The existence of independent and flexible funding possibilities becomes even more vital in turbulent times. When the world is in turmoil, we need the perspective of art and culture on where we are going. With Globus, the Nordic Culture Fund therefore wants to give artists and cultural actors the opportunity to engage in transnational and long-term collaborations and networks that seeks new connections between the Nordic and other regions in the world.
The following projects attended the knowledge sharing activities during 2023 and 2024. Their contributions have played a pivotal role in shaping and amplifying the narrative of transnational cultural practices presented on this platform.
Through Finnish-Nepali-Mauritius partnership, the project contributes to local and global understandings of traditional music practices, their contemporary artistic possibilities, and their contribution to non-formal and formal music education practices locally and globally from the perspective of cultural and social sustainability.
A performance-led research project setting out to investigate new digital business models and markets for contemporary performance.
‘Now Soon Over’ aims to unite young and newly established cultural institutions in a network to foster exchange of knowledge and experience.
The project “Urgent Situation” promotes horizontal exchange of knowledge, ideas and methods between the creative field and the sustainable tourism industry.
Simiyya is a platform for research and cultural production, focusing on the way cultural-geographical contexts impact how technology shapes politics and aesthetics, as well as how to form a future based on new economic and psychic models.
The project sets a new vision of how disability works through technology to create a new normative.
The project ‘Unfolding the Universe’ investigates the role of art biennials in reviving and expanding existing networks through an extensively collaborative program.
A long-term networking and exchange programme between artists and cultural operators from the Nordic Region and the African continent, wishing to influence cultural representation on world art scenes.
A collaborative project sparking interactions with independent shops at risk of gentrification by revitalizing the shops’ visual identities and enabling them to thrive.
The SENSORIUM project brings together arts, technology, and community-driven co-creation to generate new possibilities for developing creative and authentic expressions of voice, in all its forms – physical, social, cultural, and democratic.
A project aiming to establish a transcontinental network for knowledge sharing between artists and cultural agents from the USVI, Ghana, Greenland and the Nordic region, instigating new North-South and South-South knowledge infrastructures
A play and a border-breaking project between two different theatres, cities and societies.
‘Seeds for Solidarity’ sows seeds for global climate justice through supporting creative collaborations around sustainability that challenge Westernized ways of knowing and doing.
With Mexico as its case, this project explores innovative artistic methods to develop technological tools in favour of women exposed to social constraints and systemic violence.
"The 3Ecologistproject" develops techniques for research-creation at the intersection ofthe environmental, conceptual and social ecologies located on a large tract of forest three hours north of Montreal.
"The SEA Arts Censorship Database" is an archiving and monitoring system designed totrack violations of artistic freedom in Southeast Asia in 6 countries:Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam.
Considering howIndigenous knowledge systems are embedded deeply in all aspects of how wisdomis shared
The project looks tocreate extended opportunities for Sámi and Māori practitioners working withincraft and architecture fields to connect, share, and learn. Beginning withlearning spaces, the project considers the different iterations of where andhow knowledge is exchanged within Indigenous worldviews.
"The Oven" isa collaborative workspace generated by a gathering methodology born from thecuratorial concept of Momentum 12 (Norway). A shared sense of urgency drivesthe collaboration, pooling knowledge and resources from our experiences in verydifferent contexts. The aim is to explore the lasting impact of gatherings andtheir effects on global cultural ecosystems.
A collaboration betweenthe Brazilian artist Rodrigo Andreolli and the exhibition platform Til Vægs,that works in and for the public housing area AKB Lundtoftegade, Copenhagen,and the performance theatre Teatro Oficina located in Bixiga, Sao Paulo, creatinga mirroring of the two local areas and their residents – areas pressured bygentrification.
"Law Shifters" engages young citizens in law and democracy by giving them the chance to act as both judges and lawmakers. The art project and exhibition discusses political opinions, ethical views and our sene of justiceas we are invited to re-judge real court cases and write new proposals.
The Craft & Design pop up academy prototype will address howexperimentation with ancient techniques, new materials and disruptiveapproaches can improve the peri-urban environment and sharpen our socialconsciousness.
GET is a global community of practice bringing together academics,architects, designers, cultural organisations and grassroots communities from 9countries on 4 continents, to research, document and develop affordable,sustainable and immediately accessible green transformations for artcommunities worldwide.
Through "Global Interactions" three performing artsproductions will challenge the boundaries between the local and the globaladdressing the view that our Nordic identity, geography and demography createsseveral blindspots only challenged by inviting the world onto the stage andinto the artistic process.
"Expanding TheaterLandscapes" brings together theater artists researching the topic ofmigration by creating performances under the title: How to talk about refugeesfrom a European theatre stage today? The theatre artists, along with refugees,will develop, stage and perform the three performances on both sides of the EU’s border wall.
Perpetuum Mobile is an NGO founded in 2007 as a curatorial vehicle bringing together art, practice and inquiry."Ecologisk at Risk" aims to open the first independent residency atAki Aora, a unique residency in a UNESCO-protected biotope in Tulum, Mexico, afor at-risk ecologist. Designed as a residency programme at the intersection ofenvironmental activism and art/culture.