Music and Equality in the Nordic Countries
The Nordic Embassies' Felleshus is hosting the free exhibition "The Sound of Courage – Music and Equality in the Nordic Countries." What might a music industry look like where equality is not just an ideal, but a reality?
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Ausstellung "Der harte Norden" im Fellhus der Nordischen Botschaften
The Nordic countries are regarded worldwide as role models for equality. But how equal is the music industry there really?
Why do female musicians and gender minority artists still earn less, appear less frequently on major festival stages, and remain underrepresented in key industry positions?
The exhibition “The Sound of Courage” takes these questions as its starting point and tells the stories of artists who had the courage to shed light on injustices and drive change.
Spurred by the #MeToo movement and recent debates about sexism in the music industry, the exhibition shines a light on the voices that have turned silence into public discourse.
Through images, video, and audio material, as well as portraits of artists and projects, the exhibition powerfully demonstrates how music can become an instrument of social change.
It brings together projects and artists from all five Nordic countries and their autonomous regions—Greenland, the Faroe Islands, and Åland.
A joint production of the Nordic embassies in Berlin, supported by the Nordic Council of Ministers.
Artists:
- Ane Brun (NO)
- AURORA (NO)
- Aysay (DK)
- Björk (IS)
- Cim Dahlle (ÅL)
- Erika Vikman (FI)
- Fever Ray (SE)
- Girl in Red (NO)
- Grýlurna (IS)
- Hildur Guðnadóttir (IS)
- Laufey (IS)
- Lydmor (DK)
- Mari Boine (NO)
- Marianna Winter (FO)
- Miss B Haven (DK)
- Parnaq (GL)
- Pernille Rosendahl (DK)
- PMMP (FI)
- Seinabo Sey (SE)
- Sofia Jannok (SE)
- Tarja Turunen (FI)
- Vilma Jää (FI)
- Zara Larsson (SE)
Projects:
- Future Female Sounds
- Jazz Camp for Girls
- HUN SOLO (DK)
- Finnish Women in Music Business Events (Musamimmien päivä)
- Margin Notes (Marginaali merkintöjä)
- The Equal Futures for Music Research Project (FI)
- Arctic Sounds Academy (GL)
- MetamorPhonics Stelpur Rokka (Læti)
- Marvaða (IS)
- AKKS/Bergen Kjøtt/GRIP
- Balansekunst
- Teknikk i Balanse/ Kulturrom
- WoNoMute Young (NO)
- Popkollo, Keychange (SE)
