11/09/2026
Open Out aims to share our platform with other initiatives, and this year our festival is welcoming a collaborative project that you can experience at Hvilhaug this Saturday!
In line with Tromsø being the European Youth Capital of 2026, an exchange project was organised with Ghent, the European Youth Capital of 2024. Ten artists were chosen from each city for an exchange consisting of one week in Ghent and one week in Tromsø.
During this shared time, the 20 young international artists exchanged their practices, cultures, food, fascinations, worries, and dreams. From experimenting with sound engineering and fanzine-making to creating drag makeup workshops and more, they have explored how to organise their artistic practices as young q***r artists in an institutionalised sector. The group has explored the city with a q***r historian as their guide, laughed, cried, hiked the mountains, and been on adventures!
Together with the participating artists, we would like to invite you to their masquerade magazine launch party on the second floor of Hvilhaug this Saturday at 18:00. You are invited to witness the coming together of all their work, made during these two weeks of exchange, through which questions around safety and transformation flow. Working with 20 people for two weeks, the emphasis was on taking care of each other and making room for everyone and their needs while being creative. A warm up before the closing night of Open Out 2026!
Participating artists in the collaboration:
Annija Bodniece
Carina Helen Klaussen
Casper Follesø
Daria Maslowska
Elena Pavlyukova
Grusha Pankert
Jamie Roos Van Elsen Berghs
Katharina Bökenbrink
Luka Gillis
Maren Irene Gåre Bakkevoll
Marius Hansen Høgås
Marthe Verhoest
Mien Vanhaverbeke
Moos Boeke
Prokhor Gusev
Py Tenor
Samy Elzamy
Wh**ky Van Impe
The project is organised by Alles Kan, True North 2026, and Tvibit.
