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Held from August 31 to September 6, 2024, the How to Reframe Monuments workshop focused on five Soviet-era statues and memorials in northeastern Estonia—such as the removed Lenin statue in Narva, a WWII soldier in Sillamäe, and a Kreenholm strike monument. Organized...
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Cancel Culture Club & Spa is a performative and discursive project that brings together artists, scholars, and activists from across the Nordic region to critically examine the impact of cancel culture on artistic freedom. Addressing issues like censorship, public...
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In the Nordic countries, particularly Sweden and Norway, there has been a concerted effort to address controversial monuments through recontextualization rather than removal. For instance, Sweden’s Public Art Agency has implemented temporary public art...
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In 2017, the Norwegian government cancelled two planned national memorials for the 2011 terrorist attacks by Anders Breivik due to strong protests from local residents near the proposed site at Sørbråten, opposite Utøya Island. The residents objected to the lack of...
