https://artforall.fi Art for All Thu, 12 Mar 2026 14:03:26 +0000 https://artforall.fi en https://artforall.fi/Homepage-EN Sat, 14 May 2022 19:48:57 +0000 Art for All https://artforall.fi/Homepage-EN introspectio AFA MEMBER EXHIBITION Welcome to Art For All member exhibition in shopping center Hertsi March 27th to 29th! <img width="1024" height="768" width_o="1024" height_o="768" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3495553d5ea0b9d38faf00147c5d36b9487ba18bf31961a1aeec8d199a7b8198/banner.jpg" data-mid="245944534" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3495553d5ea0b9d38faf00147c5d36b9487ba18bf31961a1aeec8d199a7b8198/banner.jpg" /> •• READ MORE •• AFA/ SHOP You can buy products from the Art For All ry online shop via this form. The products will be sent to your given address once you have completed the payment. A 6,90 euro post fee will be added to the price of the products. tote bag: 25e postcards:5e / 1 card10e / 3 cards&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;15e / 5 cards20e / 8 cards25e / 10 cards •• AFA SHOP •• <img width="2048" height="2048" width_o="2048" height_o="2048" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6ba8283930fd7922a99473c4353c952e8c803ab57e4c6a447738fed824d0f8db/afa-merch-23-4.jpg" data-mid="245118763" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6ba8283930fd7922a99473c4353c952e8c803ab57e4c6a447738fed824d0f8db/afa-merch-23-4.jpg" /> <img width="2048" height="2047" width_o="2048" height_o="2047" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cc0535141dc649798b590afde53144b8ca1f80e666ecdd99726e055ecbf41d53/afa-merch-23-3.jpg" data-mid="245118762" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/cc0535141dc649798b590afde53144b8ca1f80e666ecdd99726e055ecbf41d53/afa-merch-23-3.jpg" /> <img width="2048" height="2047" width_o="2048" height_o="2047" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/de0f364ef485f832d7ddd517fb804954198b5fb203f153dc1da008be23b977b1/afa-merch-23-2.jpg" data-mid="245118770" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/de0f364ef485f832d7ddd517fb804954198b5fb203f153dc1da008be23b977b1/afa-merch-23-2.jpg" /> <img width="1365" height="1365" width_o="1365" height_o="1365" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e964ccf24b79375fd985bdd44a5b10a16e216b9c4d35bdf2b11abcb7cad683b0/afa-merch-23-9.jpg" data-mid="245118768" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e964ccf24b79375fd985bdd44a5b10a16e216b9c4d35bdf2b11abcb7cad683b0/afa-merch-23-9.jpg" /> <img width="2047" height="2048" width_o="2047" height_o="2048" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2334883ac23c2a899faeac6a46d84cc32ecaf27fa9b433d78f4d6e4d2d73beb0/afa-merch-23-1.jpg" data-mid="245118769" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2334883ac23c2a899faeac6a46d84cc32ecaf27fa9b433d78f4d6e4d2d73beb0/afa-merch-23-1.jpg" /> <img width="2048" height="2048" width_o="2048" height_o="2048" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5604779488fa129e7c5b13528afc68cea40cbd62c30af403cc9ef47917c4da42/afa-merch-23-8.jpg" data-mid="245118767" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5604779488fa129e7c5b13528afc68cea40cbd62c30af403cc9ef47917c4da42/afa-merch-23-8.jpg" /> <img width="2048" height="2048" width_o="2048" height_o="2048" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f7280936833b34e79d332fd3005b069ceb118b60f52b61dcee38c9e667df183d/afa-merch-23-7.jpg" data-mid="245118766" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f7280936833b34e79d332fd3005b069ceb118b60f52b61dcee38c9e667df183d/afa-merch-23-7.jpg" /> <img width="2048" height="2048" width_o="2048" height_o="2048" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a37cb922eb85dcc49ac95cfeaf37e0907449f92e71b450c47f2c571583d4825b/afa-merch-23-6.jpg" data-mid="245118765" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a37cb922eb85dcc49ac95cfeaf37e0907449f92e71b450c47f2c571583d4825b/afa-merch-23-6.jpg" /> <img width="2048" height="2048" width_o="2048" height_o="2048" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2ac62ee91900b8fe7eaf24c2b9ce1a1980fe6a89c0dd1c21d56e5424efbea375/afa-merch-23-5.jpg" data-mid="245118764" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2ac62ee91900b8fe7eaf24c2b9ce1a1980fe6a89c0dd1c21d56e5424efbea375/afa-merch-23-5.jpg" /> ABOUT /AFAArt For All ry is a community of artists promoting cross artistic collaboration. The mission of the association is to lift up new voices in the field of art and promote the accessibility of art and culture. Art For All wants to open the enjoyment of art to a broader audience and especially reach those who are not high consumers of culture. <img width="1024" height="683" width_o="1024" height_o="683" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d7b0db8c955b3a91955ad3d98faa08cda2019889002a21c7fc7e74adb146ec6f/51663260739_9c18da3c8a_b.jpg" data-mid="234420116" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d7b0db8c955b3a91955ad3d98faa08cda2019889002a21c7fc7e74adb146ec6f/51663260739_9c18da3c8a_b.jpg" /> •• CHECK PAST EVENTS •• GET /INVOLVED AFA is a community of students and professionals in the beginning of their artistic careers. We want to create a more inclusive community in the field of art, providing peer support and encouraging collaboration instead of competition. You can join the association as a member or get involved in the Art For All festival team! <img width="799" height="533" width_o="799" height_o="533" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3f382d7d0bf09c503a62aa19d6a96275ba9287a3b7e4a170aad3121317c4a3ae/52367914242_390d788957_c.jpg" data-mid="234420117" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/799/i/3f382d7d0bf09c503a62aa19d6a96275ba9287a3b7e4a170aad3121317c4a3ae/52367914242_390d788957_c.jpg" /> •• MEET THE TEAM •• CONTACT/US artforallry(at)gmail.com socials: @artforallry JOIN /US Are you a student or recently graduated art professional and would like to join us? Art For All is a place for you to create the kind of art scene you want to see. You can join as a member via this form. The membership is 10 euros per year and free for art students who are members of TOKYO, TaiYo or TAOry. Please pay the fee before submitting the application form and attach the receipt or screenshot of the transaction as part of your application.You can pay the fee via Bank Transfer: Recepient: Art For All ry Account: FI59 1544 3000 2448 43 Message: membership fee, your name LET’S /PARTNER/UP The mission of Art For All is to enable cross-artistic collaboration, support artists in the beginning of their careers and to promote accessibility of art. You can join us in working towards a more inclusive arts and culture field. •• COLLABORATE WITH US •• https://artforall.fi/Homepage-FI Mon, 16 May 2022 07:14:06 +0000 Art for All https://artforall.fi/Homepage-FI introspectioAFA JÄSENNÄYTTELY Tervetuloa Art For All ry:n jäsennäyttelyyn kauppakeskus Hertsiin 27.-29.3.2026! <img width="1024" height="768" width_o="1024" height_o="768" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ae1fcef0cc7e8abc952f32388686008f48c965dc5e9defad0d27aaf64c770c39/banner.jpg" data-mid="245944601" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ae1fcef0cc7e8abc952f32388686008f48c965dc5e9defad0d27aaf64c770c39/banner.jpg" /> •• LUE LISÄÄ •• AFA/ SHOP oit ostaa tuotteita Art For All ry:n verkkokaupasta. Tuotteet lähetetään postitse antamaasi osoitteeseen, kun olet suorittanut maksun. Tilauksen hintaan lisätään 6,90 euron postimaksu.Kangaskassi: 25e Postikortit: 5e / 1 kpl10e / 3 kpl&nbsp; &nbsp; 15e / 5 kpl20e / 8 kpl25e / 10 kpl •• OSTA tuotteita •• <img width="2048" height="2048" width_o="2048" height_o="2048" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/07e54599cc84d9f549f159774065b8fe909fa1e144acce1341aaf20997a2dce4/afa-merch-23-8.jpg" data-mid="245118776" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/07e54599cc84d9f549f159774065b8fe909fa1e144acce1341aaf20997a2dce4/afa-merch-23-8.jpg" /> <img width="2047" height="2048" width_o="2047" height_o="2048" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/40d6c5890bbdaace57daeb8d9e38b0f9fa698a1bb9b53e5404ed73cf8d3de19f/afa-merch-23-1.jpg" data-mid="245118774" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/40d6c5890bbdaace57daeb8d9e38b0f9fa698a1bb9b53e5404ed73cf8d3de19f/afa-merch-23-1.jpg" /> <img width="2048" height="2047" width_o="2048" height_o="2047" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d0f6253af845cb86da0c2f7c0e853164e8187983908b881b7d9322e4c1f457f0/afa-merch-23-2.jpg" data-mid="245118782" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d0f6253af845cb86da0c2f7c0e853164e8187983908b881b7d9322e4c1f457f0/afa-merch-23-2.jpg" /> <img width="1365" height="1365" width_o="1365" height_o="1365" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8350c61d04c57a60e69d481dc24ae989c1e3436c1cfa74e3d9210dac956347c6/afa-merch-23-9.jpg" data-mid="245118775" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8350c61d04c57a60e69d481dc24ae989c1e3436c1cfa74e3d9210dac956347c6/afa-merch-23-9.jpg" /> <img width="2048" height="2047" width_o="2048" height_o="2047" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/562773f4fdc6185acf57d6c5296660c736521918e6ffb4f6ec0b4f5e430c1218/afa-merch-23-3.jpg" data-mid="245118781" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/562773f4fdc6185acf57d6c5296660c736521918e6ffb4f6ec0b4f5e430c1218/afa-merch-23-3.jpg" /> <img width="2048" height="2048" width_o="2048" height_o="2048" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/dbac7d13129a4d0735909087ae4cc16273b568c44d04f792c6fb111033d9f2c3/afa-merch-23-4.jpg" data-mid="245118780" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/dbac7d13129a4d0735909087ae4cc16273b568c44d04f792c6fb111033d9f2c3/afa-merch-23-4.jpg" /> <img width="2048" height="2048" width_o="2048" height_o="2048" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2f63fd4b00a53b1bbec83259dec5d45ae03b7d2505c917670b5718b0266c6616/afa-merch-23-5.jpg" data-mid="245118779" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2f63fd4b00a53b1bbec83259dec5d45ae03b7d2505c917670b5718b0266c6616/afa-merch-23-5.jpg" /> <img width="2048" height="2048" width_o="2048" height_o="2048" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4626a57dd0042e2619886030bae55cdb58430046a1482fae28eb1b7774585810/afa-merch-23-6.jpg" data-mid="245118778" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4626a57dd0042e2619886030bae55cdb58430046a1482fae28eb1b7774585810/afa-merch-23-6.jpg" /> <img