@jogeba.bsky.social
Norwegian composer, musician, associate professor, and leader of Madstun Art Centre
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Ro! Ro! – Norway's World Cup team "rows" with 90,000 people outside Royal Palace in Oslo tv.vg.no/video/383250...
July 13, 2026 at 7:53 PM
Ro! Ro! – Norway's World Cup team "rows" with 90,000 people outside Royal Palace in Oslo tv.vg.no/video/383250...
The Siwan quartet is touring in Spain and Italy from today. Derya Turkan, Pedram Khavarzamini, Mona Boutchebak, and Jon Balke. We are also doing workshops, the first in Barcelona on 1 june and the second in Tarquinia in Italy on 3rd and 4th june. There are still some places available.
May 28, 2026 at 11:09 AM
The Siwan quartet is touring in Spain and Italy from today. Derya Turkan, Pedram Khavarzamini, Mona Boutchebak, and Jon Balke. We are also doing workshops, the first in Barcelona on 1 june and the second in Tarquinia in Italy on 3rd and 4th june. There are still some places available.
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"Scientists surveying the area found three times more seabed organisms and twice as many species compared to nearby unprotected waters"
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Seabed life triples after bottom trawling ban in Scotland protected area
Nearly a decade since Scotland established the South Arran Marine Protected Area and banned bottom trawling across much of it, life on the seafloor has thrived, a new study has found. Scientists surve...
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May 18, 2026 at 5:38 AM
"Scientists surveying the area found three times more seabed organisms and twice as many species compared to nearby unprotected waters"
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exactly six years ago , we made this project in lockdown in the countryside in Norway. All local people in Søndre Land and Hunndalen counties.
CoronaDays
music video from a local project during the corona pandemic easter in Norway 2020 with Mattis Myrland, Jon Balke, Jennifer Myskja Balke
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April 13, 2026 at 9:44 AM
exactly six years ago , we made this project in lockdown in the countryside in Norway. All local people in Søndre Land and Hunndalen counties.
We made this in 2021. The message is even more urgent every passing 8 march.
Let her go
YouTube video by Jon Balke
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March 8, 2026 at 7:23 AM
We made this in 2021. The message is even more urgent every passing 8 march.
I will be posting a series of articles on Substack in the weeks to come about my musical productions. First out is the Siwan project
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The Siwan project
Andalusian poetry and new music
open.substack.com
February 14, 2026 at 12:09 PM
I will be posting a series of articles on Substack in the weeks to come about my musical productions. First out is the Siwan project
open.substack.com/pub/jonbalke...
open.substack.com/pub/jonbalke...
I will be posting a series of video´s , or visualisations, of some tracks from "Skrifum" , my latest album on ECM records, in the near future. First out is "Ductus"
Ductus
YouTube video by Jon Balke
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December 10, 2025 at 11:29 AM
I will be posting a series of video´s , or visualisations, of some tracks from "Skrifum" , my latest album on ECM records, in the near future. First out is "Ductus"
A little reminder of the weird warped pandemic months.
Pandemic pesto desperado
YouTube video by Madstun
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November 15, 2025 at 8:41 AM
A little reminder of the weird warped pandemic months.
On our Madstun.com website we are hosting the Palestinian artist Jinan Elaila, now trying to get out of Gaza. I got her permission to post the emails she manages to send me, and I am posting them as blog posts:
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MADSTUN
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September 25, 2025 at 7:19 AM
On our Madstun.com website we are hosting the Palestinian artist Jinan Elaila, now trying to get out of Gaza. I got her permission to post the emails she manages to send me, and I am posting them as blog posts:
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Rainy day on Oslo tram
September 18, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Rainy day on Oslo tram
I would like to promote this: humanity at work!
HOW TO DO CHICAGO FOOTWORK
YouTube video by PAUSE EDDIE
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August 28, 2025 at 8:02 PM
I would like to promote this: humanity at work!
At our art center Madstun´s website, we are hosting Jinan Elaila , artist from Gaza, trapped in Gaza, with much of her work and her studio destroyed by bombs. Links to her work, Instagram and Linkedin posts.
www.madstun.com/jinanelaila
www.madstun.com/jinanelaila
JINAN ELAILA — MADSTUN
Madstun is hosting Jinan Elaila, artist from Gaza, trapped in Gaza, as artist in residence. Lots of her work and her studio is destroyed by Israeli bombing, but links to instagram present them, and th...
