The IC is a two-day seminar that brings together artists, trade unions representatives, lawyers, and politicians in the public sphere, activated through talks, panel discussions, workshops, and informal gatherings, to discuss, for the first time, the crossovers, struggles, and gaps between the immigration regulations of self-employment (in particular) and the working conditions in the cultural and creative sector in Norway. The seminar’s core purpose is to identify and contextualize the different systemic relations that give rise to migrant artists’ common struggles. It also aims to guide artists and creative professionals through the process of obtaining a visa to Norway.

This is the first day of the seminar, which is open to the public, whereas the second day will consist of a closed working session. This seminar is supported by KORO and Eckbos Legat.

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Vidar Hegge, Senior advisor/ Department coordinator, Skilled Worker visa permits, the

Norwegian Directorate of Immigration (UDI)

Ruben Steinum, President, Norske Billedkunstnere (NBK)

Christine Thomassen, Vice President, Creo

Espen Andreas Eldøy, Assistant lawyer, Creo

Lisa Digernes, senior partner, Bull & Co

Kjetil Larsen, Professor of Law, University of Oslo

Diego Praino, Associate Professor of Public Law, Oslo MET

Verdensrommet is a mutual support network (140+ artists) grounded in solidarity among global diasporic artists in Norway, specifically from non-EU/EEA countries. It is a call to self-organize, to reach out to each other, to develop infrastructures for mutual-aid, and to use our joint forces to overcome precarity and immigration uncertainty.