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Nordic Bridges, a Joint Nordic Cultural Initiative, is a year-long initiative taking place from coast to coast to coast that aims to foster cultural exchange among the Nordic countries and Canada. Harbourfront Centre, as one of Canada’s leading contemporary, multidisciplinary arts and cultural centres, will curate and lead the programming for
Joint Nordic Cultural Initiatives outside the Nordic region are initiated by the Nordic Council of Ministers for Culture and are intended to strengthen the interaction between the Nordic culture sectors and the rest of the world, raise the profile of the Nordic culture sectors abroad, and generate added value for the participants/artists, and thereby market the Nordic region as a creative region.
Over the course of one full year in 2022,
Programming that challenges the status quo
Foster belonging and participation through art and the engagement of diverse audiences
Engaging Indigenous voices from Canada and the Nordic Region, in particular the Arctic dimension of these conversations
Exploring how our shared, rugged, natural landscapes inform and shape our art and design, and the measures that are being put in place to preserve these landscapes for future generations
Working with cultural partners across Canada,
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