NORDAFØRR
NORDAFØRR 2024
Velkommen til NORDAFØRR 24. - 26. juni
Bransjetreffet NORDAFØRR avholdes i uken under Festspillene i Nord-Norge og er en kompetanse- og utvekslingsplattform rettet mot kulturbransjen og kunstinteresserte publikummere. Dette tredagers fagprogrammet kombineres med kunstneriske festivalopplevelser knyttet mot scenekunst- og musikkscenen i vår region. I løpet av de tre dagene skal vi nyte kunstpraksis fra nord, arbeidsvisninger, pitch sesjoner, walks&talks, nettverksbygging og forhåpentligvis starte nye samarbeid.
Det er mulig å delta på en, to eller alle tre dagene. Dagspass til fagprogrammet koster kr. 300, per dag. Dersom du velger dagspass for alle tre dager, vil du få rabatt og samlet bare betale kr. 750,-. ►Du kan kjøpe pass her.
For deltakelse på den kunstneriske delen av programmet tilbyr vi bransjekort. Dette koster kr. 845,- og gir deg 50% rabatt på 1 billett til alle forestillinger. I tillegg gir kortet rimeligere pris på NORDAFØRRs dagpass. For å kjøpe bransjekort må du søke om ► bransjeakkreditering her.
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Welcome to NORDAFØRR 24 - 26 June
NORDAFØRR is held during Festspillene i Nord-Norge – True Northern Art Festival, and is a competence and exchange platform aimed at the cultural industry and art-interested audiences. This three-day program is combined with the artistic program that spans the performing arts and music scene in our region. During the three days we will enjoy art practice from the north, works in progress, pitch sessions, walks&talks, networking and hopefully start new collaborations.
Festspillene i Nord-Norge (22 - 29 June) will have approx. 180 national and international performances in all disciplines and expected audience of approx. 30,000. And there will of course be opportunities to immerse oneself in the arctic nature under the midnight sun.
Program
Dear collagues,
It’s a great joy to welcome you to Nordaførr – Festspillene i Nord-Norge’s industry platform. At its core, Nordaførr is a gathering place for artists, programmers, and organizations to connect across art discipline, geographical borders, and hierarchies. For three days we meet to connect and reflect during our daytime program, consisting of panels, artist talks, presentations and works in progress. In the afternoon you can enjoy the festival program where we’ve made sure many of our most exciting regional productions take place.
Daytime program
All the daytime program takes place at Quality Hotel, Anna Elisabeths gate 8, in the time span 09:00-13:30. It is possible to participate on one, two or all three days. A pass to the NORDAFØRR program costs 300 NOK per day. If you choose a three-day pass, you will get a discount and only pay NOK 750 in total. You can buy a pass HERE.
Tickets for Nordaførr include a light lunch.
Afternoon program
In the afternoon, you’re free to attend the artistic program of the festival as you please, but we’ve listed our recommendations in the program below, marked in blue. For industry visitors who wish to see several performances during the festival, we have created a separate festival pass for you. The card costs NOK 845 and gives you:
- 50% on all tickets (one for each performance)
- discounted industry program: only NOK 750 for a three-day day pass to the NORDAFØRR program
- free entry to SENTRALEN, our festival tent (subject to capacity and upon presentation of an accreditation card). You can apply for industry accreditation HERE
When your application is approved, you will be sent a link to buy tickets with your discounts.
Buy tickets and view the complete festival program on our website HERE.
For more information for the industry, read more HERE.
If you have any questions, please contact Nordaførr producer, Monica Døsen at email: produsent@festspillnn.no
Sunday, June 23rd
People arrive throughout the day.
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Monday, June 24th
09:00 Opening joik with Viktor Bomstad
Welcome to Nordaførr with festival director, Ragnheiður Skúladóttir
09:30 Panel discussion: What’s burning? Making art despite it all.
What drives artists residing in the north to make the art that they make? When the world seems to burn, how do you prevail?. Moderated by Ragnheiður Skúladóttir.