width="2048" height="2048" width_o="2048" height_o="2048" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/93255bcf1a2c38db9400d3d53743761f1041041b569515208a49b74997670d89/afa-merch-23-7.jpg" data-mid="245118777" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/93255bcf1a2c38db9400d3d53743761f1041041b569515208a49b74997670d89/afa-merch-23-7.jpg" /> MIKÄ /AFA?Art For All ry on taiteentekijöiden yhteisö, jonka tavoitteena on vahvistaa poikkitaiteellista yhteistyötä. Yhdistyksen missiona on tukea uusia ääniä taiteen alalla sekä edistää taiteen saavutettavuutta. Art For All haluaa avata taiteesta nauttimista laajalle yleisölle ja tavoittaa erityisesti niitä, jotka eivät ole kulttuurin suurkuluttajia. <img width="1024" height="683" width_o="1024" height_o="683" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/18eede757fcf5c66c802efcc20f3d037c2c813a0ee2ae506ec3bb47bd6ed418b/51663260739_9c18da3c8a_b.jpg" data-mid="234420054" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/18eede757fcf5c66c802efcc20f3d037c2c813a0ee2ae506ec3bb47bd6ed418b/51663260739_9c18da3c8a_b.jpg" /> •• TARKISTA AIHEET TAPAHTUMAT •• LIITY/MUKAaN AFA on taideopiskelijoiden sekä uransa alussa olevien taiteen ammattilaisten yhteisö. Haluamme luoda hyväksyvän ja inklusiivisemman yhteisön taidekentälle, joka tarjoaa vertaistukea ja kannustaa yhteistyöhön kilpailun sijaan. Voit liittyä yhdistyksen jäseneksi tai lähteä mukaan Art For All festivaalitiimiin! <img width="799" height="533" width_o="799" height_o="533" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a0bd13d5677cdcc7e722a6f3ab62cb7e286134600457650d4c9ef64806fc8537/52367914242_390d788957_c.jpg" data-mid="234420052" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/799/i/a0bd13d5677cdcc7e722a6f3ab62cb7e286134600457650d4c9ef64806fc8537/52367914242_390d788957_c.jpg" /> •• TAPAA TIIMI •• OTA/YHTEYTTÄ artforallry(at)gmail.com socials: @artforallry LIITY /JÄSENEKSI Oletko vastavalmistunut taiteen ammattilainen ja haluaisit liittyä joukkoomme? Art For All on paikka, jossa voit luoda sellaista taidekenttää, jonka haluat nähdä. Voit liittyä jäseneksi tämän linkin kautta. Jäsenmaksu on 10 euroa vuodelta, ja on ilmainen taideopiskelijoille, jotka ovat TOKYOn, TaiYon tai TAO ry:n jäseniä. Maksathan jäsenmaksun ennen jäsenlomakkeen lähettämistä ja liität kuitin tai ruudunkaappauksen maksusta hakemukseesi.Voit maksaa jäsenmaksun tilisiirrolla: Saaja: Art For All ry Tili: FI59 1544 3000 2448 43 Viesti: jäsenmaksu, nimesi TEHDÄÄN/YHTEISTYÖTÄ Art For All ry:n missio on luoda poikkitaiteellista yhteistyötä, tukea uraansa aloittelevia taiteilijoita sekä edistää taiteen saavutettavuutta. Voit liittyä joukkoomme edistämään inklusiivisempaa taide- ja kulttuurialaa. •• LUE LISÄÄ •• https://artforall.fi/open-call-2023 Tue, 29 Mar 2022 17:59:17 +0000 Art for All https://artforall.fi/open-call-2023 OPEN /CALL /2023We are looking for artists to join the Art For All Festival - INVITATION, reflecting on our understanding of home, the social and personal spaces, and the interactions within the spaces we live in at the Kalasatama urbanscape from 25 to 26 August 2023! <img width="2234" height="1537" width_o="2234" height_o="1537" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4e645e9aeda647a4f65b022d74db6058279bb022d309471de71d1e4e240e2312/4.jpg" data-mid="178774598" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4e645e9aeda647a4f65b022d74db6058279bb022d309471de71d1e4e240e2312/4.jpg" /> An invitation is a gesture that welcomes you into a private space, takes you to a past memory, an imagined future, a proposition to meet in the present and share a moment together.&nbsp;&nbsp; Through the theme INVITATION, Art for All Festival 2023 will explore the meaning of home and the mental images of social interactions. The theme contains thoughts about the role and importance of home as a shelter, a constructed or selected space, as well as its different manifestations. The theme includes thoughts about homelessness, social challenges and safe spaces that communities create for themselves. The festival will take place in the Kalasatama area of Helsinki, reflecting and responding to its environment and community in cooperation with HEKA Oy, NAL apartments, Taiteilijatalo Ars Longa and Settlement apartments. The area is new, unfinished, and still looking for its narratives. Kalasatama hides a flourishing urban culture, interesting places and a diverse and active population. From its roof tops to the seaside, how will it evolve? How will our ways of living adapt and change? We invite you to imagine and embody the experiences of home and invitation in this urban place. Each space has its own possibilities and limitations, so please consider that when applying, you can apply to primary or secondary spaces with your project. To find more information about the different spaces click here. FOOD ART OPEN CALL As part of the open call we are inviting artists to use food as a medium for their work. Read more here: Food as a medium, the kitchen as a social place. We have food when we are happy, we have food when we are sad, and when we lose someone or when someone is born, we say sorry by offering it as if cooking is an act of care. We can fix conflicts by offering food, but then the food itself is also a source of conflict; we waste it, we fight over it, we distribute it unequally, and we value it to certain degrees. The production, distribution, and consumption of food are shaped by economic, social, and political forces. Invitation The kitchen is where meals are prepared, but it is also a space for social interaction and connection. Food brings people together and builds communities. No matter if it is a potluck, a communal meal, or just having conversations that happen around “food” and sometimes about food. AFA invites artists who work with food as a medium or use food and the act of cooking as a way of sharing or talking; AFA invites you all around a shared table. <img width="4000" height="2252" width_o="4000" height_o="2252" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5a3fb5cd30c5971c996a014992e60ce19f0fe106d51a4d6cef6747ff6184cc1f/afa-food-call-venue.jpg" data-mid="178910364" border="0" alt="The food art works will be located in the kitchen of Sompasaarenlaituri 6." data-caption="The food art works will be located in the kitchen of Sompasaarenlaituri 6." src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5a3fb5cd30c5971c996a014992e60ce19f0fe106d51a4d6cef6747ff6184cc1f/afa-food-call-venue.jpg" />The food art works will be located in the kitchen of Sompasaarenlaituri 6. Open call&nbsp;starts 17th May 2023&nbsp; Send by 12th June 2023 23:59 RESIDENCY AND PRODUCTION The festival will take place on the&nbsp;25.-27.8. 2023. Final production and installation of the works will be carried out during the “Urban Residency" on-site at Kalasatama on the 19.-24.8.2023. We offer a one week residency at the venue for the artists to explore the building and the area, community and meet the working group. The program includes workshops, conversations and curatorial support. During the Residency, the participants will have time to get to know one another and will receive technical and curatorial support from our festival team: a group of students and alumni working in different fields of artistic production. Project compensation Festival can provide a small 200€/project (tax included) compensation to the artists and working groups for the artistic work. Project materialsAFA also provides general communication, publicity, quality documentation and curatorial and limited technical support in Finnish and English language (engagement with the theme, artworks arrangement and exhibition texts). At the moment we are not able to provide accommodation or travel expenses. The festival team will provide artists with: working spaces (with electricity and running water)storage spaces for materials and personal belongingsspace for resting and eating (with a kitchen)space for exhibiting their work HOW TO APPLY Go to the online application. Fill in the details. Upload the application materials. Documents/Materials checklist Write your project/artwork proposal (max 500 words) in an anonymous PDF document, including supporting material like drafts, sketches, images, etc. Write a brief overview of the materials (max 300 words) and/or suitable location for your work (these can include technical requirements, if known already). Write a brief letter of motivation about why you want to participate in AFA festival 2023 (max 500 words). CV and/or Artist statement. SEND YOUR APPLICATION! 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The festival will follow the principles of a safe work environment. ART FOR ALL Art for All ry supports artists and art workers at the beginning of their career and offers a network of peer collaboration. With this mission in mind, the AFA Festival is a platform offering students and emerging talent across Finland visibility and an opportunity to grow. The Festival team puts into practice their knowledge and creativity as artists, technicians, communicators, photographers, curators, project managers, to bring the Festival to life. Art For All ry was started by students and alumni from the University of the Arts and Aalto University. The first edition of the AFA Festival took place at Malmi Airport Hangar in August 2021 and the second on in Kaisaniemi Botanical gardens 2022. END NOTES The event is open to all audiences and participants without costs. Feel free to contact us via email if you have any questions: artforallry@gmail.com https://artforall.fi/open-call-2025 Thu, 05 Jun 2025 12:18:06 +0000 Art for All https://artforall.fi/open-call-2025 OPEN /CALL /2025 We are looking for artists to join the Art For All Festival – Success &amp; Glory, taking over the shopping center Easton Hansakäytävä in Itäkeskus from 22 to 24 August 2025! OPEN CALL HAS BEEN EXTENDED! Propose your artwork via an open call form by July 14th. <img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9b1ced3f15d2551d602fc7cfc12d3c99540f20f6741c36d98b3a79423533f0fb/banner_eng.png" data-mid="234366038" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9b1ced3f15d2551d602fc7cfc12d3c99540f20f6741c36d98b3a79423533f0fb/banner_eng.png" /> Money, grind