Bassi várri, giđđadálvi (Holy Mountain, Spring Winter) is supposed to show an area that is still clean – because there are no windmills, mines or shooting ranges built there yet.

The artwork is six meters long and Hilde has used old T-shirts and sheets to design Hakŋalančearru, which is inthe Eastern Finnmark. The black, grey and white colors resemble the mountain she remembers from her childhood. She likes to recycle materials because it is important to her that they are not thrown away, but rather become useful. The silk hanging below represents the mountains, the ice or the sea. A nature that must be protected.

She has been working on this art piece for most of 2025, and three assistants have occasionally been helping her in the process.

It is KORO (Art in Public Space) that has invited Hilde Skancke Pedersen to create art for the new government building. This public art institution wants the art in public spaces to represent Norway – including minorities and indigenous people.

Bassi várri, spring winter hangs in the room where the government, among other things, formally decide laws and regulations approved by the Storting (the Norwegian parliament). The art chosen for this room should show that everything decided in this room affects the entire community.

– It is a true honor that my art is now in the government building, but at the same time a little unreal, says Hilde Skancke Pedersen.