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August 28, 2025 at 10:41 AM
At our art center Madstun´s website, we are hosting Jinan Elaila , artist from Gaza, trapped in Gaza, with much of her work and her studio destroyed by bombs. Links to her work, Instagram and Linkedin posts.
www.madstun.com/jinanelaila
www.madstun.com/jinanelaila
One simple idea: give more than you take
One Change
YouTube video by Jon Balke
youtu.be
July 5, 2025 at 10:17 PM
One simple idea: give more than you take
I am sharing a video I made in 2019. Its message is just as urgent now as then. Voices Mona Boutchebak and Malik Ziad. Texts in arabic with english subtitles
Let her go
YouTube video by Jon Balke
youtu.be
July 5, 2025 at 12:59 PM
I am sharing a video I made in 2019. Its message is just as urgent now as then. Voices Mona Boutchebak and Malik Ziad. Texts in arabic with english subtitles
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After visiting the USA🇺🇸, @unsr-education.bsky.social reports to #HRC59 today: schools are still shaped by deep inequality.
Segregation persists 🏫
Schools in poor areas are underfunded 📉
Gender and racial inclusion under attack ❌
Inclusive education is a human right ⚖️
🔗 docs.un.org/en/A/HRC/59/...
Segregation persists 🏫
Schools in poor areas are underfunded 📉
Gender and racial inclusion under attack ❌
Inclusive education is a human right ⚖️
🔗 docs.un.org/en/A/HRC/59/...
June 19, 2025 at 2:02 PM
After visiting the USA🇺🇸, @unsr-education.bsky.social reports to #HRC59 today: schools are still shaped by deep inequality.
Segregation persists 🏫
Schools in poor areas are underfunded 📉
Gender and racial inclusion under attack ❌
Inclusive education is a human right ⚖️
🔗 docs.un.org/en/A/HRC/59/...
Segregation persists 🏫
Schools in poor areas are underfunded 📉
Gender and racial inclusion under attack ❌
Inclusive education is a human right ⚖️
🔗 docs.un.org/en/A/HRC/59/...
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LAPD shoot US woman with a rubber bullet for trying to get into her home, they were blocking her entrance and there was no protest in sight.
“Holy fuck — They literally just shot her point blank… I live here…” ( www.tiktok.com/@labyrinthlore) #3E #StopICE
“Holy fuck — They literally just shot her point blank… I live here…” ( www.tiktok.com/@labyrinthlore) #3E #StopICE
June 11, 2025 at 5:05 AM
LAPD shoot US woman with a rubber bullet for trying to get into her home, they were blocking her entrance and there was no protest in sight.
“Holy fuck — They literally just shot her point blank… I live here…” ( www.tiktok.com/@labyrinthlore) #3E #StopICE
“Holy fuck — They literally just shot her point blank… I live here…” ( www.tiktok.com/@labyrinthlore) #3E #StopICE
Check out this organisation, who works relentlessly to provide shelters and residencies for artists from countries with grave violent conflicts. We have already worked with them at madstun.com, and can certify their credibility. Consider donating to them, please?
Home - Artists at Risk (AR)
{:en}Assisting Artists whose Freedom and Lives are at Risk{:}
artistsatrisk.org
June 9, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Check out this organisation, who works relentlessly to provide shelters and residencies for artists from countries with grave violent conflicts. We have already worked with them at madstun.com, and can certify their credibility. Consider donating to them, please?
Landing at Bluesky. To whom it might concern. Having deleted my Facebook and Spotify account as a small act of rebellion against the power of the abusers of my data, I am trying to establish an existence here at Bluesky and at Substack. It will take some time to get housewarm, but more is coming..
June 6, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Landing at Bluesky. To whom it might concern. Having deleted my Facebook and Spotify account as a small act of rebellion against the power of the abusers of my data, I am trying to establish an existence here at Bluesky and at Substack. It will take some time to get housewarm, but more is coming..
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ICE Agents Wait At Edge Of Delivery Table To Deport Newborn
April 28, 2025 at 9:00 PM
ICE Agents Wait At Edge Of Delivery Table To Deport Newborn