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Through the EEA funded project MoreLight! a Latvian museum is reinventing its major directions of work by putting the theme of mental health at the forefront of its new initiatives. New permanent exhibitions and educational programs will be created as well as artist residences for Latvian and Norwegian artists.  My collaboration with the More Light! Project started in 2021…

As part of my collaboration with the Cēsis district municipality in Latvia, I can now publish a text about the poet Eduarts Veidenbaums. The following is an excerpt from the book Eduards Veidenbaums, Life and Oeuvre: Contexts and Reception (Riga 2020). Had Veidenbaums been an Estonian We can engage in lengthy discussions and imagine how…

The “Photography Resource Center” project started from the desire to support the development and professionalization of the photographic community in Romania, at the moment there is a lack of community management and representation structures. Perhaps the biggest challenge of a freelance photographer is the fact that he has to be an artist, manager, salesman, PR…

The sport of Disc Golf has been a great passion of mine and has introduced me to hundreds of people through friendly competitions and casual rounds in the Oslo area. Disc Golf is a “lifetime” sport, an outdoor activity for all ages, and all types of people. It takes its principles from traditional golf, but…

The project “Perifeeria – Political Theatre Platform 2021-2022”, aims to facilitate access to culture and develop the capacity for (self)representation through theater for socially, economically and culturally marginalized groups and categories. The project has several directions: 34 performances of the shows from the Political Theatre Season; development of three research workshops and three new shows,…

This project involves arranging the garden of the Callatis Archaeological Museum into a space for exhibitions, cultural events and leisure for the community and visitors. An artist from Norway, Lise Wulff, will hold a workshop in Mangalia to stimulate artistic innovation locally and create an art installation for the garden. These activities will supports the…

Drama exercises allow us to explore new ways of expressing ourselves.Drama is the safe space were you can freely study how we interact with each other. Sadly, no-one but drama students normally receive such training. The act of playing out and responding to others enhance our social flexibility, making us adapt easier to new social…

We are delighted to have hired Norwegian actor and researcher Per Bogstad Gulliksen to lead the workshops in the Viewpoints method for actors. This will be our main contribution to the Perifeeria project. Per received his education from both the Arts Educational School in London and KHIO in Oslo. His credits include work at the…

I worked as a producer for the Norwegian company Theatre of Cruelty between 2010 and 2013. After producing the play “What a glorious day”, I was responsible for arranging our appearances at the following venues: Eurodramafest (Krakow), Territoria (Moscow), Passages (Metz) and The National Opera & Ballett, Oslo. Their production of Ibsens unfinished opera “The…

As a result of my work in Branesti, I have stayed in touch with the Casa Corpului Didactic or The Teacher Training Center for Illfov County, Romania. I was therefor very happy to be invited back to this institution in 2019 to do a workshop for teachers in the techniques of Image Theatre. The Teacher…