Kick 1 off BARENTS SPORT FESTIVAL More than 300 young sportsmen from Norway, Russia, Finland and Sweden gather together to compete within the Barents Sports Festival. Org: Barents Days/ Kirkenes Atletklubb, Kirkenes Svømmeklubb, Kirkenes Puckers, Kirkenes Badmintonklubb, Sandnes Il, Kirkenes Idrettsforening, Barentshallene KF og SVK. Jan 27 18:00 19:00 Cross-country skiing (Kirkenes Stadium) Jan 28 11:00 10:00 20:00 11:00 12:30 13:30 13:00 16:00 13:30 20:00 16:00 19:00 Jan 29 10:00 16:00 10:00 16:00 16:00 19:00 Parade from Kirkenes Stadium to the Town Square. Opening by Cecilie Hansen, Mayor of Sør-Varanger municipality. Swimming (Barentsbadet) Soccer (Barentshallen) Figure-skating (Lillebanen) Badminton, wrestling (Fjellhallen) Ice-hockey (Lillebanen) Cross-country skiing (Kirkenes Stadium) Regional Park Race Sports conference Ice-hockey (Lillebanen) Swimming (Barentsbadet) Cross-country skiing (Kirkenes Stadium) Regional Sandnes Race
Feb 4 12:00 13:45 Aurora Kino Film program Kick 1 off Into Eternity (2010). Documentary about storage of radioactive waste in Finland. Director: Michael Madsen. How I Ended This Summer (2010). Sergei and Pavel are working at a meteorological station in the desolate Russian Arctic, when a radio message arrives... Director: Alexei Popogrebsky. and Sør-Varanger Film Club Feb 5 12:00 14:00 Aurora Kino Film program Waste Land (2010). The artist Vik Muniz meets scavengers who pick and sort out recyclable materials in the world s largest trash dump in Rio de Janeiro. Directors: Lucy Walker, Karen Harley and João Jardim. Hand-picked movie from this year s Tromsø International Film Festival check out www.barentsspektakel.no for more info. and Sør-Varanger Film Club Feb 5 7 19:30 Scene 2 Samovarteateret presents RADIO BARENTS 111 A brand new performance will take us on an adventure to the end of the world and the heart of Barents. The story about the radio station by the border that broadcasts in five different languages in three countries. Director and scriptwriter Franzisca Aaarflot, composer and musician Johan Sara Jr., film-maker Sergey Zhigaltsov. Idea and production: Samovarteateret 200/ 180
Wednesday, FEB. 8 11:30 17:45 Kirkenes Conference 2012 Politics Energy Industry Community Development in the High North. Org: Barents Days/ Sør-Varanger Municipality (SVK), Norwegian Barents Secretariat, MFA and Kirkenes Business Association 18:00 Town Square 19:00 Fjellhallen 24:00 The old Bohus, downtown 00:30 02:30 Ofelaš OPENING SHOW The French theatre Compagnie des Quidams invites us to dream together with the ethereal luminous characters in the show Herbert s Dream. Opening of Barents Spektakel/ Barents Days 2012: Minister of Culture Anniken Huitfeldt. Welcoming by Mayor of Sør-Varanger Municipality Cecilie Hansen and artistic director of Pikene på Broen Luba Kuzovnikova. DARE TO SHARE Orchestra without Conductor a new music production with the musicians from PerSimfAns (Moscow), The Norwegian Army Band North and Murmansk Philharmonic Orchestra. DARE TO SHARE The local communities and the world across our borders. The festival exhibition with the artists Morten Traavik, Lee Yong-Baek, Ilya Mukosey, Tammo Rist, Steffen Krüger, Eva Bakkeslett, Kultivator. Opening of the exhibition by Minister of Culture Anniken Huitfeldt. Curated and produced by Pikene på Broen. The exhibition is open until 20 th of February. AFTERPARTY DJ Mombus RU warm music for the cold climate. DJ Funky Halvor NO music to turn Kirkenes into a funky place. 2 80
08:30 12:00 12:00 Pedestrian street 13:00 16:00 Centrum Café 13:00 18:00 12:00 18:00 Town Square 15:30 AMFI Kirkenes 17:00 Pavilion Park by Rica Arctic Hotel 18:00 20:00 Ofelaš 20:30 Scene 2 21:00 Ritz Thursday, FEB. 9 Kirkenes Conference 2012: Politics Energy/Industry Community Development in the High North. Ice-photo: photographs, taken by the 10th grade at Kirkenes secondary school, laminated in ice. Themes: shipyards, tourism, youth and sports in the borderland. Border Seminar 2012 The border resident certificate: new opportunities and challenges for people living along the border. Key-speakers: Øyvind Nordsletten and Igor Bulaj. Org: Barents Days/ SVK, Finnmark University College, Barents Institute Conference Indigenous Peoples, Environment & Business 2012. Org: The Norwegian Barents Secretariat and the Working Group of Indigenous Peoples in BEAR Barents Bazaar: from the Sámi duodji and the best Norwegian sausages to the Russian