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Pikene på Broen

Pikene på Broen is a collective of curators and producers based in the north-eastern Norwegian town of Kirkenes

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Pikene på Broen is a collective of curators and producers based in the north-eastern Norwegian town of Kirkenes. Located 15km from the Russian border and 50km from the Finnish border the town of Kirkenes is ideally placed for cross-border cooperation and cultural exchange in the Arctic. Pikene på Broen was established in 1996 by Bente Synnøve Andersen, Svea Andersen, Anne Mette Bjørgan, Inger Blix Kvammen, Solvor Vefsnmo.

Organisation has spent the past 20 years realising large and small scale cultural projects – they call these ‘border-crossing exercises’  which provide new perspectives on the north while initiating discussions on themes relevant to the Barents Region.

Terminal B is our project and gallery space as well as Pikene på Broen’s office space, located in the pedestrian street in the town center of Kirkenes. Since 2017, it serves as a cultural and social meeting place where we host exhibitions, performances, workshops, concerts, debates and more. We also have a small art shop and a library.

Terminal B is open all year round (except for the periods of rigging in between exhibitions or shows), Monday to Friday 10-16, and Saturdays 10-15.

Hosted by Pikene på Broen, the BAR International artist-in-residency program is open for artists of all genres along with musicians, architects, researchers and curators who are interested in exploring the Barents borderland in transition – an area which is a crossroad for political decisions in the Arctic and a laboratory for creative solutions to economic, cultural and social challenges in the border region.

Barents Spektakel is an art festival and an international gathering point that aims to raise and discuss current issues related to the north and the Barents region. The festival mixes contemporary art, theater, music, debate, film, performances and a conceptual festival bar to create a meeting place for both locals and visitors – and anyone with an interest in art, culture and social debate. The first edition was held in 2004, and in 2025 we will host the 21th edition of the festival in February 2025.

Pikene på Broen today:
Inger Blix Kvammen – senior advisor, curator
Franziska Kraiczy – administrative director
Astrid Fadnes – artistic director
Ingrid Valan – curator, art mediator
Oleg Khadartsev – curator, media producer
Zhanna Guzenko – communication manager
Kjetil Nicolaisen – technical manager
Evgeny Goman – producer, project manager, co-curator
Irina Ivanova – producer, project manager

Pikene på Broen board:
Sigrid Ina Simonsen – Regional Director NHO Arktis, Harstad (board chair)
Svein I Pedersen – avdelingsleder Museum Nord, Svolvær
Amy Brox Webber – utdannet lærer og leder Finnmark SV, Kirkenes
Cecilie Haaland – kunsthåndverker og eier av Engelskmannsbrygga galleri, Henningsvær
Sayed Sattar Hassan – kunstner, Oslo
Audun Celius – Daglig leder Tschudi Logistics, Kirkenes (vara)
Ingrid Valan – kurator, Kirkenes (ansattes representant)
Inger B Kvammen – kunstner/ seniorrådgiver, Kirkenes (vara ansattes representant)