For Luleåbiennalen 2024, INTERPRT’s Nabil Ahmed and Olga Lucko presented work and research on the film Treacherous Journey (2023) through public events happening during the opening and closing programs of the biennial. This project serves as legal evidence supporting Sámi herders from the Jillen-Njaarke reindeer herding district in their legal action against the Øyfjellet wind power plant in Norway. INTERPRT’s involvement in this legal action originated from their broader research initiative titled Colonial Present: Counter-Mapping The Truth and Reconciliation Commissions in Sápmi.

In Treacherous Journey, INTERPRT utilised a state-of-the-art 3D game-engine environment, integrated accurate geographical and environmental data, real-time weather data, GPS reindeer tracking data, and herders’ videos. INTERPRT conducted workshops with herders to understand the reindeer herding year and landscape, reconstructing the reindeer spring migration impacted by the wind farm. INTERPRT collaborates closely with Jillen-Njaarke reindeer herders, spatial ecologists from NINA, Sámi researchers, and activists on this project.

INTERPRT’s practice attests to the potential for understanding architecture and spatial practices within an expanded field, transcending disciplinary and social boundaries. Serving as legal evidence in an ongoing court dispute A Treacherous Journey, shows how artistic and architectural practices can intervene in real-world processes such as legal proceedings. Thus, INTERPRT’s practice resonates with the curatorial framework of On the Threshold of 1:1, as it embodies a double ontology of the scale 1:1, situated at the threshold of representation and reality, operating both within and beyond the art world and the boundaries of architectural practice, engaging with other spheres of knowledge and modes of action. Additionally, the significance of the court case, occurring after the biennial’s closure, offers an opportunity to delve further into this process and its implications.