crystal and fur hats! Opening of the art exhibition Uniform Variations with artists Joar Nango, Charlotte Nilsen, Heidi Lunabba, Anne Berit Anti. Curated by Jan-Erik Lundstrøm. Produced by Sámi Artist Centre Multimedia performance Iron & Silk directed by Vebjørg Hagene Thoe in cooperation with Tuomo Haapala and Marie Selander. Org: the North Norwegian Artist Centre TRANSBORDER CAFE Russia between Elections. Key-speakers: Geir Hønneland, Viktor Vakhshtayn, Øyvind Nordsletten. Moderator: Trude Pettersen. Performance Sound of Freedom by Amund S. Sveen. and The Norwegian Barents Secretariat Samovarteateret presents RADIO BARENTS 111 Double Concert Tôg NO new saviors of the Norwegian pop music! Tesla Boy RU ultra-hip synth-pop from Russia! 200/ 180 2
08:30 17:00 10:00 18:00 Town Square 11:00 Fjellhallen 12:00 13:00 Grenselandmuseet 10:00 16:00 17:00 By the parking lot 18:00 20:00 Ofelaš 22:00 Fjellhallen Friday, FEB. 10 The II Barents Indigenous Peoples Congress 70 Nenets, Sámi and Veps representatives meet in Kirkenes to discuss participation in the Barents cooperation and the future priorities. Barents Bazaar Performance for children aged 3 10 years. Org: Barents Days/SVK Lunch Seminar: Meeting with otherness. NRK-journalist Arne Egil Tønset on his experiences from Russia. Org: Varanger Museum The seminar VISIONARY ARCTIC explores the intersecting themes of the challenges of food security, transnational industrial waste management, territorial delimitations, and the future of Northernscapes and communities. Language: English. and the Barents Institute Farewell to The World s Smallest Hotel Built by Sami Rintala in 2005, moved twice, and destined to be a good lesson to all of us. in collaboration with Sør-Varanger Fire Dpt. TRANSBORDER CAFE Visionary Arctic statement, and discussion around the World s Smallest Hotel with Sami Rintala. A music program with Korean and international hit-songs from the virtuosos of Kum Song Music School Ensemble from Pyongyang. Double Concert Mumiy Troll RU total fun and debauch from «rockapops» superstars! Forza NO all the world s music genres in one bursting cocktail! DJ Aikio and DJ Pieski 0 380
Saturday, FEB. 11 10:00 16:00 11:00 15:00 Samfundshuset 13:00 13:30 Plateau by Sepverket 16:00 The First Lake 14:00 Ritz 18:00 00:00 Barentshallen, Hesseng 18:00 20:00 Ofelaš 21:00 Fjellhallen Barents Bazaar on the Town Square International Sun Festival. Org: Red Cross, the Volunteer Centre and the Refugee Service in Sør-Varanger ME/WE (The Promised Land, part 1) A pioneering record attempt and a test of our ability to act together as one: with the help of North Korean mass games instructors we will try to create Norway s biggest living picture, with several hundred participants. Directed by Morten Traavik. Produced by Pikene på Broen ARCTIC CARGO: Waiting for the Iron Bird to bring miracles? Opening ceremony of the snow airfield by artist/architect Ilya Mukosey. Snowmobile show, LED-plane & much more. Join the parade! Produced by Pikene på Broen Open press meeting: What we really think about our neighbours, and what our neighbours think about us. Org: Barents Press Norge Chaos Spektakel The best winter happening for youth in the Barents Region! Music, dancing, sports, café and a lot more. Org: Barents Days/ Basen, SVK, Barentshallen, Kirkenes High School, Steiner High School, MuFi, Petchenga Municipality, Klatreklubben, and others. TRANSBORDER CAFE Spektakel Cocktail: Performance The High North Movement by Liv Hanne Haugen. Morten Traavik and North Korean artists about ME/ WE. Ilya Mukosey about Arctic Cargo. Excerpt from the patriotic musical Jonas Fjeld and De Sorte Gribber (The Black Vultures), director: Morten Traavik. Double concert Mujuice RU fusion of happiness and sadness mixed in ideal proportions from the king of Moscow s electronic sound. Kaizers Orchestra NO the live legend of the Norwegian music! Dj Mombus 380
16:00 19:00 Barentsbadet Doors open 15:00 Sunday, FEB. 12 See you Later, Alligator! Arctic cocktails with live music in the swimming pool, for the whole family. My Little Pony NO romantic indie pop for joyful dancing. 3ko RU chill out with opera voice and beatbox. 100 /60 19:00 Kirkenes Church Church Concert Russian Orthodox music meets Norwegian folk music and Finnish romance. Kirkenes Church Coir. Conductor: Katarina Bartsch. Organist: Henning Holm. Org: Sør-Varanger Congregation 1 /100 3ko
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