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  • Transborder Café: The Russian Trace in the West

    Transborder Café: The Russian Trace in the West Tonight we will trace Russian influence in a broader cultural-historic context. We will talk about the «Russian trace» in the formation of Western (European) liberal democracy, contrary to the usual claim that «the Russian» usually equals the reactionary, the traditionalist or the totalitarian - we rather talk…

  • Lost in the Horizon

    Lost in the Horizon Samovar Theatre premieres it’s brand-new performance An international production with award-winning artists from Norway, Russia and Lithuania. Never before have you heard this text, listened to this music or experienced this wondrous universe. In «Lost in the horizon», we focus on borders, horizons and how they affect us as human beings;…

  • Who is Frode Berg?

    Who is Frode Berg Barents Press debate in Norwegian only Who is Frode Berg? Norwegian media's coverage of the intelligence scandal that rocked a small community. The Frode Berg case generated intense attention and interest, but it also put Norwegian media to the test. How should one report on a case with so little information…

  • Book Presentation with Kjartan Fløgstad

    Book Presentation with Kjartan Fløgstad in Norwegian only Since his 1977 breakthrough novel «Dollar road», Kjartan Fløgstad has been a cornerstone of Norwegian literature. In 2019 came his latest book «Due og Drone». Fløgstad, at his literary best, tells the story of the liberation of Finnmark, making a thorough account of the lies and deceit…

  • The Arduous March

    The Arduous March T he year is 2560. We are in a principality far to the north, in the border zone of the Euro-Siberian Empire. We live off the land and traditional crafts; a low-tech medieval age, an archaeo-futuristic ideal society. For many centuries we have lived in harmony with the other principalities, but now…

  • Mass Gymnastics

    Mass Gymnastics We have invited festival artists to lead 20-minute exercise sessions — leaving it up to them to decide on a sweaty workout session, relaxing yoga, instructional aerobics or other conceptual motions. Thu, 13th Feb. (12:00) Circumambulation Collective Fri, 14th Feb. (12:00) Den frivillige hjelpebataljonen / The volunteer auxiliary battalion Sat, 15th Feb. (13:00)…

  • Double Concert Friday: Opphav (Tromsø) / Poexxxali (Moscow)

    Opphav Poexxxali Opphav Tromsø Poexxxali Moscow The rap duo Opphav are a mix of slam-poetry and acoustic hip-hop with folk and old fisherman’s songs from the north. Opphav has in recent years become known for atmospheric and engaging concerts with lyrics covering everything from life and love to reindeer husbandry, oil drilling in Lofoten and…

  • Do Not Urinate Towards Russia – Morten Traavik

    Morten Traavik Do Not Urinate Towards Russia Image from former border crossing point Skafferhullet outside Kirkenes. Part IV of Borderlines series (installation, mixed media 2011 - ongoing). 10:00 - 18:00 Town Square

  • The Portal: trial version – Circumambulation Collective

    Circumambulation Collective The Portal: trial version The artist from Circumambulation Collective designed a portal to their home city of St Petersburg that functions as a hyper-local game in the cityscape of Kirkenes. When you dive into the game and through the Portal, you have the opportunity to cross borders skipping border guards and controls completely.…

  • Epoch of the Crab – Inghild Karlsen

    Inghild Karlsen Epoch of the Crab When a person moves anything biological from its environment, they rarely know what will follow. The 3D crab in Inghild Karlsen's installation is an invader to a new ocean, one that was introduced by humans. The crab has not moved there voluntarily. Though we do not know the full…