10:30 Artist talk with Festspill profile artist Máret Ánne Sara
Sara is a Sámi visual artist and author residing in Kautokeino. She is from a reindeer herding family and currently works in her hometown. Máret Ánne is the initiator of Dáiddadállu Artist Collective. She has published two novels and was nominated for the Nordic Council’s Children’s and Young Literature Prize in 2014 for her debut book “Ilmmid gaskkas.” Máret Ánne has exhibited visual art since 2003 and often deals with political and social issues, from a Sámi and reindeer-social perspective. She was one of Sápmis representatives at Venice Biennalen 2022.
Sara is one of two profile artists working with Festspillene i Nord-Norge and will premiere her new exhibition during the festival in 2025. During the talk, we will get to know here artistry and what comes next.
11:00 Coffee break
11:15 Work in progress: STILLA – a performance by NOOR Produksjoner.
12:00 Pitch session with Davvi – Center for Performing Arts
Together with Davvi we present four artists working in the field of performing arts in Northern Norway/Sápmi. Through their introductions and peak into their process, these artists will provide valuable insights to upcoming projects and tendencies in the performing arts scene in the north.
12:45 Complimentary lunch
Tuesday, June 25th
09:00 Registration and coffee at the festival house, Storgata 18.
09:30 Panel discussion: On working with young people – are we on to something?
Researcher Margrethe Amalie Tresselt has for several years been analysing the impact of arts and culture on young people. Working at UiT – The Arctic University of Norway, she has made interesting findings which she will share with us in additon to inviting artists who work with young people to discuss their experiences.
Panelists are Tine Skjold, project manager for NUK and Ungfest, Festspillene i Nord-Norge’s programs geared towards youth.
Kasper Munk, manager for youth and culture at Harstad municipality.
Rebekka Brox Liabø, drama pedagogue and writer, visiting the festival with the performanceLykkejegerne, featuring youth as writers and performers.
Matias Hilmer Iversen, director of Kulturtanken in Norway, a national state owned organization working towards making art available to younger audiences.
10:30 Artist talk with Wakka Wakka and head of Figurteatret, Yngvild Aspelin
Wakka Wakka Productions is a non-profit visual theatre company based in NYC and Oslo who make highly physical work, overlapping in a wide range of styles and incorporating elements such as puppetry, object manipulation, masks and original music. During Festspillene i Nord-Norge, they will present their complete Animalia trilogy in collaboration with Figurteatret.
11:15 Coffee break
11:30 PechaKucha: Meet the North
Through the short and snappy Powerpoint format PechaKucha, we will have the opportunity to take a closer look at some of the organizations working with arts and culture in Northern Norway/Sápmi. Each organization gets 20 seconds per slide and a maximum of 20 slides to introduce themselves. Organizations presenting are:
- Beaivváš Sámi Našunála Teáhter – The National Sámi Theatre.
- Eilertsen & Granados Theatre company
- Hamsunsenteret – The Hamsun Center
- Illiosfestivalen
- Nordnorsk Kunstmuseum
- Marked for Musikk
12:15 Demo: NORDTING – Northern Assembly
Nordting is a nomadic assembly for the people of the North, a celebration of the periphery, a separatist movement for the Arctic colony. They regularly invite people to «Ting», from Vardø in Northern Norway to Anchorage in Alaska. These are assembly meetings with singing, dancing, music for oil barrels and dried fish, powerpoint, political analysis and voting. NORDTING debates issues of power and money, ownership to natural resources, art and identity, separatism and populism, center and periphery. NORDTING destabilizes and drives wedges into both personal perceptions and public conversations.
We will be joined by founder Amund Sjølie Sveen, who invites us to our own little assembly.
12:45 Complimentary lunch
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Wednesday, June 26th
09:30 Panel discussion: Vá – the written word when the world is looming
When the world seems to loom with gravity and seriousness, what becomes of the artist trying to write?
Moderated by Tale Næss
Panelists consist of playwright and director, Ibrahim Fazlic. Visiting the festival with the performance TORVALD.
Director, dramaturg and playwright, Tore Vagn Lid. Lid is one of Festspillene’s profile artists for 2025, joining this year’s festival with Møte med Triggersystemet and Almenrausch.
Icelandic author, Jón Kalman Stefánsson
Icelandic author, Sigridur Hagalin
10:30 Artist talk between Trygve Luktvasslimo and England Brooks
11:15 Coffee break
11:30 Yderst Europe
12:15 Where do we go from here? Open table talk moderated by Camilla Eeg-Tverrbakk.
12:45 Complimentary lunch