"As long as I can grow as a person, through the projects that I work with, I will stay in the north," says Luba.
Photo: Trine Hamran
Luba says art gives us insight into something we do not see at first glance. I think that artists have this unique capacity and ability to help us take a look into the future. Here together with artist Morten Traavik.
Photo: Trine Hamran
"I chose Kirkenes because it is an area experiencing lots of changes. I want to work with these changes through art and culture, and be able to participate in changing something. That’s the real fun," says Luba.
Photo: Trine Hamran
Luba Kuzovnikova and the "father" of the Barents cooperation, former Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Thorvald Stoltenberg.
Photo: Trine Hamran
Luba Kuzovnikova and Norwegian Minister of Culture, Anniken Huitfeldt.
Photo: Trine Hamran
Luba is from Severodvinsk, but works with art projects all over, including here in Moscow.
Photo: Thomas Nilsen
With the exhibition PAN-BARENTZ, Luba and her crew in Pikene på Broen invited people to explore the Barents identity at the crossroads of art, architecture, urbanism and politics.
Photo: Thomas Nilsen
Dare to Share was the slogan of Barents Spectacle 2012. Luba worked together with North Koreans at the festival.
Photo: Thomas Nilsen
Luba moved to Kirkenes in 2006, the Norwegian town a few kilometers from the Russian border.