Last night, Verdensteatret in Tromsø played host to the Transborder Cafe marking the 10th anniversary of Amund S. Sveen's performance, the United States of Barents – a performance-lecture and thought-provoking concept that questions the political landscape of the Barents region. The United States of Barents was first performed during the 2007 Barents Spektakel where it wove…

Pikene på Broen inviterer til Transborder Café: The United States of Barents – performance ved Amund S. Sveen Hva har folk i Barentsregionen felles – bortsett fra følelsen av å bo i utkanten? Hva skjer nå når regionen opplever en potensiell endring fra periferi til sentrum? Er åpningen av det første IKEA-varehuset en avgjørende hendelse…

Pikene på Broen, in cooperation with the Finnmark International Literature Festival, presented the Transborder Café exploring the delicate and sometimes unspoken cultural differences that exist across the Russian-Norwegian border.

The Woodhouse Café in Nikel was packed on Friday as we presented our Transborder Café discussing ‘The Sustainabilty of Public Art in Industrial Towns’.

In the framework of Murmansk Business week, Fridaymilk and Pikene på Broen collaberated for the first «Transborder Кухня (Kitchen)».

‘Look at it! – The role of art in public spaces’

This year, Pikene på Broen were so lucky to be invited to contribute to the official program of the twelfth Havana Biennale.

Cultural contribution by Trygve Beddari and Anne Margaret Nilsen (music) and the Gaza based photojournalist and filmmaker Mohamed Jabaly who tells cross-borderstories on life in the Middle East.

On 25 October, both Russian and Norwegian Foreign Ministers and the Royal House of Norway come to Kirkenes to mark the liberation of Finnmark from German occupation. The day before, Pikene på Broen arrange a Transborder Café devoted to the question of freedom.