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The first bits of the Borealis 2023 programme are out, and there’s more greatness to come! Make sure you secure your Early Bird Borealis Pass now – the best and cheapest way to experience the whole festival. With your Early Bird Borealis Pass you can access all tickets to Borealis events for only NOK 50,– !

Borealis Listening Club x BIFF

What a wonderful evening we had at Cinemateket in Bergen in collaboration with Bergen International Film Festival, when we premiered the short-documentary The Moon Is Down: The Status Quo Is My Enemy, talked to the stars Anine Fatou Bråten, Wengeal Abebe, Dora Ponny J. Loro and Carol Stampone, listened to music and ate popcorn.

Check out what we listened to:
Mississippi Goddam – Nina Simone
O Bêbado e a equilibrista – Elis Regina
So Strong – Labi Siffre
–– VIII – Vilde&Inga (from album How Forests Think)
BLEACH ft. Sharon Gal / FLESH ft. Tony Bevan – Mariam Rezaei (from album SKEEN)
Il bersagliere ha cento penne – Silvia Tarozzi & Deborah Walker (Featuring Ola Obasi Nnanna) (from album Canti di guerra, di lavoro e d’amore)
Peng Black Girls – ENNY


Borealis to London

3–5 October we’re headed to London for an inspirational field trip as part of the Safer Spaces project coordinated by the City of Bergen.

Together with our Bergen colleagues in Brak, Kvarteret, Bergen Kjøtt, EKKO festival and more, we’ll be visiting places like Café Oto, Battersea Arts Centre, Wysing Arts Centre and more, for inspiration on how to make cultural arenas and cities safer for all.

Follow us on Instagram for updates along the way.

BOREALIS WEBSHOP

We have a soft spot for nice merch and have for several years had a lot of fun making everything from gym bags and socks, to caps and bum bags.

Now you can get a hold of our beautiful range of merch in our brand new webshop! Get yourself a Borealis bag, or make a friend happy with a pair of “experimental” socks. 

For international shipping and payment, get in touch with us here

Borealis Listening Club x BIFF

In October we are collaborating with Bergen International Film Festival (BIFF)!

We have made a short-documentary about our Artist in Residency from 2020–2022; percussionist, archivist and composer Marshall Trammell (Music Research Strategies). The documentary The Moon Is Down: The Status Quo Is My Enemy will premiere at BIFF – and we take the opportunity to listen to some music and create a listening club after the film premiere!

Come to the premiere and listen with us at Cinemateket in Bergen Thursday 27 October, 20.00–22.00 – free as always!

Read an in-depth interview with Eline Rafteseth

During the autumn we will publish in-depth interviews with all the participants in this year’s Borealis Ung Komponist. First up is bass player and composer Eline Rafteseth. Eline moved to Bergen a year ago, and runs the concert series Playdate at Landmark in addition to several bands, such as Shakai and Quorum Trio. The backdrop for the piece she is creating for Borealis 2023 is a personal story about losing oneself.

Borealis Recommend

The autumn buzz is already here!

We look forward to Bergen Assembly opening 8 September, and especially NOTHING MORE by Augustin Maurs, exploring sonic and political resistance through voice. 

Avgarde is presenting on 22 September the spectacular performance LET THERE BE LIGHT, taking you back to the beginning of the universe.

And you can enjoy the last days of summer weather while listening to Borealis artist Jenny Berger Myhre’s new album Here is always somewhere else, merging voice messages and fragmented sound.


Borealis Ung Komponist begins!

This lovely group who is this year’s participants of Borealis Ung Komponist are in Bergen, doing their first workshop!

Towards Borealis 2023 the four widely varying music creators will meet up to challenge themselves and each other, alongside the mentors and ensemble YrrY. During the next days they will be mentored by Camille Norment and will kick-start the process. Stay tuned in our channels to better get to know these inspiring new composers throughout the autumn. 

Festival Exhibition Artist 2023

We want to congratulate Camille Norment who is Bergen Kunsthall’s Festival Exhibition Artist in 2023! 

This will be the largest presentation of Camille in Norway to date. We are incredibly proud to have her as mentor for the Borealis Ung Komponist again this year. 

Camille is at home both in the world of exhibitions and music, and represented Norway at the 56th Venice Biennial in 2015. Check out earlier projects on her website, for instance Lull which was exhibited at Lydgalleriet in Bergen, Montréal Biennial and at SFMOMA.