and consumerism! Steps on the way towards Success &amp; Glory. Art For All Festival of 2025 invites reflections on what success means in contemporary society. Through the theme SUCCESS &amp; GLORY 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 stories of people who are messy, complicated, and exhausted. What about when your efforts do not succeed? Does contemporary society allow failure? The festival takes place in Itäkeskus in East Helsinki. The area was built from the 1960s onwards as a modernist car city situated in the crossroads of major highways, hypermarkets and parking lots. Fossil economy was harnessed for better quality of living for all. Behind Itäkeskus were utopian visions of society: an urban machine where people worked, lived, and consumed. In the eyes of the City of Helsinki however the utopia did not succeed. In 2019 the City launched an architectural competition for a new Center of East Helsinki. As a result of the competition major urban renewal is planned leading to demolition of many of the area’s landmarks, including our festival venue. In the midst of the City’s visions for success are the local people. Since its construction Itäkeskus has become home to many immigrant communities and cultures. Many small businesses and entrepreneurs have operated for years in the shopping malls such as Easton Hansakäytävä. As a result Itäkeskus is home to an exceptionally vibrant and diverse urban culture in Helsinki. We invite artists to look beneath the surface: what do concepts such as success or places such as shopping centers mean in the context of Itäkeskus? We welcome artworks from all fields of art (from installations to dance and music performances). We are looking for works to be exhibited in the weekend long exhibition as well as time specific performances as part of the festival opening programme. The festival takes place in the empty spaces of the shopping center Easton Hansakäytävä. You can get to know the venue and the different spaces by clicking here. CALL FOR WORKS WITH LOCAL BUSINESSES As part of the open call we are inviting artists to create works that engage with the businesses of the shopping center. What are the stories behind the shops in Easton Hansakäytävä? Some businesses have been in the shopping center for years, building a clientele and connections to the local community. What meanings are embedded in the building from the perspective of those who work there from dawn to dusk? What do artists and entrepreneurs have in common? The seemingly different worlds share similar experiences of self-employment, precarity and constant competition. What joys and challenges can passion towards one’s work, be it in the arts or running a business, lead to? Who takes care of the local shopkeeper? We invite artists to build a dialogue with the community of the shopping center. Those artists proposing a collaboration will be connected with the local businesses by the festival team. The businesses can be the topic of the proposed work or possibly the space where the work is exhibited (this has to be agreed upon with the business in question together with the artists, business, and the festival team). The collaborations with local businesses compose a subsection of the open call. Artists are also able to propose their independent works to be exhibited in the empty spaces festival venue with their own topics and themes. <img width="6000" height="4000" width_o="6000" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/df3a6d5e621a99c50e7e4ed4bb7f3357df53859884e75d92c4e9ea600b2eaa1b/IMG_4091.JPG" data-mid="234287242" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/df3a6d5e621a99c50e7e4ed4bb7f3357df53859884e75d92c4e9ea600b2eaa1b/IMG_4091.JPG" /> pLEASE NOTE OPEN CALL EXTENDED&nbsp; Send by&nbsp;14th July 2025 23:59 RESIDENCY AND PRODUCTION The festival will take place 22.-24.8.2025. Final production and installation of the works will be carried out during the “Mall Residency" on-site at Easton Hansakäytävä 18.-21.8.2025. We offer a five-day residency at the venue for the artists to explore the shopping center and the area, engage the local community and meet the working group. The program includes workshops, conversations and curatorial support. During the Residency, the participants will have time to get to know one another and will receive technical and curatorial support from our festival team: young professionals working in different fields of artistic production. Project compensation Festival can provide a small 200€/project (tax included) compensation to the artists and working groups for the artistic work. Project materialsAFA also provides general communication, publicity, quality documentation and curatorial and limited technical support in Finnish and English language.&nbsp; At the moment we are not able to provide accommodation or travel expenses. The festival team will provide artists with: 👁 a 200 euro fee 👁 material support in installation 👁 logistical support 👁 curatorial support 👁 technical equipment (within reasonable demands) 👁 quality documentation of each work 👁 working spaces (with electricity and running water) 👁 storage spaces for materials and personal belongings 👁 space for resting and eating (with a kitchen) 👁 space for exhibiting their work HOW TO APPLY Go to the online application. Fill in the details. Upload the application materials. Documents/Materials checklist Write your project/artwork proposal (max 500 words). Please leave out all personal information of you or your working group so that the applications can be assessed anonymously. Supporting material for your project, for example sketches and technical needs in an ANONYMOUS PDF-document.&nbsp;Please leave out all personal information of you or your working group so that the applications can be assessed anonymously. Write a brief letter of motivation about why you want to participate in AFA festival 2025 (max 500 words). CV and/or Artist statement. 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The festival will follow the principles of a safe work environment. ART FOR ALL Art for All ry supports artists and art workers at the beginning of their career and offers a network of peer collaboration. With this mission in mind, the AFA Festival is a platform offering students and emerging talent across Finland visibility and an opportunity to grow. The Festival team puts into practice their knowledge and creativity as artists, technicians, communicators, photographers, curators, project managers, to bring the Festival to life. Art For All ry was started by students and alumni from the University of the Arts and Aalto University. The first edition of the AFA Festival took place at Malmi Airport Hangar in August 2021, the second on in Kaisaniemi Botanical gardens 2022, and the third in the residential buildings of Kalasatama neighborhood in 2023. END NOTES The event is open to all audiences and participants without costs. Feel free to contact us via email if you have any questions: artforallry@gmail.com https://artforall.fi/open-call-thresholds Sun, 09 Mar 2025 11:17:35 +0000 Art for All https://artforall.fi/open-call-thresholds OPEN /CALL AFA is organizing a group exhibition this spring and is looking for artworks and performances from the members of the community! If you are not a member yet you can apply for membership when submitting the open call application. The deadline for the open call is March 30th 23:59 Finnish time. <img width="6000" height="4000" width_o="6000" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/954093dc2d0cf39c49a6473eedec176868d5b7f0d91465ae5079aff35deee2aa/IMG_2616.JPG" data-mid="227905442" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/954093dc2d0cf39c49a6473eedec176868d5b7f0d91465ae5079aff35deee2aa/IMG_2616.JPG" /> Do you have artworks waiting to be exhibited or a performance you want to test out? AFA is organizing a group exhibition for its members 22.4.-26.4.2025. The exhibition fills the Infocenter Corona on the Helsinki University Viikki campus with art. The building embodies the futurism and optimism of the early 2000s “eco architecture” where glass, steel and technology were harnessed to combat environmental challenges and inspire new ways of living. The exhibition approaches the building as an “ecosystem machine” creating various micoclimates and habitats inside the structure. The venue includes an out of use commercial space, multiple greenhouses and public library spaces. The spaces invite thoughts and conversations about human-nature divide, liminal spaces and office work, education, research, knowledge production, environmental degradation and climate grief. The theme of the exhibition will be formulated based on the selected works. The exhibition opens on Tuesday April 22nd as part of the national garden days when the building is filled with public programme.&nbsp; The artists are selected via an open call. In the selection we emphasize the diversity of the artistic disciplines as well as how the works complement each other and form a dynamic compilation in the spaces. AFA is searching for finished artworks for the exhibition, and performances to be presented in the opening programme. AFA offers each participating artist: 👁 a 100 euro exhibition/performance fee 👁 material support in installation 👁 logistical support 👁 curatorial support 👁 technical equipment (within reasonable demands) 👁 quality documentation of each work NOT A MEMBER YET? The open call is open for all AFA members. The membership is 10 euros per year and free for art students who are members of TOKYO, TaiYo or TAO ry. You can apply to be a member of the association with the same form that is used for the open call applications. Membership offers you: 👁 possibility to participate in exhibitions and shows aimed for AFA members 👁 your shows, exhibitions and events highlighted in AFA’s social media channels 👁 free access to AFA’s events including festival opening and wrap up parties 👁 a coffee moment with the producer to strengthen your plans for exhibitions or art projects with AFA’s vast knowledge on funding, venues, production, comms and partnerships 👁 access to AFA’s network of artists and other professionals who you can collaborate with in your projects 👁 decision making power over the association 👁 long lasting friendships and peer support with other cool artists from various fields Open call&nbsp;starts 10th March 2025&nbsp; Send by30th March 2025 23:59 PRODUCTION The exhibition will take place on the&nbsp;22.