Projects 2006

Capital (It Fails Us Now)

7 Jan – 15 Feb 2006 at Kunstihoone in Tallinn, Estonia

Capital (It Fails Us Now) is a group show exploring the notion of capital.

Connection Barents

19 June – 3 July in Kirkenes, Norway

A cross art collaboration with everyday life

CRISS - CROSS International Tour 2006

Criss - Cross on an international tour 2004 - 2006

28 - 29 October at Ålands Konstmuseum, Åland
26 - 29 January, 2006 at Maison du Danemark, Paris
1 February - 5 March, 2006 at Västerås Konstmuseum, Västerås

Brings together traditional film, documentary and art film across the Nordic and Baltic region.

Rethinking Nordic Colonialism

Act 1: Reykjavik, Iceland, March 24 – April 16, 2006
Act 2: Nuuk, Greenland, April 21 – May 14, 2006
Act 3: Tórshavn, The Faroe Islands, May 12 – June 4, 2006
Act 4: Rovaniemi, Sápmi/Finland, June 16 – July 9, 2006
Act 5: Documentation DVD & WEBSITE Launch in Copenhagen, Helsinki, Oslo & Stockholm, November 25, 2006

Rethinking Nordic Colonialism revisits the colonial past of the Nordic countries in order to locate the root of some of the hierarchies, inequalities, and intolerances that structure the Nordic societies today.

Slowly learning to survive the desire to simplify

- A symposium on critical documents

15-17 September symposium at Iaspis, Stockholm

Film Screenings:

23 - 24 Aug at Soria Moria/UKS in Oslo, Norway
1 - 2 September at Exhibitions space rum46 in Århus, Denmark
6 and 13 September at Goethe-Institut Stockholm, Sweden
6 - 7 September at Galleri Box in Göteborg, Sweden
9 - 10 and 12 September at Ålands museum, Mariehamn, Åland
11 - 12 September at CirkulationsCentralen in Malmö, Sweden
12 - 13, 19 and 20 September at Titanik, Turku, Finland

A symposium and film screenings on critical documents

Social Perspectives on Architecture and Design

Seminar: 9-11 June 2006 at NIFCA in Helsinki

Residency Program: June-October 2006
Seminar: 9-11 June 2006 at NIFCA in Helsinki
Publication: Fall 2006

Spaces of conflict

11 January 2006, Secession, Wien, Austria

An audio-visual essay, based on research on institutional spaces by Mike Bode and Staffan Schmidt Curated by Nina Möntmann, NIFCA

During 2006 NIFCA has also supported various projects and processes at different locations, including projects, happenings and talks for art workers in residency.