The artworks for the 2016 Barents Spektakel reflect and discuss the vulnerability of our sense of place; whilst simultaneously exploring if our identity is a result of where we live or if we instead make choices to migrate to places that suit us. In these times of economic uncertainty, new migration routes and increasingly cold ideological rhetoric between capitals; the perception of place requires continuous rethinking. Shifting cultural, political and economic factors all play a role in shaping how we perceive our neighbourhood, city, nation, region and most importantly, ourselves. In the North there are lessons to be learned from our past as well the mistakes and triumphs of our neighbours across all borders, there are risks and opportunities as well as both bright and destructive visions for the future.
The visual art program for the Barents Spektakel is a result of Pikene på Broen’s year-round BAR International Artist in Residency program. Through collaboration, discussion and research the invited artists from both sides of the border are provided with impressions of the Barents Region.
How do the movements I do, express what I feel? In what way can I change your mood through my mood? This is the starting point for the dance performance Moving Moment, performed by young dancers from Kirkenes and Nikel together with professional dancers Katja Schia [NO] and Nina Biong [NO].
detailspreviewPikene på Broen and the German theatre company, Pan.Optikum, are pleased to present 'The Power of Diversity'. Working with young people from Kirkenes and Murmansk, the project incorporates dance and street theatre into a site specific performance at the Kirkenes School during the Barents Spektakel 2016.
detailspreviewThe Eastern Sami Museum in Neiden was built in 2009, but has not opened yet due to different problems with the building. Some claim that the reason for the problems is that they have not asked the spirits under the soil for permission to build whilst others say that this custom of asking these spirits is not an Eastern Sami one.
detailspreview"The world's first and so far only fishing collective" said the headline of an article published on August 6, 1935 in the Norwegian Communist newspaper «Nordlands Arbeiderblad». The subject of the article was the group of Norwegian fishermen who founded the collective fish farm "Polar Star" on the Tsypnavolok Rybachiy peninsula of the Soviet Union
detailspreviewThe conflict in Ukraine has shown that media is an important player in east-west tensions. In the west we tend to think that Russian media is an active part in Russian warfare. The question is whether western media is escalating the conflict by doing the exact same thing.
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Pikene på Broen is a collective of curators, cross border cooperation specialists and producers based in the northeastern Norwegian city of Kirkenes. Located 11km from the Russian border and 35km from the Finnish border - the city of Kirkenes is ideally placed for cross border cooperation and cultural exchange in the Arctic.
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