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Thanks to Everyone Who Helped Make the 13th Barents Spektakel One of the Best Yet!
The Barents Spektakel is over for another year and all of us on the Barents Spektakel team would like to send our warmest thanks to everyone who helped make this year's Barents Spektakel one of the best yet. Without the support we receive from the community, volunteers, partners, sponsors and our audience, the Barents Spektakel…March 1, 2017 -
Barents Spektakel 2017 – The Industrial Boomerang
A new wave of industrialisation is on the way throughout the borderlands with maritime and land-based industrial infrastructure coming more into focus on both sides of the Russian-Norwegian border. Municipal and federal governments are scrambling to build capacity, discover resources and reinvent their nations Arctic industries on land and at sea.
December 2, 2016 -
The Megaphonic Thrift Joins the 2017 Barents Spektakel Music Line-up
We are excited to announce our music programme for the Barents Spektakel 2017 is expanding with Bergen’s The Megaphonic Thrift joining the line-up for Friday’s double concert at Ofelas Arena.
November 14, 2016 -
North Norwegian Artist Inge Bremnes Confirmed for the the Barents Spektakel 2017
We are excited to announce North Norwegian artist Inge Bremnes will perform at the 2017 Barents Spektakel!
November 7, 2016 -
Power of Diversity – The Crossing Lines Project
Pikene på Broen is pleased to be the host for the opening performance of the Crossing Lines project during the 2016 Barents Spektakel.
May 2, 2016 -
Taibola Assemble’s Journey to Barents Spektakel 2016
Take a look back at Taibola Assemble’s journey from the forests of the Arkhangelsk Oblast to the Opening Show of the Barents Spektakel 2016!
April 6, 2016 -
Transborder Cafe streaming on Morgenbladet
If you missed our Transborder Cafes during the festival you can always catch the archive of the discussions on Morgenbladet portalen.
February 15, 2016 -
Barents Spektakel – Rethinking Location
The festival theme for the 2016 Barents Spektakel is Rethinking Location – this theme forms the basis for the program of visual art exhibitions, public discussions and the Visual Art Seminar. The artworks for the 2016 Barents Spektakel reflect and discuss the vulnerability of our sense of place; whilst simultaneously exploring if our identity is…
January 15, 2016 -
Border Musical
Ola from Finnmark meets Tanja from Kola. They fall in love, Tanja abandons her past and moves with her son to her new husband. Through joys and challenges of their mixed marriage we get a glimpse into today’s Russia-Norwegian borderland across cultural and social norms and values.
May 19, 2013 -
The Finnmark Diaries
Since 2008 the German artist duo SpringerParker has spent almost two years in total in Finnmark and driven more than 25000 km between Berlin and North Norway in their camping car. In 2008 they started their ongoing project MEMORIA NORWAY, an artistic exploration into climate change, the people and landscapes of Finnmark. At Barents Spektakel…
May 19, 2013