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ATLAS / KUNSKA

ATLAS / KUNSKA maps the cultural infrastructure of the Nordic Arctic and develops connections across national borders.

The project brings together museums, art institutions, artist run spaces, galleries, academies, residencies, festivals and cultural organisations across Northern Norway, Northern Sweden, Northern Finland and Sápmi through an interactive map, a growing directory and cross border research and exchange.

ATLAS is evolving into KUNSKA, expanding from a cultural map into a research and network project connecting contemporary art across the Nordic Arctic.

RESEARCH & NETWORK

Alongside the public map, Atlas develops an ongoing research network across the Nordic Arctic, connecting artistic institutions, independent initiatives, educational environments, researchers and cultural practitioners.

Through field research, dialogue and cross-border exchange, the project follows how artistic communities operate, collaborate and develop across the North.

ART, RESEARCH & EDUCATION

Rovaniemi

Umeå

Guovdageaidnu / Kautokeino

  • Sámi University of Applied Sciences
    Sámi-led Education · Art · Research · Duodji
    Official website →

Inari / Aanaar

  • Sámi Education Institute — Sámi oahpahusguovddáš
    Sámi Education · Duodji · Cultural Knowledge
    Official website →

Nesna

NETWORKS
  • ASAD — Arctic Sustainable Arts and Design Network
    Arctic Art · Design · Education · Research
    Official website →

ASAD is an international thematic network connecting art, design, education and research environments across the Arctic.

FROM MAP TO NETWORK

Atlas is conceived as more than a directory.

Its long-term ambition is to develop relationships with the organisations represented through the project and gradually build a network based on visibility, exchange, dialogue, connection and mutual recognition across the Nordic Arctic.

Participation in Atlas will be developed through direct dialogue with individual organisations.

As the project develops, individual organisation profiles may provide more detailed information about their programmes, activities and local contexts, connecting them to the wider cultural geography represented through Atlas.

The project may eventually develop a shared visual identity that allows participating organisations to make their connection to Atlas visible both digitally and within their physical spaces.

A LIVING CULTURAL ECOSYSTEM

Atlas does not claim to provide a fixed, exhaustive or definitive map of cultural activity in the North. It is an evolving editorial, research and networking project.

New organisations, independent initiatives and cultural spaces can be researched and added as the project develops. The organisations currently mapped represent the current research base of Atlas.

Inclusion in the directory documents an organisation’s presence within the cultural landscape researched by Atlas and does not imply formal membership, partnership or endorsement.

The directory below is organised by present-day geographical areas for navigation. These categories are not intended to define cultural boundaries: Sápmi extends across national borders, and Sámi institutions and artistic practices represented in Atlas form part of this wider cross-border cultural geography.

CURRENT MAPPED CULTURAL ECOSYSTEM

Below is the directory of cultural organisations currently identified and mapped by Nordrom Kunst through the original Arctic Art Map research, organised by geographical area and institution type.

NORTHERN NORWAY

Museums & Art Centres

Artist-Run & Independent Spaces

Galleries & Kunstforeninger

Sámi Cultural Organisations

  • Sámi Dáiddaguovddáš / Sámi Center for Contemporary Art
    Karasjok · Sámi Cultural Institution
    Official website →
  • RiddoDuottarMuseat / De Samiske Samlinger
    Karasjok · Sámi Cultural Institution
    Official website →
  • Senter for nordlige folk
    Manndalen · Sámi Cultural Institution
    Official website →
  • Várjjat Sámi Musea / Varanger Sámi Museum
    Varangerbotn · Sámi Cultural Institution
    Official website →

Festivals & Biennials

Education & Research

SVALBARD

Art Centres

Residencies

NORTHERN SWEDEN

Museums & Art Centres

Galleries & Independent Art Spaces

Sámi Cultural Institutions

  • Ájtte, Swedish Mountain and Sámi Museum
    Jokkmokk · Sámi Cultural Institution
    Official website →

Festivals & Biennials

NORTHERN FINLAND

Museums & Art Centres

Galleries & Artist-Run Organisations

Cultural & Sámi Institutions

Residencies

Education & Research

  • University of Lapland, Faculty of Art and Design
    Rovaniemi · Education / Research
    Official website →

48 cultural nodes currently identified and mapped.

This directory will continue to develop through ongoing research, direct contact and dialogue with cultural organisations across the region.

Atlas is initiated and developed by Nordrom Kunst in Tromsø.