-26.4. 2025. Final installation of the works will be carried out during the on-site in Viikki on the 22.4.2025. The artists will take part in the monitoring of the exhibition on one day. AFA will offer free vegan lunches during these days. Project timeline10.3. Open Call published 30.3. DL for the open call 7.4. Artists informed on the selection 9.4. The artists will provide the label texts for their artworks as well as the material for communication 22.4. Installation of the works 22.4. Exhibition opening as well as public programme 23.-26.4. Exhibition open to audiences during Infocenter’s opening hours (artists will monitor during one day) 26.4. Exhibition closing and dismantling of the works Exhibition / performance fee AFA provides a 100€/project exhibition fee to the artists and working groups presenting their work. For performance artists the fee compensates one performance as part of the exhibition opening programme. The fee can only be paid with an invoice. Project materialsAFA also provides general communication, publicity, quality documentation and curatorial and limited technical support in Finnish and English language (engagement with the theme, artworks arrangement and exhibition texts). At the moment we are not able to provide accommodation or travel expenses. AFA will provide artists with: space for exhibiting their work storage spaces for materials and personal belongingslogistical support if neededinstallation equipment and material (fishing line, wire, basic tools etc.)a limited selection of exhibition structures such as podiums and poster standsPA-system and microphones for performancesTechnical equipment such as projectors, speakers etc. within reasonable demands HOW TO APPLY Go to the online application. Fill in the details. Upload the application materials. Documents/Materials checklist Write a brief description of the artwork or perfoemance.&nbsp; Provide more information regarding the artworks or perfomance and their technical requirements in an anonymous PDF document, including supporting material like drafts, sketches, images, etc. SEND YOUR APPLICATION! <img width="4000" height="6000" width_o="4000" height_o="6000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3d9b5923abf10ea99357b511dab657711b1f8a787284826adb9f9d3952592f40/IMG_2612.JPG" data-mid="227906184" border="0" data-scale="31" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3d9b5923abf10ea99357b511dab657711b1f8a787284826adb9f9d3952592f40/IMG_2612.JPG" /> Drag to move/Click to zoom <img width="4000" height="6000" width_o="4000" height_o="6000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/13ba8e4a334c0a4820b7453d95cfeb381c9db8317fab024210062348d1e7e415/IMG_2513.JPG" data-mid="227906196" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/13ba8e4a334c0a4820b7453d95cfeb381c9db8317fab024210062348d1e7e415/IMG_2513.JPG" /> <img width="4000" height="6000" width_o="4000" height_o="6000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ba80dbb64e07991154c0c4c295877621b2065a238b8e063286b10c2d5ba51877/IMG_2498.JPG" data-mid="227906194" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ba80dbb64e07991154c0c4c295877621b2065a238b8e063286b10c2d5ba51877/IMG_2498.JPG" /> <img width="4000" height="6000" width_o="4000" height_o="6000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2ffb3ec20c5a64087401b5087f64fbef76621585b33272026ffc92755b424c67/IMG_2604.JPG" data-mid="227906183" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2ffb3ec20c5a64087401b5087f64fbef76621585b33272026ffc92755b424c67/IMG_2604.JPG" /> <img width="4000" height="6000" width_o="4000" height_o="6000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5916e7f082b06d42120e5e37736e919060d45af7950d951e5a97a5df3ea114d1/IMG_2627.JPG" data-mid="227906187" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5916e7f082b06d42120e5e37736e919060d45af7950d951e5a97a5df3ea114d1/IMG_2627.JPG" /> <img width="6000" height="4000" width_o="6000" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d692c91cfd370b8ceef7718a978263eedefde79b52fad46f9dd6460aaf1a5e70/IMG_2599.JPG" data-mid="227906182" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d692c91cfd370b8ceef7718a978263eedefde79b52fad46f9dd6460aaf1a5e70/IMG_2599.JPG" /> <img width="4000" height="6000" width_o="4000" height_o="6000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ac724af8bfa897e349a3b54fd8b7a83ff1687fb1675911548f72495e63da3e51/IMG_2646.JPG" data-mid="227906188" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ac724af8bfa897e349a3b54fd8b7a83ff1687fb1675911548f72495e63da3e51/IMG_2646.JPG" /> <img width="4000" height="6000" width_o="4000" height_o="6000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/90f120f13843db07042da841babd5f0bd8cbc0c94dd12e58ffd0b3f9ce87402b/IMG_2618.JPG" data-mid="227906186" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/90f120f13843db07042da841babd5f0bd8cbc0c94dd12e58ffd0b3f9ce87402b/IMG_2618.JPG" /> <img width="3921" height="5882" width_o="3921" height_o="5882" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/521de3806abbc9ad393801d802d05ad2447844d14ca5ff80cca4818829215758/IMG_2547.JPG" data-mid="227906198" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/521de3806abbc9ad393801d802d05ad2447844d14ca5ff80cca4818829215758/IMG_2547.JPG" /> <img width="6000" height="4000" width_o="6000" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/05364bf4060f50ec8ef30f8d395325447ed30c2a7b635d7a340643b9cd7c9396/IMG_2542.JPG" data-mid="227906197" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/05364bf4060f50ec8ef30f8d395325447ed30c2a7b635d7a340643b9cd7c9396/IMG_2542.JPG" /> <img width="6000" height="4000" width_o="6000" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6dffc7f18e1dd9c62ce46272ddb3cee34814851790baac5f61fe13c9bdcd5b39/IMG_2496.JPG" data-mid="227906193" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6dffc7f18e1dd9c62ce46272ddb3cee34814851790baac5f61fe13c9bdcd5b39/IMG_2496.JPG" /> <img width="6000" height="4000" width_o="6000" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c4102049339ffc017d6151a93b0a8a6a08a330730f3916dbedb441957ea1360b/IMG_2511.JPG" data-mid="227906195" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c4102049339ffc017d6151a93b0a8a6a08a330730f3916dbedb441957ea1360b/IMG_2511.JPG" /> <img width="4000" height="6000" width_o="4000" height_o="6000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/94a85e165135baf8976a5342ec168d128b200050d7bf898fd6736d1faea5457d/IMG_2658.JPG" data-mid="227906191" border="0" data-scale="31" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/94a85e165135baf8976a5342ec168d128b200050d7bf898fd6736d1faea5457d/IMG_2658.JPG" /> SAFE SPACE Art for All is committed to safer space guidelines. The production will follow the principles of a safe work environment. ART FOR ALL Art for All ry supports artists and art workers at the beginning of their career and offers a network of peer collaboration. With this mission in mind, the AFA Festival is a platform offering students and emerging talent across Finland visibility and an opportunity to grow. The Festival team puts into practice their knowledge and creativity as artists, technicians, communicators, photographers, curators, project managers, to bring the Festival to life. Art For All ry was started by students and alumni from the University of the Arts and Aalto University. The first edition of the AFA Festival took place at Malmi Airport Hangar in August 2021, the second on in Kaisaniemi Botanical gardens 2022, and the third in the residential buildings of Kalasatama neighborhood. END NOTES The event is open to all audiences and participants without costs. Feel free to contact us via email if you have any questions: artforallry@gmail.com https://artforall.fi/venue Mon, 16 May 2022 08:06:08 +0000 Art for All https://artforall.fi/venue EASTON /HANSAKÄYTÄVÄ The Art For All Festival will take over the shopping center Easton Hansakäytävä! The 2025 edition will be located in the empty spaces of the shopping center. We are looking for a diverse combination of works from different disciplines to interact with the spaces. At the application phase you do not have to propose your work in a specific space. The curators will draft a proposal of the placement based on each selected artwork. If you have any questions about the spaces feel free to contact us via email:&nbsp;artforallry(at)gmail.com Each space has its own characteristics. Scroll down to discover more! 2nd FLoor “mall” <img width="7016" height="7016" width_o="7016" height_o="7016" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ff7d052ab824bea29e5c4dc56a67a66de3f0286be7cc7da01a0c511602eeceaa/AFA-tilat-2.-krs.jpg" data-mid="234286043" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ff7d052ab824bea29e5c4dc56a67a66de3f0286be7cc7da01a0c511602eeceaa/AFA-tilat-2.