START:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//MELA - ECPv6.3.3.1//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:MELA X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.mela.no X-WR-CALDESC:Arrangement for MELA REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Oslo BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:20220327T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:20221030T010000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20221201T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20221201T235900 DTSTAMP:20240329T151836 CREATED:20221116T110606Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221116T111814Z UID:5107-1669921200-1669939140@www.mela.no SUMMARY:KUNST for KAMP: opening event with jam\, sofa conversation and party! DESCRIPTION:It's been six years since the last festival. Now it's finally ready for the festival again\, and it must be celebrated in a grand way! \nSPRKBOX veterans\, practitioners in the hip hop and theater field and artists who specifically work with queer themes/expressions\, open our festival with Kunst for Kamp. The artists have teamed up in twos and threes and exchanged work. The result is shown with low shoulders during Kunst for Kamp - a heidundrandes jam combined with sofa conversation. \The evening is led by DJ Lara Okafor and our two eminent hosts, Mathilde "Cuntess" Fossheim and Taro Vestøl Cooper. In addition to guiding us through the various features\, they lead the sofa conversations consisting of a small group of professionals and an artist who comes to talk about how art can be used for struggle\, and about one of many queer struggles that are still ongoing - the story of Tobias Klingenberg Reitan. \nTobias is a trans man who in 2018 filed a lawsuit against the Norwegian state for the castration he was forced to undergo to change his legal gender. This was the practice in Norway until the "Act on change of legal gender" was passed in 2016. As of now, the case has been appealed to the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg and Tobias is waiting to hear whether it will be taken up there. \Foreninga FRI has been party assistance in the case\, and has set up a collection on vipps to help Tobias with costs in connection with the legal proceedings. We take the opportunity this evening to focus on his case\, as well as FRI's fundraising campaign. \nThe story of Tobias is\, like all stories of queer struggle in Norway\, a story about our society. About who we are\, who we have been\, and about who we can choose to be in the face of the people who need us. It is 50 years since the decriminalization of sex between men. There is every reason to celebrate. But we still have a long way to go in the queer struggle\, and the party and the protest go hand in hand. \These are the 21 artists and three guests who welcome you to the festival:\nGuro Sibeko - Vjolla Emiri - Ingrid Frivold - Son of Light - Daniel Mariblanca - Nosizwe - Cuntess - Taro Vestøl Cooper - Gigi - Dark Marc - Don Martin - Ravn Kvikkestøyl Helland - Fela - Sadik Qaka - Isak Bradley - Oda Aunan - Pats Nichols - Tuva Syvertsen - Big Daddy Karsten - Frid Ding - Luca Dalen Espseth - Christine Marie Jentoft - Molly Øxnevad \nWelcome to Kunst for Kamp - a fun\, surprising\, explosive\, weird\, touching and inspiring start to the SPKRBOX festival 2022! \n \n \n \n \n\nThe event is supported by Arts Council Norway. Thanks to Melahuset and Nordic Black Theatre for collaboration\, support and contributions. \nDoors open at 18.00 | Start: 19.00 \nFree admission \nRead more on SPKRBOX's website \n\n\n URL:https://www.mela.no/arrangement/kunst-for-kamp-apningsarrangement-med-jam-sofasamtale-og-fest/ LOCATION:Melahuset\, Mariboes gate 8\, Oslo\, 0183\, Norway ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.mela.no/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/SPKRbox-kunstKamp.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR