"Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere" by Andrea Gjestvang
This project explores the restless lives of adolescents growing up in Finnmark, the northernmost part of Norway. To a large extent Norway’s increasing wealth is due to fish, oil and minerals from this part of the country; yet several small communities are left as nowhere lands where local prospects may be limited.
The young generation in Finnmark is the future; they carry with them the responsibility of keeping their small hometowns alive. But adolescents in these remote areas face different challenges than other teenagers; the Internet, magazines and television allow them the same input of popular culture, yet they do not have an equal chance to partake.