-krs.jpg" /> <img width="6000" height="4000" width_o="6000" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/08d3bc9d0fa8c3126aec2fb5831564062428161f775ddb498b3258e56484de83/IMG_4091.JPG" data-mid="234286039" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/08d3bc9d0fa8c3126aec2fb5831564062428161f775ddb498b3258e56484de83/IMG_4091.JPG" /> The festival will take place partly in the 2nd floor “Mall” next to the other commercial spaces of the shopping center. The opening night programme will take place at the “Stage”. Located in the central lobby, behind the spiral staircase, the stage will gather audiences to experience music and performances. Click on image to zoom, right-click to download. STAGE Stage is an open space in the central lobby of the shopping center. We are looking for performances ranging from dance to music as part of the festival opening programme. The stage is approximately 98 square meters in size. <img width="4000" height="6000" width_o="4000" height_o="6000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/56374d4d448e81a3764e7975d9bc694a65713e267ec8689195cc121c7ce9bd19/IMG_3916.JPG" data-mid="234286046" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/56374d4d448e81a3764e7975d9bc694a65713e267ec8689195cc121c7ce9bd19/IMG_3916.JPG" /> <img width="6000" height="4000" width_o="6000" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/580f1de4a66e76bd75edea624472b023c44a8959ee5a4642700d92b65346b6e2/IMG_4076.JPG" data-mid="234286037" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/580f1de4a66e76bd75edea624472b023c44a8959ee5a4642700d92b65346b6e2/IMG_4076.JPG" /> <img width="6000" height="4000" width_o="6000" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/29c2c6dd8d62e611a504ff2d0369d5dd12d3d9829e4185a54e2c79d61b338455/IMG_4012.JPG" data-mid="234286064" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/29c2c6dd8d62e611a504ff2d0369d5dd12d3d9829e4185a54e2c79d61b338455/IMG_4012.JPG" /> <img width="6000" height="4000" width_o="6000" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bf631f93bcbd75c9cf65fd86e9783013ed026108c4dcae5cfb3d0dcccfc0240c/IMG_4005.JPG" data-mid="234286063" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/bf631f93bcbd75c9cf65fd86e9783013ed026108c4dcae5cfb3d0dcccfc0240c/IMG_4005.JPG" /> <img width="6000" height="4000" width_o="6000" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ab2bf8836f62096ac4ff243ce38a6d8da68d6a68e1b1f91a62a68e2c23fce7a1/IMG_3912.JPG" data-mid="234286045" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ab2bf8836f62096ac4ff243ce38a6d8da68d6a68e1b1f91a62a68e2c23fce7a1/IMG_3912.JPG" /> Staircase The Staircase is located behind the Stage. It is a closed room dominated by a staircase descending to the street level. It used to be an entrance to the shopping center that has since been closed. The space is relatively dark and suitable for example for light art or projections. The artworks should consider questions of accessibility when planning how the audience will experience the work. <img width="4000" height="6000" width_o="4000" height_o="6000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/adb841a54a891150a1167323ce1afd711443b86c1cb319d50d90a815971005e6/IMG_4070.JPG" data-mid="234286036" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/adb841a54a891150a1167323ce1afd711443b86c1cb319d50d90a815971005e6/IMG_4070.JPG" /> <img width="6000" height="4000" width_o="6000" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/082b09db67f78b8ca38fa9f00f86b19df8af315e9b87b1a9901e6ff40c44876e/IMG_4074.JPG" data-mid="234286071" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/082b09db67f78b8ca38fa9f00f86b19df8af315e9b87b1a9901e6ff40c44876e/IMG_4074.JPG" /> shop Shop is a currently vacant commercial&nbsp; space located in the Mall next to the staircase descending to Puuilo on the street level. The shop is centrally located with many people passing by. The space is 58 square meters in size and equipped with a restroom. The space has glass walls facing the Mall and windows to the outdoors. <img width="6000" height="4000" width_o="6000" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0020ed7222626064ac01ab9d4e6f5523c33ca3f33c8d7b5f84cf5488f4fdc301/IMG_4080.JPG" data-mid="234286038" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0020ed7222626064ac01ab9d4e6f5523c33ca3f33c8d7b5f84cf5488f4fdc301/IMG_4080.JPG" /> <img width="6000" height="4000" width_o="6000" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6e73c93017b6d799349e9768c2b7e07e169bcf386aae79b98384ac74a7834f98/IMG_4083.JPG" data-mid="234286072" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6e73c93017b6d799349e9768c2b7e07e169bcf386aae79b98384ac74a7834f98/IMG_4083.JPG" /> 3rd floor “Gallery” <img width="7016" height="7016" width_o="7016" height_o="7016" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1481332eae6dc142b085c300d924117f4a8854925b38dd053906cb6771e6a03e/AFA-tilat-3.-krs.jpg" data-mid="234286044" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1481332eae6dc142b085c300d924117f4a8854925b38dd053906cb6771e6a03e/AFA-tilat-3.-krs.jpg" /> <img width="6000" height="4000" width_o="6000" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/32dc083a8bf40835da42bd47e473881a7af799aa349be40a4abfb257910e1d79/IMG_4029.JPG" data-mid="234286088" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/32dc083a8bf40835da42bd47e473881a7af799aa349be40a4abfb257910e1d79/IMG_4029.JPG" /> The festival will take place partly in the 3rd floor “Gallery”. The spaces are located on a loft/mezzanine that opens to the “Mall” below. The Gallery can be accessed via the spiral staircase located in the central lobby. There are additionally two stairwells with elevators leading to the 3rd floor. The 3rd floor has three vacant office spaces that will be used in the festival exhibition. Click on image to zoom, right-click to download. Office 1 Office 1 is located next to the driving school on the 3rd floor. The space is 30 square meters in size and is equipped with a restroom and a small storage room. The office is square in shaped space with glass walls opening to the Gallery. The space does not have windows to the outdoors. <img width="6000" height="4000" width_o="6000" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/706aafc62d1f633b2cb3a2dd878722d3fb5b32bfacf1f848e34ce42cc1101b64/IMG_3942.JPG" data-mid="234286051" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/706aafc62d1f633b2cb3a2dd878722d3fb5b32bfacf1f848e34ce42cc1101b64/IMG_3942.JPG" /> <img width="6000" height="4000" width_o="6000" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c6c0f39875e852d89ef0984d4d58360b98f7abaf42f267c07bbf4ce8abea379d/IMG_3935.JPG" data-mid="234286049" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c6c0f39875e852d89ef0984d4d58360b98f7abaf42f267c07bbf4ce8abea379d/IMG_3935.JPG" /> <img width="6000" height="4000" width_o="6000" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7577db7a31c30cfb1b6b783fff2b9b6198cf5bdce4ffdcf82e6d0a28b4cf103c/IMG_4033.JPG" data-mid="234286067" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7577db7a31c30cfb1b6b783fff2b9b6198cf5bdce4ffdcf82e6d0a28b4cf103c/IMG_4033.JPG" /> <img width="6000" height="4000" width_o="6000" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9299538eecc4e870326a9725aa3792ce21ccc261634bef3963b9cb07a730734b/IMG_3922.JPG" data-mid="234286047" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9299538eecc4e870326a9725aa3792ce21ccc261634bef3963b9cb07a730734b/IMG_3922.JPG" /> office 2 Office 2 is located in the north corner of the Gallery. The space is 34 square meters in size and equipped with a restroom and small kitchenette. The office is rectangular in shape and has three windows to the outdoors. <img width="6000" height="4000" width_o="6000" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6a7819cb3eaf24fa85dfc5c592acf3698b04d236ed1d3e822928f55dfab197e4/IMG_3958.JPG" data-mid="234286056" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6a7819cb3eaf24fa85dfc5c592acf3698b04d236ed1d3e822928f55dfab197e4/IMG_3958.JPG" /> <img width="6000" height="4000" width_o="6000" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9f1088d4149533f3d56f457f714d6561d81a180f7af5d3b29e405dbdcf66652e/IMG_3954.JPG" data-mid="234286055" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9f1088d4149533f3d56f457f714d6561d81a180f7af5d3b29e405dbdcf66652e/IMG_3954.JPG" /> <img width="6000" height="4000" width_o="6000" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/df8dcf048e677d4790f8eb215c0673df2749cd81db6ff213607305538cdbb9da/IMG_3952.JPG" data-mid="234286054" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/df8dcf048e677d4790f8eb215c0673df2749cd81db6ff213607305538cdbb9da/IMG_3952.JPG" /> office 3 Office 3 is located next to Office 2. The space is 56 square meters in size and equipped with a restroom and small kitchenette. The office is divided into three separate rooms connected by a narrow corridor with a dimmed glass wall on the Gallery side. All rooms have windows to the outdoors. <img width="4000" height="6000" width_o="4000" height_o="6000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/058b7f7f65e78a0baf33f638d8a434bdef5ada256dc9bea289f7b849bd811241/IMG_3966.JPG" data-mid="234286057" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/058b7f7f65e78a0baf33f638d8a434bdef5ada256dc9bea289f7b849bd811241/IMG_3966.JPG" /> <img width="4000" height="6000" width_o="4000" height_o="6000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/32a1ee4552a5a167479fdc39d5e7ba00092d6b13a9090aa5e906d13a90c94058/IMG_3977.JPG" data-mid="234286059" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/32a1ee4552a5a167479fdc39d5e7ba00092d6b13a9090aa5e906d13a90c94058/IMG_3977.JPG" /> <img width="4000" height="6000" width_o="4000" height_o="6000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bc882cbf42330713db17543fd12de6ac08321eed9a5ba43fb71a3fc655751c69/IMG_3971.JPG" data-mid="234286058" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/bc882cbf42330713db17543fd12de6ac08321eed9a5ba43fb71a3fc655751c69/IMG_3971.JPG" /> galleryThe Gallery itself can be used to exhibit works during the festival. The walls of the space are suited for 2D works of visual art. The works can be installed with nails or hooks connected to the wall directly or with seams suspended from the ceiling. The Gallery is connected by small “bridges” containing technical equipment. The bridges can be used to exhibit for example small sculptures or installations that can be viewed from the Gallery. The roof trusses supporting the skylight can be used to suspend installations from the ceiling. The technical feasibility of the installations will have to be confirmed with the shopping center staff, but the structures should be able to support light materials, for example textile installations. The Gallery is publicly accessible within the shopping center opening hours and the festival cannot provide monitoring of the works during the whole time the building is open. The works exhibited in the Gallery should be such that they can be dismounted from the wall and taken behind locked doors outside the festival opening hours. Or the works have to be such that they can be left publicly accessible without monitoring with the artist's own responsibility. The festival does not insure the artworks. The other spaces except the Gallery and the Stage can be locked outside the festival opening hours. All works are monitored by the festival staff during the festival opening hours. <img width="4000" height="6000" width_o="4000" height_o="6000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/60350d6f4674d1d36b12dd26db5fa78842008823b142ecfdb39f78658dfd1d8d/IMG_4037.JPG" data-mid="234286068" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/60350d6f4674d1d36b12dd26db5fa78842008823b142ecfdb39f78658dfd1d8d/IMG_4037.JPG" /> <img