Art
For All Festival
22.-24.8.2025 
Welcome to the Art For All Festival!
This year, the art festival takes over the shopping center Easton Hansakäytävä in Itäkeskus, filling the empty commercial spaces with art.
Previous Art For All festivals have taken place at
the Malmi airport (2021), Kaisaniemi Botanical Garden (2022), and in the residential buildings of Kalasatama (2023).
The 2025 edition of the festival’s theme Success & Glory reflects on money, consumerism, and what success means in contemporary society.
Through the theme the festival explores narratives and ideals in a society that pushes individualism, competition, and constant self-development. Evolve or perish! Be the best version of yourself! Behind success narratives are people who are stories of people who are messy, complicated, and exhausted. What about when your efforts do not succeed? Does contemporary society allow failure?
PROGRAM
Artworks will be open to audiences:
Friday 7-10 pm
Saturday 1-7 pm
Sunday 1-7 pm
Friday 22.8.2025
7 pm Festival opening performance by 𝑓ourest
7:30 pm Festival opening words
7:40 pm Performance by Alan Guerra
8 pm Artworks open to audiences
8 pm Performance by Minja Yletyinen and Arto Muukka
8–10 pm Artist present: Vilma Vanhanen
10 pm Artworks close
10 pm–03 am Garage Rave
Saturday 23.8.2022
1–7 pm Artworks open to audiences
1–7 pm Artist present: Vilma Vanhanen
Sunday 24.8.2022
1–7pm Artworks open to audiences
1–7 pm Artist present: Vilma Vanhanen
4–7pm Performances by Alan Guerra
7 pm Festival ends
Friday 7-10 pm
Saturday 1-7 pm
Sunday 1-7 pm
Friday 22.8.2025
7 pm Festival opening performance by 𝑓ourest
7:30 pm Festival opening words
7:40 pm Performance by Alan Guerra
8 pm Artworks open to audiences
8 pm Performance by Minja Yletyinen and Arto Muukka
8–10 pm Artist present: Vilma Vanhanen
10 pm Artworks close
10 pm–03 am Garage Rave
Saturday 23.8.2022
1–7 pm Artworks open to audiences
1–7 pm Artist present: Vilma Vanhanen
Sunday 24.8.2022
1–7pm Artworks open to audiences
1–7 pm Artist present: Vilma Vanhanen
4–7pm Performances by Alan Guerra
7 pm Festival ends
ARTISTS
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The exhibition presents ten emerging artists utilising a compelling range of media from sound art and performances to video installations, paintings, and film photography techniques.
The residency artists showcased are:
︎ Mira Caselius
︎ Alan Guerra
︎ Calvin Guillot
︎ Aida Matuseviciute
︎ Olli Pikkarainen
︎ Taru Samola
︎ Joonas Siren
︎ Jorden Senior
︎ Vilma Vanhanen
︎ Minja Yletyinen + Arto Muukka
The residency artists showcased are:
︎ Mira Caselius
︎ Alan Guerra
︎ Calvin Guillot
︎ Aida Matuseviciute
︎ Olli Pikkarainen
︎ Taru Samola
︎ Joonas Siren
︎ Jorden Senior
︎ Vilma Vanhanen
︎ Minja Yletyinen + Arto Muukka
Performers
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Festival opening performance by
𝑓ourest
Friday
22.8.2025 at 7 pm
Easton Hansakäytävä
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Saana Schnabel & Ville MJ Hyvönen
Connecting electronic realms and acoustic instruments, 𝑓ourest blends techno and ambient music to create a fresh auditory experience for those seeking the unknown.
Merging ambient textures with mechanical tones, its emotional depth subtly weaves through intricate, atmospheric compositions that are rich in detail.
Garage Rave
Friday 22.8. 22-03:00
Empty parking building of the shopping center Easton Hansakäytävä
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The opening night of the Art For All Festival will culminate in an after party in the old parking building of the shopping center Easton Hansakäyrtävä. GARAGE RAVE fills the vacant parking building with music and video projections! Garage Rave is sponsored by CoolHead Brew who will provide refreshments.
PROGRAMME:
22:00 Doors open
22–23:30 Yalla Collective
23:30–01:00 DJ Wekesa + live VJ set by Folded Visuals
01:00–02:30 Juls Sanchez
03:00 Garage Rave closes
You can buy tickets to Garage Rave from Eventbrite.
Tickets are 10 euros and the amount is limited (get yours fast!).
You must be over 18 years old to attend and ticket holders will have to be prepared to present their ID at the venue.
Yalla Collective
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Yalla Collective is a DJ-collective founded in 2022. They make visible the music and culture of the SWANA* region and its diasporas.
*Anticolonialist term that references regions of South West Asia and North Africa.
DJ Wekesa
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DJ Wekesa is a Helsinki-based DJ, dancer, and cultural activist. Their sets are rooted in a bass-driven soundscape that blends dancehall, amapiano, afrobeats, hip-hop, R&B, baile, jersey club, queer anthems, edits, and remixes.
DJ Juls Sanchez![]()
DJ Juls Sanchez conjures wild, intimate dance rituals, blending bellakeo, neoperrex, Guaracha and electrifying reggaeton, to open portals for collective sweat. Her sets pulse with feline x femme energy, breaking boundaries and shaping safer, anti-patriarchal spaces where Latin rhythm leads, and ℒℯ𝓈 𝒸𝓊ℯ𝓇𝓅𝒶𝓈 𝒸ℴ𝓂𝓂𝒶𝓃𝒹．𝒞𝒰𝓍
Folded Visuals
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Folded Visuals takes the viewer to a secret garden after dark. Visions of lakes, ferns and soft moss blend into mysterious signals and a splash of circuit. Whispers and faraway wanders, restless dreams of a long lost drone.
