Rhose, Sami artist Arnhild Haagensen.

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Climax Festival, Bordeaux September 2022 Collaboration with Erena Rhose. Opening and closing ceremony. Water blessing and river ritual, panel discussion.