width="6000" height="4000" width_o="6000" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bf631f93bcbd75c9cf65fd86e9783013ed026108c4dcae5cfb3d0dcccfc0240c/IMG_4005.JPG" data-mid="234286063" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/bf631f93bcbd75c9cf65fd86e9783013ed026108c4dcae5cfb3d0dcccfc0240c/IMG_4005.JPG" /> <img width="6000" height="4000" width_o="6000" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/634afcf9b8e4b67aca384d2d677926da7da51d59139f2fc8476ea5c45c7f7147/IMG_3980.JPG" data-mid="234286061" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/634afcf9b8e4b67aca384d2d677926da7da51d59139f2fc8476ea5c45c7f7147/IMG_3980.JPG" /> <img width="6000" height="4000" width_o="6000" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1305a59530ec4ab0e0c5563b8a90523b46e7b48705bfaa976c68c54b5f7a7bf5/IMG_4047.JPG" data-mid="234286096" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1305a59530ec4ab0e0c5563b8a90523b46e7b48705bfaa976c68c54b5f7a7bf5/IMG_4047.JPG" /> <img width="6000" height="4000" width_o="6000" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/27cfb22316d1999f20eddad19e14408fd43f090eeabd544d39f9cf892b02a1f3/IMG_4040.JPG" data-mid="234286034" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/27cfb22316d1999f20eddad19e14408fd43f090eeabd544d39f9cf892b02a1f3/IMG_4040.JPG" /> <img width="4000" height="6000" width_o="4000" height_o="6000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/60fe97b292e45be8cb96867b026acdf7c89b13b9de8ae0cee87e6f747b55f51f/IMG_4068.JPG" data-mid="234286035" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/60fe97b292e45be8cb96867b026acdf7c89b13b9de8ae0cee87e6f747b55f51f/IMG_4068.JPG" /> https://artforall.fi/afa-events Tue, 09 May 2023 21:04:38 +0000 Art for All https://artforall.fi/afa-events ABOUT /AFA Art For All ry is a community of artists promoting cross artistic collaboration. The association is a platform for emerging professionals from various fields. Art For All (AFA for short) has been born out of a need for a more inclusive community in the field of art, providing peer support and encouraging collaboration instead of competition. By sharing knowledge and resources Art For All has brought together over 70 association members and hosted two art festivals featuring over thirty artists and performers. The mission of the association is to lift up new voices in the field of art and promote the accessibility of art and culture. Art For All wants to open the enjoyment of art to a broader audience and especially reach those who are not high consumers of culture. The community works on its mission through an annual cross-artistic Art For All Festival. The festival lifts up artists in the beginning of their careers through an anonymous open call. The festival is site specific, every year changing its location to new unusual places to exhibit art. The festival themes emerge from the venue and the partners that the festival is collaborating with. Art For All collaborates with partners from all sectors of society, not only arts and culture. This is visible in the research based approach of the festival whereby by learning from experts from various disciplines the projects aim to create tangible societal impact. In addition to the festival, Art For All organizes activity and events for its members and smaller projects as part of its artistic activity. You can find the earlier AFA projects on this page. <img width="2234" height="1537" width_o="2234" height_o="1537" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2d64311534f4edd0286616944d0ba4bf4978acf4469b3ce66295d5714e2005f6/3f.jpg" data-mid="178952186" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2d64311534f4edd0286616944d0ba4bf4978acf4469b3ce66295d5714e2005f6/3f.jpg" /> AFA/FESTIVAL 2023The 2023 edition of the festival revolved around the theme Invitation. The festival reflected on the meaning of home and the social interactions related to everyday environments. It explored the urban space of Kalasatama as a place of complex relationships to our surroundings, neighbors, plants, and others.. <img width="1200" height="786" width_o="1200" height_o="786" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e55c6dfe11d9519daa7c4ab4ad0cacd3057a96a70b72ec52da51980cfdccc059/ven-1.jpg" data-mid="193253576" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e55c6dfe11d9519daa7c4ab4ad0cacd3057a96a70b72ec52da51980cfdccc059/ven-1.jpg" /> •• READ MORE •• EMERGING /REALITIES The two-day event featured installations, performances, and artworks revolving around the theme of emergence. The exhibition explored human experiences in relation to the world and others. From underneath the surface of the visible, multiple perspectives and imaginary worlds emanate: wandering from the subliminal to the tangible, from the depths of life and consciousness to embodied realities. The event opens a social space for contemplations, connections, and reflection. <img width="2048" height="1365" width_o="2048" height_o="1365" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/419eb7ea5cbb4af2c4a7d28a55cba9842658d285a303484be6a9b53c31c32b50/afa-artparty--14.jpg" data-mid="178575696" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/419eb7ea5cbb4af2c4a7d28a55cba9842658d285a303484be6a9b53c31c32b50/afa-artparty--14.jpg" /> •• READ MORE •• AFA /FESTIVAL 2022 Art For All -festival 2022 took place in Kaisaniemi Botanical Garden 26.-28.8.2022. Festivaal’s theme UNDER-GROUND explored soil as a model for multispecies co-existence. The artists were supported in their work by researchers from the garden and the University of Helsinki. <img width="1868" height="1240" width_o="1868" height_o="1240" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/77a8aa63d7f2b2d548eccba2097a1fdca4513b839cae35de61f336d480264f63/afa-k--11.jpg" data-mid="178248679" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/77a8aa63d7f2b2d548eccba2097a1fdca4513b839cae35de61f336d480264f63/afa-k--11.jpg" /> •• READ MORE •• AFA /FESTIVAL 2021 Art For All -festival 2021 took place in the Malmi airport hangar 20.-21.8.2021. The festival’s theme Invisible Connection explored coming together after the pandemic. The pieces studied the connections between people, cultures and other species. <img width="901" height="601" width_o="901" height_o="601" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d39bdca74c3901625afb1685741a59b7029c6f3a5557cbd9011b4226e0c0ac0b/aboutafa-header-02.png" data-mid="178248687" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/901/i/d39bdca74c3901625afb1685741a59b7029c6f3a5557cbd9011b4226e0c0ac0b/aboutafa-header-02.png" /> •• READ MORE •• https://artforall.fi/afafest-23 Tue, 10 Oct 2023 13:25:14 +0000 Art for All https://artforall.fi/afafest-23 ART /FOR /ALL FESTIVAL 2023 Art For All Festival 2023 took place in the Kalasatama neighborhood in Helsinki, filling the everyday environments with art. The event presented emerging artists from different disciplines going from performances, to food art and textile works. KUTSU | INVITATION <img width="2000" height="3000" width_o="2000" height_o="3000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/375047b8be610d0272086a5b595a2cde434219baa103b03aaaaf57f8b238ca72/AFA2023-13.jpg" data-mid="193483169" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/375047b8be610d0272086a5b595a2cde434219baa103b03aaaaf57f8b238ca72/AFA2023-13.jpg" /> <img width="3456" height="5184" width_o="3456" height_o="5184" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ec1ae5549e425a62069ce4181f2659c89228dfab762cb96914264985dcca87a3/IMG_9071.jpg" data-mid="193483172" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ec1ae5549e425a62069ce4181f2659c89228dfab762cb96914264985dcca87a3/IMG_9071.jpg" /> <img width="2048" height="1342" width_o="2048" height_o="1342" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/aa368e1b3427e581277bff5ac722fda06fd62dbbb05abd6155675f0c68fb420c/36-IMG_8840.jpg" data-mid="193483166" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/aa368e1b3427e581277bff5ac722fda06fd62dbbb05abd6155675f0c68fb420c/36-IMG_8840.jpg" /> <img width="1365" height="2048" width_o="1365" height_o="2048" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6ca2d5177e279b2eba5867ca068af5a246e69d6ec8fcd11c78e8737a032143c7/35-IMG_8849.jpg" data-mid="193483165" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6ca2d5177e279b2eba5867ca068af5a246e69d6ec8fcd11c78e8737a032143c7/35-IMG_8849.jpg" /> <img width="3000" height="2000" width_o="3000" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4e1852b50c5d4ba2a546eade43e24f4410252814fbe2ebf216111707940d7af6/AFA2023-104.jpg" data-mid="193483171" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4e1852b50c5d4ba2a546eade43e24f4410252814fbe2ebf216111707940d7af6/AFA2023-104.jpg" /> The 2023 edition of the festival revolved around the theme Invitation. The festival reflected on the meaning of home and the social interactions related to everyday environments. It explored the urban space of Kalasatama as a place of complex relationships to our surroundings, neighbors, plants, and others. The theme evolved in contact with the Kalasatama area, its inhabitants, and the artists during the Residency and workshops. The works invited the public to participate in various performances, to meet the artists over shared meals and teas, and to follow the stories of those encounters. The artists’ did research on and thought about the role and importance of home; a clean and intimate space, its colours and tastes. They took a closer look at the concept of ownership and human interactions within and outside that space. Sometimes it is absent and even considered a wasteland. The selected artists explore the theme through multidisciplinary installations, growing and living artworks, dance, music, sound, participatory and site specific performances and textile pieces. <img width="3000" height="2000" width_o="3000" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e3794e4f8669d94c5a0f366300048033f4f7576e072e9083f5efba41c846112b/AFA2023--0820--soup-1.jpg" data-mid="193483167" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e3794e4f8669d94c5a0f366300048033f4f7576e072e9083f5efba41c846112b/AFA2023--0820--soup-1.jpg" /> <img