A prominent VJ in the Helsinki club and underground scene since 2013, she has performed at over 200 festivals and events from Greenland to Kazakhstan and is a co-founder of the VJ festival Aavistus.
22.8.2025 at 7 pm
Easton Hansakäytävä
Saana Schnabel & Ville MJ Hyvönen
Connecting electronic realms and acoustic instruments, 𝑓ourest blends techno and ambient music to create a fresh auditory experience for those seeking the unknown.
Merging ambient textures with mechanical tones, its emotional depth subtly weaves through intricate, atmospheric compositions that are rich in detail.
Garage Rave
Friday 22.8. 22-03:00
Empty parking building of the shopping center Easton Hansakäytävä
The opening night of the Art For All Festival will culminate in an after party in the old parking building of the shopping center Easton Hansakäyrtävä. GARAGE RAVE fills the vacant parking building with music and video projections! Garage Rave is sponsored by CoolHead Brew who will provide refreshments.
PROGRAMME:
22:00 Doors open
22–23:30 Yalla Collective
23:30–01:00 DJ Wekesa + live VJ set by Folded Visuals
01:00–02:30 Juls Sanchez
03:00 Garage Rave closes
You can buy tickets to Garage Rave from Eventbrite.
Tickets are 10 euros and the amount is limited (get yours fast!).
You must be over 18 years old to attend and ticket holders will have to be prepared to present their ID at the venue.
Yalla Collective
Yalla Collective is a DJ-collective founded in 2022. They make visible the music and culture of the SWANA* region and its diasporas.
*Anticolonialist term that references regions of South West Asia and North Africa.
DJ Wekesa
DJ Wekesa is a Helsinki-based DJ, dancer, and cultural activist. Their sets are rooted in a bass-driven soundscape that blends dancehall, amapiano, afrobeats, hip-hop, R&B, baile, jersey club, queer anthems, edits, and remixes.
DJ Juls Sanchez
DJ Juls Sanchez conjures wild, intimate dance rituals, blending bellakeo, neoperrex, Guaracha and electrifying reggaeton, to open portals for collective sweat. Her sets pulse with feline x femme energy, breaking boundaries and shaping safer, anti-patriarchal spaces where Latin rhythm leads, and ℒℯ𝓈 𝒸𝓊ℯ𝓇𝓅𝒶𝓈 𝒸ℴ𝓂𝓂𝒶𝓃𝒹．𝒞𝒰𝓍
Folded Visuals
Folded Visuals takes the viewer to a secret garden after dark. Visions of lakes, ferns and soft moss blend into mysterious signals and a splash of circuit. Whispers and faraway wanders, restless dreams of a long lost drone.
A prominent VJ in the Helsinki club and underground scene since 2013, she has performed at over 200 festivals and events from Greenland to Kazakhstan and is a co-founder of the VJ festival Aavistus.
ADMISSION
The festival is admission free and open to everyone. The audience can support the festival by buying a voluntary supporting ticket.
20e ticket: You will receive two tickets to the GARAGE RAVE on Friday 22.8. as well as a surprise gift at the festival venue.
100e ticket: You will receive the former and your name will be displayed on the festival website and venue.
You can buy a supporting ticket to the festival by sending the sum of your choosing on:
Buy ticket online on Eventbrite.
20e ticket: You will receive two tickets to the GARAGE RAVE on Friday 22.8. as well as a surprise gift at the festival venue.
100e ticket: You will receive the former and your name will be displayed on the festival website and venue.
You can buy a supporting ticket to the festival by sending the sum of your choosing on:
Buy ticket online on Eventbrite.
ARRIVING AT THE VENUE
The festival is located in the shopping center Easton Hansakäytävä (Kauppakartanonkatu 3, 00930 Helsinki) in East Helsinki’s Itäkeskus. We recommend arriving by foot, bike or public transportation. Easton Hansakäytävä is located between Hansasilta and the new side of Easton. The nearest parking places are at the shopping center Easton.
ACCESSIBILITY
The festival venue is accessible. The exhibition takes place in a shopping center that has been constructed according to the latest accessibility standards. If needed, the festival staff will provide assistance.
There are accessible restrooms available on the new side of the shoping center Easton.
The Garage Rave takes place in an empty parking building. The entrance to the rave is from the street level at Gotlanninkatu 11. The visitors will have to ascend two stories upward using two ramps that does not meet the accessibility standards. The ramp is 30 meters long and rises 3 meters. The ramp is sloped in a 6 degree angle with no resting platform in between floors. The festival staff can assist the visitors to ascend using the ramps.
There are portable toilets in the audiences use in the Garage Rave. One of the portable toilets is accessible.
There are multiple restaurants and shops located around the shopping center for the visitors to eat or buy refreshments. In the exhibition spaces there is also the possibility for visitors to refill their water bottles (cost free of course).
There are accessible restrooms available on the new side of the shoping center Easton.
The Garage Rave takes place in an empty parking building. The entrance to the rave is from the street level at Gotlanninkatu 11. The visitors will have to ascend two stories upward using two ramps that does not meet the accessibility standards. The ramp is 30 meters long and rises 3 meters. The ramp is sloped in a 6 degree angle with no resting platform in between floors. The festival staff can assist the visitors to ascend using the ramps.
There are portable toilets in the audiences use in the Garage Rave. One of the portable toilets is accessible.
There are multiple restaurants and shops located around the shopping center for the visitors to eat or buy refreshments. In the exhibition spaces there is also the possibility for visitors to refill their water bottles (cost free of course).
SAFER SPACE