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Massiva och monumentala - Anteckningar från en diskussion i Moskva om kvinnliga dramatikers skrivande

There are no translations available.Läs Sofia Aminoffs tankar om seminariet i Moskva

Blog: MULTICOOL NORD

MULTICOOL NORD

There are no translations available.MULTICOOL NORD er et samarbejde mellem Film fra Sør i Oslo, Antirasistiska Filmdagar i Malmö og Salaam Film og Dialog i København. De tre festivals har slået sig sa...

Blog: Abandoned Mystery

Exploring abandoned military objects

A first camp of Abandoned Mystery project started on the 15th of April at the Nida Art Colony. Participants from Russia, Finland, Sweden Latvia and Lithuania are invited to take part in a month-long...

BLOG: Women Playwrights around Baltic...

Följ med på resan till Stockholm!

There are no translations available.Välkommen till vår blogg! Här kan du läsa nyaste nytt om vårt projekt.

BLOG: Jenni Kallionsivu

The Poetry Ride blog has a new home!

There are no translations available. I have had a great time blogging in the Nordic Culture Point’s portal. I’m grateful that I have had the possibility to reach readers everywhere in the Nordic coun...

BLOG: Vertical Gardening

Vertical Gardening / The Carpet

In the village of Dura Al Kara, between Jalazone refugee Camp and the Israeli settlement Beit El, lies a valley with fertile planting soil and a natural water supply. Here the project Vertical Gardeni...

BLOG: Jenni Kallionsivu

Missing the Riders

Oh how I miss my dear Poetry Riders! Our ride together is over but it certainly left its mark on all of us.

BLOG: Anna Bitkina

VIDEO: Expanding the territory of contemporary art in St Petersburg

We managed to put on a great public art exhibition Critical Mass after almost 2 years of preparation! A group of international artists from Nordic countries and a Baltic presented brilliant art works...

BLOG: Jenni Kallionsivu

Visby, Stockholm, Tallinn

Landing in Visby on Sunday was like landing into paradise. Or at least close to it. We were not the only guests in the Baltic Centre for Writers and Translators, and among the other guests there were...

BLOG: Jenni Kallionsivu

Hit the road, poet

We are on the road! The Poetry Ride 2011 started from Helsinki on Saturday, and as I write this we are heading to Visby.

BLOG: Jenni Kallionsivu

Knowing me, knowing you

One of the reasons why I’m such a devoted Poetry Rider is the aspect of really getting to know the participating poets and other hang-arounds. Networking isn’t something that automatically happens w...

BLOG: Jenni Kallionsivu

Beautiful things

Some days ago my fellow poetry rider Guntars came to visit me and brought the brand new Poetry Ride posters and flyers with him.

BLOG: Jenni Kallionsivu

The crew is complete!

The well-spent holiday is over and I’m sitting in the in front of my computer, watching the tourists enjoying the old city of Tallinn and occasionally some drinks in a terrace accross the street. Pos...

BLOG: Camilla Hübbe

Rejsebrev 9 - i Gerdas fodspor ...

There are no translations available.Sidste dag på Svalbard var vi på vandretur på fjeldet der ligge på højre siden af Longyearbyen. En tur på 20 km. 4 1/2 time opad gennem blokmark og sne.

BLOG: Camilla Hübbe

Rejsebrev 8 – Svalbard/ Pyramiden

There are no translations available.I dag tog vi bådtur til Pyramiden, endnu en russisk mineby, som blev forladt i 1998. Pyramiden har været en sovjetisk mønsterby med svømmehal, kulturhus og gartner...

BLOG: Camilla Hübbe

Rejsebrev 7 - Svalbard/Barentsburg

There are no translations available.Dagen begyndte helt vanvittigt. Vi var ved at komme for sent på bådturen til Barentsburg - en russisk by, hvor russiske minearbejdere stadigvæk udvinder kul her på...

BLOG: Camilla Hübbe

Rejsebrev 6 - Signaldalen - Tromsø - Svalbard

There are no translations available.Idag skulle vi have været ude at danse med rensdyr. Men vi kunne ikke finde flokken, fordi samekongen lod vente på sig

BLOG: Camilla Hübbe

Rejsebrev 5 - Kautokeino - Signaldalen

There are no translations available.I dag besøgte vi Frank Juhl og hans tyske kone, Regina, der i 1951 slog sin ned i Kautokeino og begyndte et lave smykker. Oprindeligt fordi, de reparerede samernes....

BLOG: Camilla Hübbe

Rejsebrev 4 – Kautokeino

There are no translations available.Fredag mødtes vi med Haukur Gunnarsson, lederen af Teater Beaivvás, i Kautokeino . Det der skulle have været et eftermiddagsmøde, blev et aftenmøde. Der gik trold i...

BLOG: Camilla Hübbe

Rejsebrev 3 - Kiruna

There are no translations available.Det er morgen i Kiruna. Rundt om i værelserne på Yellow House begynder hotelgæsterne at vågne - føntørre hår og samtale . Herinde er der stille. Vi kom sent i seng...

BLOG: Camilla Hübbe

Rejsebrev 2 Kiruna

There are no translations available.Solen skinner og klokken er 22.17. Maja og Kamilla taler teater i haven udenfor Yellow House. De har slået håret ud - Maja ryger sågar cigaretter .

BLOG: Camilla Hübbe

Rejsebrev 1 Stockholm-Kiruna

There are no translations available.Kulturkontakt Nord har givet instruktøren Kamilla Bach Mortensen, scenografen Maja Ravn og mig forprodukjtionsmidler, så vi kan researche til vores forestilling SNE...

BLOG: Arts and Audiences

Konferansen Arts and Audiences kan følges på nett

There are no translations available.Arts and Audiences er en nordisk konferanse om utfordringer og muligheter rundt publikumsutvikling og kunstneriske samarbeid.

BLOG: Jenni Kallionsivu

What I brought back from Stockholm

Recently I had a chance to spend a day in Stockholm discussing about the Poetry Ride with our Swedish partners. It is always nice to visit Stockholm and this time was no exception.

BLOG: Arts and Audiences

Ha empati for publikummet!

There are no translations available.I forbindelse med konferansen Arts and Audiences i Bergen i slutten av mai, har vi bedt en av bidragsyterne, Lisa Baxter, om å dele noen av sine tanker om publikums...

BLOG: Vertical Gardening

Introducing Vertical Gardening

The objectives of our 3 projects Vertical Exile (West Bank, Copenhagen & Stockholm suburbs) was not fully met: give/share different workshops and performances in a short period of time, due too m...

BLOG: Anna Bitkina

Critical Mass: how's everything started?

The development of ‘Critical Mass’ started in 2009 from a research.The research part of the project was based on my trip to Nordiccountries in winter 2009.

BLOG: Jenni Kallionsivu

Livonian poet Valts Ernstreits

Do you know how the Livonian language sounds like? Soon you will have the  chance to hear that beautiful language in the Poetry Ride, when Livonian poet Valts  Ernštreits reads his poems.

BLOG: Jenni Kallionsivu

Introducing Igor Kotjuh

We have been quite busy with our artistic director Guntars. The hard work has paid off, and some really interesting poets are participating in the Poetry Ride this year. We will also have a photograp...

BLOG: Anna Bitkina

Welcome to the Critical Mass

"Сritical Mass" is an international public art project that aims to develop and produce knowledge about public space as a platform for an open critical discussion. St Petersburg is taken as an example...

BLOG: Jenni Kallionsivu

A true poetry rider

Blogging about the Poetry Ride is something I have been thinking about for a long time, so I was thrilled when I was offered the opportunity to do so in the Nordic Culture Points website.