width="3000" height="2000" width_o="3000" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0277d93bab9b2aedf21a69753c5ca60e3fc96015d67bb2255ace09a1c9aff47b/AFA2023--0820--soup-11.jpg" data-mid="193483168" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0277d93bab9b2aedf21a69753c5ca60e3fc96015d67bb2255ace09a1c9aff47b/AFA2023--0820--soup-11.jpg" /> The festival was preceded by a week-long “neighborhood residency” where the artists build up their work in a cross-artistic environment and interact with the local residents. During the residency the artists will discuss the themes with researchers from various fields as well as with veteran artists from the Artist House Ars Longa. The festival was a mix between an open doors day, a block party and a gathering among neighbors and strangers. The event was organized in collaboration with HEKA Oy, Setlementtiasunnot, NAL-asunnot and the Artist House Ars Longa. The festival has been planned together with the local residents who opened their semi-private everyday environments for visitors to experience. MEET THE ARTISTS Kulminaatio ︎ ︎ &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; ︎ Elham 2023, dance, spoken word, music and digital sound design <img width="1365" height="2048" width_o="1365" height_o="2048" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/94a2fc5f0e8d331d22a87eb5ef6b87d5141311024f859632a2fd15870c8c0ac9/afa-site-23-01.jpg" data-mid="193486208" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/94a2fc5f0e8d331d22a87eb5ef6b87d5141311024f859632a2fd15870c8c0ac9/afa-site-23-01.jpg" /> <img width="2048" height="1365" width_o="2048" height_o="1365" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ef06a7a360ab643b6da615c5923cd03b3f16793344a55767d8348360c100e1fe/afa-site-23-02.jpg" data-mid="193486209" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ef06a7a360ab643b6da615c5923cd03b3f16793344a55767d8348360c100e1fe/afa-site-23-02.jpg" /> Elham is a modern dance piece that tells a story of poverty, exclusion and womanhood in Finnish society. It explores the cycles that emerge in a life of material scarcity. What does deficiency feel like on our skin? Who are we when we have nothing? The choreography of the piece presents intangible phases that incarcerate the self when basic necessities are not met. It contemplates the boundaries that need to be broken so that the light of the thing we call “normal” can shed in. As growth is an intrinsic part of human life, the piece is about detaching from those vicious patterns of survival by admitting how dependent we are on other people. Kulminaatio is an art collective based in Helsinki. The collective consists of multidisciplinary artists from modern dance, music, digital sound design, costume design and visual arts backgrounds. Their first production Sokea Piste was performed in Espoo in August 2021 and second one, Emma &amp; Elham in Helsinki in June 2022. Kulminaatio takes initiative to shed light on the blind spots of today’s society. For their work on using artistic methods to create dialogue they have been nominated for the Finnish Act for Dialogue 2022 -award and Ashoka Nordic’s Young Changemaker of the Year -programme. Francesca Bogani Amadori and Henry Lämsä ︎&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;︎ Can home be a wasteland? Can a wasteland be home? 2023, visuals, soundscape, and mixed media installation <img width="1365" height="2048" width_o="1365" height_o="2048" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b11ebd5e7f901784826753d134a04ed0e0bf636405a1d6ae28e21975804207ef/afa-site-23-03.jpg" data-mid="193486210" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b11ebd5e7f901784826753d134a04ed0e0bf636405a1d6ae28e21975804207ef/afa-site-23-03.jpg" /> <img width="2048" height="1365" width_o="2048" height_o="1365" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/41b94415457223ba8b4dc5b06738d7ddccdf92c74d2bd7028f26d12ffa36030b/afa-site-23-04.jpg" data-mid="193486211" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/41b94415457223ba8b4dc5b06738d7ddccdf92c74d2bd7028f26d12ffa36030b/afa-site-23-04.jpg" /> This work reflects on patterns of behavior in intimate, public, and liminal spaces in relation to the fast urbanization and the appearance of categorically defined places in the cityscape. By observing ways of being in various spaces we explore the notion of home as well as the forms we create home-ness outside the private, privatized, and defined spaces we inhabit. In wastelands, we find home, by finding comfort in the undefined and acknowledging the openness for a collective of stories to happen. The installation seeks to open up questions about the over-expanding urbanization and its effects on the ways of being within the structured - mostly imposed - narratives that come with the development of defined spaces. Driven by the in-between spaces the project invites the audience to inhabit the installation, exploring it as a landscape, interacting and rearranging it to open up the possibilities of being in the space beyond transitory roles. Francesca Bogani Amadori (Lima, 1990) is an interdisciplinary artist based in Helsinki. Their work revolves around power dynamics and the shifting identities and agencies within them. Through mapping, walking, and active listening practice they delve into memory, embodied knowledge, and non-linear experience(s) to promote multiple narratives and other forms of knowledge production. Their work unfolds in the form of audiovisual installations, performances, soundscapes, sound maps, and different forms of texts. Currently, they are finishing their MA studies in New Media at Aalto University. Henry Lämsä (Finland, 1987) is a designer and media artist currently based in Helsinki. He works with themes like identity, consciousness, borders (geographical and metaphorical), and all the ways humans define and control nature and its resources. He has a BA in Cinematography and is currently finishing his MA studies in New Media Design at Aalto University. Nagisa Mizuno︎ Eco Emotional Footprint2023, Mixed media installation and performance <img width="1365" height="2048" width_o="1365" height_o="2048" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1dd8bf661f78dc88a2b0fd12feb19cdbf55b91773a25ead012b4a296fd0bbb6e/afa-site-23-05.jpg" data-mid="193486212" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1dd8bf661f78dc88a2b0fd12feb19cdbf55b91773a25ead012b4a296fd0bbb6e/afa-site-23-05.jpg" /> <img width="2048" height="1365" width_o="2048" height_o="1365" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/52b5a478865517e39c9021037932e8bfc9bf10ee22dff8d57e01a61052463098/afa-site-23-06.jpg" data-mid="193486213" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/52b5a478865517e39c9021037932e8bfc9bf10ee22dff8d57e01a61052463098/afa-site-23-06.jpg" /> Through a daily practice of dyeing fabric with natural materials, the artist unveils hidden colours from Otaniemi that transcend beyond sight. She would like to invite participants to a tea party where she serves wild herbal teas sourced from Otaniemi. By manifesting landscapes in the form of the teas, she seeks to establish a profound connection between her body and the surrounding environment. You are welcome to join this multisensory moment to recreate and explore anew the landscape within yourself. Can colours be experienced even in darkness or with closed eyes? What hues and melodies can you hear from this tea house? Nagisa Mizuno is an interdisciplinary artist from Japan. She is pursuing her MFA in the Global Art Practice programme at Tokyo University of the Arts, and is currently studying at Aalto University as an exchange programme. After majoring in International Development for her BA and working as a coordinator for international security issues at the Ministry of Defense in Japan, Mizuno changed her focus to more interpersonal issues. Her work incorporates an act of eating food to probe the ways in which we care about ourselves, others, and the surrounding environment. Through her art practice, she aims to create intertwined spaces of ‘fermentation’ in a playful way. Zina Marpegan ︎ Disgust as a home2023, 3D-printed food, fungus <img width="1365" height="2048" width_o="1365" height_o="2048" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7ba05ff2f8934bbdf948833e6c88f2ca94d02ab8a76476dbee043c3e7dd2e563/afa-site-23-08.jpg" data-mid="193486215" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7ba05ff2f8934bbdf948833e6c88f2ca94d02ab8a76476dbee043c3e7dd2e563/afa-site-23-08.jpg" /> <img width="2048" height="1365" width_o="2048" height_o="1365" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/721153639b08b16fb267accd37ed4c7fbe67f08380e9d171481960c6beb32613/afa-site-23-07.jpg" data-mid="193486214" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/721153639b08b16fb267accd37ed4c7fbe67f08380e9d171481960c6beb32613/afa-site-23-07.jpg" /> A collaboration between 3 different actors: Human, Fungi and Computer. Each one has re-processed the product without having pure control over it.This landscape of alien familiarites started by human-made 3d objects which were then interpreted by a food 3d printer. The human then arranged the prints and left them alone. This is when the fungi took over, processing what the computer, machine and human had created, and made it it’s home. One might look at this piece with a disgust that reminds us of that forgotten apple in the corner of a kitchen. But, if we try to look at the fungi expanding over these structures in this different context one might find curiosity and beauty. The artist invites you to inspire yourself with this landscape and think what kind of world it would be.Zina Marpegan is an Argentinian artist and designer based in Finland. Often working with the complexity/simplicity of contradicting emotions in varying formats. They are currently finishing their Bachelor’s of Design at Aalto university and pursuing a Master’s in Visual Communication Design at the same institution. Leena Pylkkö︎ Kotisiivous Huisku / Hemstäd Vippan/ Cleaning Service Dust &amp; Spray2023, interactive performance <img width="2048" height="1365" width_o="2048" height_o="1365" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/019b47b7d6332744880c6339bfbe500bcd3ecb121193866a2d45efbbfde52d1e/afa-site-23-10.jpg" data-mid="193486217" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/019b47b7d6332744880c6339bfbe500bcd3ecb121193866a2d45efbbfde52d1e/afa-site-23-10.jpg" /> <img