21 September

9.00

Registration.
Northern (Arctic) Federal University
Nab. Severnoy Dviny, 17

10.00

Seminar Design Exchange.
Participants:

Damira Rakovskaya, lecturer in Design and Technology, Northern (Arctic) Federal University (Arkhangelsk, Russia)

Valentina Klishova, lecturer in Design and Technology, Northern (Arctic) Federal University (Arkhangelsk, Russia)

Margrethe Kolstad Brekke, textile artist (Bergen, Norway)

Yulia Karpova, PhD, design researcher (Århus University, Denmark)

Abanti Design (Karasjok, Norway)

Sigrid Høyforslett Bjørbæk, artist, member of the council at Norske Kunsthåndverkere (Bodø, Norway)

Kamilla Sajetz Mathisen, artist (Bodø-Bergen, Norway)

Northern (Arctic) Federal University, classroom 1220
Nab. Severnoy Dviny, 17

15.00

Official opening of the forum. Exhibition Den røde armés tilbaketrekning/Возвращение Красной Армии/The Withdrawal of the Red Army.

Exhibition Hall
Ul. Sovetskikh Kosmonavtov, 178

17.00

Opening concert.
Hallgeir Pedersen (Øksfjørd, Norway), Ensemble Pomorskie Kruzhaniya of the Northern Folk Choir (Arkhangelsk, Russia), Electro Acoustic String Quartet (Arkhangelsk, Russia), video artist Sergey Zhigaltsov (Arkhangelsk, Russia).

Northern (Arctic) Federal University
Nab. Severnoy Dviny, 17

18.30

Social gathering at the entrance hall of the university. Food, music, talks.


Northern (Arctic) Federal University entrance hall
Nab. Severnoy Dviny, 17

20.30

Concert of Ptica (Murmansk).

Koleso Music Club
Ul. Gaidara, 4, k. 1

22 September

10.00

The Conference.
Presentations of artists, curators, festival directors.

The Merchants Yard
Nab. Severnoy Dviny, 85/86

13.00

Dinner break.

15.00

The Conference.
Presentations of artists, curators, festival directors.
Presentation of the new project Webpage for Ivan Arkhipov.
Presentation from National Park Russian Arctic.

Discussion 1
Labour Conditions for Cultural Workers
Participants:
Olga Popova, Director of Arkhangelsk Artists’ Union
Henrik Sørlid, Kurant Gallery (Tromsø)

Maria Mironova, Arkhangelsk Regional Development Corporation
Iwona Preis, Intercult (Stockholm)
Moderator: Ekaterina Sharova, Art Historian, Curator of Arctic Art Institute

Discussion 2
Arkhangelsk Architecture: Illusion of Preservation
Participants:
Marina Perekopskaya, Arkhangelsk City Administration. City Planning Department
Vladimir Chernyshev, Artist (Nizhny Novgorod)
Dmitry Matsegora, Local history specialist (Arkhangelsk)
Alexander Frolov, Chair of the Board of Directors of Akvilon Invest (Arkhangelsk/Saint Petersburg)
Moderator: Vladislav Dreko, author of the group at vk.com  Arkhangelsk. Architecture and City Planning.

The Merchants Yard
Nab. Severnoy Dviny, 85/86

18.00

The Exhibition Opening.
Start at the Stock Exchange Hall.

Artists:

Anastasia Vepreva. Lomonosov’s Heritage Exampled by One House of Culture. Historical and Enlightening Project
Anna Butenko. City. Women. Songs
Dima Filippov. The Remained Ones
Fadlabi. Cinema Khartoum
Margrethe Kolstad Brekke. Utopia Diorama
Nikolay Terentyev. Notes on Sound
Synsmaskinen. Burst
Vladimir Chernyshev. Derelict Village

Dima Filippov, Vladimir Chernyshev, Anastasia Vepreva, Anna Butenko produced new art works for the forum during and after residencies in Arkhangelsk in August and September 2016.

The Merchants Yard
Nab. Severnoy Dviny, 85/86

20.30

Presentation of the debute album of Cosmic Hurricane

Koleso Music Club
Ul. Gaidara 4-1

23 September

10.00

The Conference.
Presentations of artists, curators, festival directors.

The Merchants Yard
Nab. Severnoy Dviny, 85/86

12.00

Project Soups and Stories (Bergen, Norway).

The Merchants Yard
Nab. Severnoy Dviny, 85/86

16.00

Curatorial excursion by Ivan Galuzin.

Exhibition Den røde armés tilbaketrekning /Возвращение Красной Армии /The Withdrawal of the Red Army.

Artists:
Gustav Metzger, Asta Gröting, Amilcar Packer, Sean Snyder, Leonard Rickhard, Lee Miller and David E. Scherman, Yoko Ono, Ivan Galuzin, Oleg Samoilov.

The Exhibition Hall
Ul. Sovetskikh Kosmonavtov, 178

17.30

All Abilities Dance.
Dance project with Katarina Sjöblom, Lauri Jantti, Arttu Peltoniemi, Laonikos Psimikakis-Chalkokondylis, Alicia Burns (Helsinki, Finland) and Maria Sidorenko with Beso Family Dance School (Arkhangelsk, Russia).

The Merchant Yard
Nab. Severnoy Dviny, 85/86

18.00

Open Poetry Readings.
By Roman Osminkin, Ivan Kulida, Alexander Tsyganov.

Nab. Severnoy Dviny, 85/86, at the embankment

20.30

Concert of Moon Far Away (Arkhangelsk).

Koleso Music Club
Ul. Gaidara 4-1