Projects
On this page you can find all the projects funded by the Nordic Culture Fund from the past few years, as well as a collection of interesting inspirational projects from different cultural fields.
Augmenting the Double Bass – Prototyping a new, hybrid string instrument
Augmenting the Double Bass is aiming for creating a prototype of a new and hybrid string instrument which will give the performer musical experience in-depth based on its self-organising behaviour. The contributors will ground the project strongly in Nordic knowledge and expertise and, by doing this, they will connect the project in further global waves in digital innovation and design. The Opstart grant will make it possible for the contributors to meet and, therefore, to prepare the prototype for later showcases.
Music |
Opstart
Organic Music Societies: Spiritual Ensembles in Scandinavia
Organic Music Societies explores the work of Scandinavian avant-garde art and music ensembles from the 1960s to the present. The multi-platform project will place the historical context of a particular group of artists, most active in the ’60s–’70s, in dialogue with like-minded work by contemporary artists. In the process, Organic Music Societies will raise knowledge of Nordic art outside the region, drawing out important and overlooked networks of creative production from New York to Scandinavia and beyond over the course of fifty-plus years. The non-profit organization Blank Forms behind the project wants to produce cross-cultural collaborations reflecting the diverse lineage of “Organic Music.”
Music
NORTH ATLANTIC INDUSTRIAL - Aesthetic potentials in industrial sites as a driver for new tourism
NORTH ATLANTIC INDUSTRIAL is a cross-cultural project which aims to utilise the aesthetic potential that empty industrial sites have. The project will connect the North Atlantic countries into a sustainable and long-lasting collaboration in the fields of culture and tourism. By linking aesthetics with a business approach, the project aims to engage new audiences with an interest in cultural and tourism development.
Architecture
Dancing in the margin of climate change
Dancing in the margin of climate change is a contemporary dance project which aims to develop professional circumstances of dance artists and to increase interaction between artists and audience in the Barents Region. The project focuses on the effects of global tendencies such as urbanisation, digitalisation and climate change on a local marginalised level.
Performing arts
Close-Up - a co-production program for documentary filmmakers from the Nordic region & the Middle East & North Africa
Close-Up - A Cultural Exchange is a three-year-long project which will support up to 24 filmmakers a year from the Nordic Countries, Middle East and North Africa. It aims to nurture documentary filmmakers from these countries by giving a platform for dialogue and learning from each other that advance a more justice, democratic and peaceful world.
Film
The Kelp Congress
The Kelp Congress consists of three individual workshops and seminars as part of the Lofoten International Art Festival (LIAF) in September 2019. The project takes a deeper look on kelp – and other types of seaweed – both as material and as an independent descriptor in modern cultural and industrial contexts such as food, art, science, agriculture, energy, and local history. The main objectives are to create new networks and to share knowledge between arts, local actors and scientific research. The Opstart funding supports the planning of the seminars and workshops.
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Cross-cultural
Your application process
1. Your bright idea
Develop your project and draw inspiration from successful applicants. Consider applying for Opstart funding to develop your idea and your Nordic network.
2. Your application
Get off to a good start – read the application criteria. Create a profile and submit your application on My Page. If you are applying for Opstart fill in the application here.
3. Response and payment(s)
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