NORDWIND Festival 2024 »New Allies«

In the organizer's words:

"New Allies" is the motto of this year's edition of the NORDWIND festival, which focuses on home, living space and identity: What does home mean in a time characterized by migration movements and globalization? What impact does climate change have on our own living space? How does the sense of belonging change when nationalist movements gain strength and right-wing ideologies gain influence? And what new alliances can emerge in the field of tension between these issues? The invited artists present works that reflect their own experiences of uprooting, discrimination, oppression and loss. With their works, they offer critical and empowering perspectives on current issues, including those with media impact, which are usually only dealt with in preconceived narratives, and reclaim discourses that for far too long have been conducted not by those affected, but about them. They question boundaries and forge connections - at a time when new alliances seem more urgent than ever. The NORDWIND festival has been taking place regularly at Kampnagel since 2011. Curated by Ricarda Ciontos in cooperation with Kampnagel, the program brings together artistic positions from the Nordic countries and at the same time transglobal collaborations that focus on political, historical and social discourses that go far beyond the Nordic countries. A new tandem residency program involves local artists from the Hamburg scene and promotes stronger networking with the Nordic scene. Here's to a sustainable exchange that focuses more on the similarities than the differences.