VIDEO: Formative Conditions in the North – Outsiderness and Youth Culture Violence Across the Nordic region, more and more young people are moving south. In Sweden, violence and crime are accelerating, which is spreading to Norway. How do we face these challenges? Meet playwright and educator Rebekka Brox Liabø and more for a debate led by Editor Arne O. Holm during the Arctic Arts Festival in Northern Norway.
Rebekka Brox Liabø: Helps Northern Youths to Find Their Voice Through Writing Harstad (High North News): Creating a safe framework for youth to explore writing about their own experiences and opinions and sharing their own words with several listeners. That is how pedagogue and playwright Rebekka Brox Liabø works with developing language skills and belonging among the young in Northern Norway.
High Noon 2024: Northern Debate on Youth, Preparedness, Democracy and Moral in the Arts Everything is set for the debate series High Noon during the Arctic Arts Festival in Northern Norway. This year's edition offers tunes from several young and up-and-coming artists – and various voices from Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Iceland. Among the primary guests is the critically acclaimed Icelandic writer Jón Kalman Stefánsson.
Where Are We Going? To Northern Norway or North Korea? Commentary: Russia's President Vladimir Putin recently followed in Donald Trump's footsteps and met North Korea's brutal dictator Kim Jong-un. In Brussels, NATO is preparing its nuclear weapons. We all make our own choices. I am going to Harstad, Northern Norway.
A Northern Gateway to the Charm and Gravity of Life For this year's Arctic Arts Festival exhibition, the curatorial collective Pikene på Broen and various artists offer interesting perspectives on the good life in the north. Shoulders are lowered, senses are engaged – and Finnish gallows humor incites smiles all around.
A Northern Gateway to the Charm and Gravity of Life For this year's Arctic Arts Festival exhibition, the curatorial collective Pikene på Broen and various artists offer interesting perspectives on the good life in the north. Shoulders are lowered, senses are engaged – and Finnish gallows humor incites smiles all around.
A Northern Gateway to the Charm and Gravity of Life For this year's Arctic Arts Festival exhibition, the curatorial collective Pikene på Broen and various artists offer interesting perspectives on the good life in the north. Shoulders are lowered, senses are engaged – and Finnish gallows humor incites smiles all around.
“Diversity Is Being Invited to the Party, Inclusion Is Being Invited to Dance” Recently, the international Reykjavìk Dance Festival took place in Iceland. It seeks to challenge established ideas of how dance and dancing bodies are supposed to look – and which voices are allowed to be heard.
Keeps the "Bridge of Art" over the Russian Border Open Astrid Fadnes and her colleagues in Pikene på Broen continues the interaction with independent artists in Russia. "This connection through art provides hope on both sides. Both for individuals and for the future," she says.
"Us Northerners Should Joke More About Climate Change" Jón Gnarr, comedian, author, and ex-mayor in Reykjavik, has faith in the Nordic humour. He believes that northerners, who are at the mercy of the natural elements, should poke more fun at the dramatic climate threat, as a way of coping with it.
A Conversation Looking for Answers is Better than Answers that Cannot Stand Conversation Harstad, Norway: He puts the fishing rod down while opening a new can of beer. Meticulously and detailed, he explains to me how to catch halibut from the pier in Harstad. I listen and learn. “Though I never caught any halibut” he says in the end, emptying his beer can.
A Conversation Looking for Answers is Better than Answers that Cannot Stand Conversation Harstad, Norway: He puts the fishing rod down while opening a new can of beer. Meticulously and detailed, he explains to me how to catch halibut from the pier in Harstad. I listen and learn. “Though I never caught any halibut” he says in the end, emptying his beer can.
