Inspirational projects

The objective of this project is to strengthen the capacity to protect, promote and sustainably manage cultural heritage through supporting the Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe programme, in a collaborative project between Finland, Norway, Sweden and the Baltic countries.

Thing – The Living Allegory is an innovative sound and light installation, gathering data from Nordic parliaments to an evolving being whose well-being mirrors that of democracy. Every voice, protest and political decision gives colour, tone and picture to the allegory, giving an artistic expression to the democratic process.

This project seeks to create a network across art practices centered around abandoned psychiatric hospitals in Nordic countries. It seeks to highlight the relation between art, mental health and psychiatry, as well as creating new perspectives on the planning of the areas surrounding these hospitals.

How can art-science collaborations deepen our understanding of climate challenges? Climate Histories Interventions combines creative and academic voices to inspire public dialogue on climate resilience, promoting environmental awareness through public art interventions. 

Centre for Nordic Otherwise fosters a supportive network and accessible critical frameworks, empowering racialised artists to deepen their socio-political practice and impact within the Nordic art landscape. 

Sand Flight serves as a climate-fictional exploration, raising awareness of environmental vulnerability and fostering artistic dialogue. By challenging traditional urban landscapes and highlighting the shifting boundaries of nature and civilization, the project aims to provoke reflection on ecological fragility and resilience across diverse public audiences. 

 Riddu Riððu Take Over @ Arctic Sounds encourages intercultural dialogue, supporting Indigenous artists in revitalizing and evolving their cultural heritage. By uniting Sámi and Inuit artists on an international stage, the project aims to amplify Indigenous Arctic voices and reinforce sustainable cultural ties in the region. 

How can craft & design shape the future & social landscape in the African continent? The Craft & Design pop up academy prototype will address how experimentation with ancient techniques, new materials and disruptive approaches can improve the peri-urban environment and sharpen our social consciousness.

Three performing arts productions each challenge the boundaries between the local and the global in their own way.

The objective of Ecologists at Risk (ER) is to open an independent Residency in Mexico for at-risk ecologists. ER is a next-gen residency programme at the intersection of environmental activism and art/culture.

The AI Parties International brings together AI-driven parties and politicians for a large-scale international artistic work.

“Transnational archives in the Arctic: a cultural exchange of memories” is a project which investigates archive structures about the Arctic, with an aim to decolonize contemporary archive structures by developing alternatives and create dialogue and cultural exchange across and beyond the Arctic region.

Led by Trans Europe Halles, GET is a global community of practice that brings together academics, architects, designers, cultural organisations, and grassroots communities from 9 countries on 4 continents.

The project focuses on the representation of women and minorities among those working behind the artistic scenes in logistics, engineering and production.

The project is based on a nature restoration project that will attempt to minimize the damage that industrially planted spruce trees have begun to cause to naturally growing birch trees due to global warming. Through the restoration project, Observations of Change will artistically illustrate the consequences of human intervention in nature.

A revitalisation and reinterpretation of the earliest printing types used in the first Finnish printing house, which existed from 1642-1827. Based on surviving books and copies from the printing house, the project will breathe new life into old printing practices.

The project will develop a Nordic network for archaeologists working with urban archaeology. Among other things, the network will ensure that the large amount of current research in the field is shared across the Nordic region.

Contemporary puppetry network Nordic-UA will support Ukrainian puppetry artists by bringing together puppeteers from the Nordic region and Ukraine for a series of workshops that will focus on artistic exchange and common European values such as democracy in the arts and artistic diversity.

A cross-Nordic co-production project for emerging artists. The project works in three different countries and builds international mentor relationships to help the new artists establish themselves in a Nordic arena.

A Nordic exchange and research programme to strengthen the development of choreographic art across the Nordic and Baltic countries.