width="2048" height="1365" width_o="2048" height_o="1365" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/411951404b44a526f4bb3af5bc5109dbd794f8ac7eddba96e9bb5a0b1dd13a0f/afa-site-23-09.jpg" data-mid="193486216" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/411951404b44a526f4bb3af5bc5109dbd794f8ac7eddba96e9bb5a0b1dd13a0f/afa-site-23-09.jpg" /> Cleaning a person's home is a kind of dialogue between the cleaner and the customer. While cleaning seniors' homes, I have strongly experienced how company and conversation are almost more important than cleaning. Cleaning has thus this spiritual side, which I have highlighted in my previous artistic performances related to cleaning. My artwork in Kalasatama is a process in which I set up an office for a small cleaning firm, offering home cleaning to customers living in Kalasatama. I first receive customers and interview them about their cleaning needs and what they think about their home. 3 homes will be drawn from among the applicants, they will receive a real home cleaning from me for free. After all, I'm also a professional cleaner, and I've done private cleaning for many years in very different homes. I ask the client what they think about having someone come clean for them right away. For example, does the customer feel the need to go and tidy up a bit first, so that the cleaner can come? Is someone ashamed of their home and if they are why? Leena Pylkkö is a visual and performance artist based in the small archipelago municipality of Taivassalo. She studied sculpture in the Academy of Fine Arts in Helsinki and graduated with a Diplom from the Freie Kunst from the Muthesius Academy of Fine Arts in Germany. She has held numerous solo exhibitions with her naivistic clay figures and participated in many art events with performances related to cleaning. Marianne Turtio ︎ The Home is Where I Step My Toe2023, site-specific performance <img width="1365" height="2048" width_o="1365" height_o="2048" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/298124f8d958e5727d082de5885a836feb092c78715c4498141796b0f8a71f12/afa-site-23-11.jpg" data-mid="193486218" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/298124f8d958e5727d082de5885a836feb092c78715c4498141796b0f8a71f12/afa-site-23-11.jpg" /> <img width="2048" height="1365" width_o="2048" height_o="1365" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/85a684ba826d7fa5ee867f4aca4903941dab0e6deb58c586e948becc66437d41/afa-site-23-12.jpg" data-mid="193486219" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/85a684ba826d7fa5ee867f4aca4903941dab0e6deb58c586e948becc66437d41/afa-site-23-12.jpg" /> In "The Home is Where I Step My Toe," I plan to research and explore different ways to turn a randomly selected place into a home. A place is a spot in the world to which humans assign meaning. I’m asking what happens if we give a randomly selected outdoor place the meaning of home? I create a site-specific performance that takes shape through process-based working methods. I incorporate bodily practice methods and sound art in my performance. My working method involves visiting the selected space, immersing myself in it, and observing its details, history, meanings, and atmosphere. Through my artwork, I aim to highlight the observations and thoughts that the place evokes within me. I want to encourage the audience to slow down and experience the space alongside me. I firmly believe that different places have much to teach us; we simply need to pause, sense and listen.Marianne Turtio (b.1992) is a performance artist who combines performance practice with the theory of site-specificity. Marianne has a master’s degree in Visual Culture, Curating and Contemporary art at Aalto University. She also has a bachelor's degree in Performing arts.&nbsp; She has work experience from acting and performing to working as an art instructor and event producer. In Marianne’s recent artistic works she researches the concept of space. She creates performances and video documentations inspired by the communication between her direct environment and herself; she is fascinated by different social themes which come up from that dialogue.&nbsp; Her heart beats for nature, urban spaces, sounds, interventions, other people and operating in public spaces. She finds her drive when questioning the actions of humankind by using forms of performance, bodily practices, sound - and video art. Vytautas Bikauskas ︎ the chopping, the stirring, the occasion2023, communal cooking and mixed media installation <img width="1365" height="2048" width_o="1365" height_o="2048" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/75955fa62c6a31ae31afce4054ec64492bf19d4b93a5ab7a421a58ef28c9950b/afa-site-23-13.jpg" data-mid="193486220" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/75955fa62c6a31ae31afce4054ec64492bf19d4b93a5ab7a421a58ef28c9950b/afa-site-23-13.jpg" /> <img width="2048" height="1365" width_o="2048" height_o="1365" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1b9ebfb58756f1c62a92490ce13c741afb3f17a39f1816bfa7f111390446bc3e/afa-site-23-14.jpg" data-mid="193486221" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1b9ebfb58756f1c62a92490ce13c741afb3f17a39f1816bfa7f111390446bc3e/afa-site-23-14.jpg" /> ‘the chopping, the stirring, the occasion’ is a food artwork that involves the communal cooking, data gathering, and a data-driven soundscape of preparation. The kitchen is an emotionally charged environment that acts as a threshold of intimacy and trust – to ‘see the kitchen’ is to be allowed in and accepted. First is a communal preparation of a traditional Lithuanian dish, a cold beetroot soup ‘šaltibarščiai‘. During the preparation, chopping sounds are recorded with surface microphones attached to the chopping board. The finished soup is shared and comes with nice conversations. The collected data is replayed on a loop as a perpetual, endless ritual of preparing a meal for guests. Utensils set on motors gently hit the cutting board, recreating a domestic soundscape of anticipation and care. As the rhythm repeats itself, the before and after of a meal becomes blurred, the kitchen turns mobile, and the invitation echoes.Vytautas Bikauskas is a Lithuanian multimedia artist currently living in Helsinki, Finland. He has received his BA (Hons) in Interaction Design from the Glasgow School of Art, and is currently pursuing his MA in New Media at Aalto University. His practice is centered around time, rituals and labour. He also teaches Physics and is seeking spaces for shared art-science pedagogy. Anusuya ︎ of the ordinary, in this ordinary2023, mixed media installation consisting of woven textiles, collage on paper, and diary entries <img width="2048" height="1365" width_o="2048" height_o="1365" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9a9bdd2dd4d33dba615c996e6fd96cd65f9053be91a1bbd5f5102a4380428570/afa-site-23-16.jpg" data-mid="193486223" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9a9bdd2dd4d33dba615c996e6fd96cd65f9053be91a1bbd5f5102a4380428570/afa-site-23-16.jpg" /> <img width="2048" height="1365" width_o="2048" height_o="1365" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/20b2ace2ac8af3e455892b205ccffff71d31a8fdb965c32ac8fd50334a7f77b9/afa-site-23-15.jpg" data-mid="193486222" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/20b2ace2ac8af3e455892b205ccffff71d31a8fdb965c32ac8fd50334a7f77b9/afa-site-23-15.jpg" /> ‘of the ordinary, in this ordinary (2023) emerged from a moment of pause, when doing my laundry in the summer of 2022. Thinking about how textiles occupy innocuous positions, all around our everyday lives, I started to pay closer attention to my daily life, and particularly the routines surrounding my everyday textiles in my home. I see myself as a ‘translator’ in this process, translating the experiences of my home into textiles and traversing across mediums in this process. With each medium and transformation adding to the initial experience and observations, the daily life then translates onto textile, that is embedded with the rich storytelling that lies in the everyday. The installation consists of these multiple ‘translations’ - woven jacquard textiles, a diary, sketches and a collage book and reflects on how the space of the home, and my experiences with the textiles that live in it, can make what appears to be ‘mundane’ and ‘ordinary’, into something that is full of life.&nbsp; Anusuya Krishnaswamy (b. 1997) is a textile designer-maker based in Helsinki. With her practice she is particularly curious about woven constructions, and the intrinsic connection between the textile and the maker in the slow process. She is currently finishing an MA in Fashion, Clothing and Textile Design at Aalto University. Polina Laamanen ︎ Kalasatama neighbour’s window2023, embroidery installation <img width="1365" height="2048" width_o="1365" height_o="2048" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8c96900b16d23a36482c57c3d71d4964e8dad96eab31a762e35d4faaeeca6b35/afa-site-23-18.jpg" data-mid="193486226" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8c96900b16d23a36482c57c3d71d4964e8dad96eab31a762e35d4faaeeca6b35/afa-site-23-18.jpg" /> <img width="2048" height="1365" width_o="2048" height_o="1365" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/aab316f9ae7e73259caf9e2df99b88b9975892d677e36c732b250e462d99455b/afa-site-23-17.jpg" data-mid="193486224" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/aab316f9ae7e73259caf9e2df99b88b9975892d677e36c732b250e462d99455b/afa-site-23-17.jpg" /> ‘Do you imagine the life a person lives behind a window you pass by on the way to work? Was it a good day or a busy one when they left in a hurry leaving an unfinished meal behind? In this series of works Polina is exploring local food habits and home decorations which she then reforms and imitates with hand stitching, textile modification and fabric. The installation is made using a thin transparent tulle and an old window frame, found from a local vintage shop. In the first window of the series you’ll find Marimekko design plates and vases with a composition of flowers. In the Kalasatama window Polina is showing food-still-life compositions in addition to the flowers. The final piece can be experienced with different lighting that adds depth and perspective to the piece. Poling Laamanen is a Russian-Finnish embroidery and textile artist currently based in Vantaa, Finland. Her background is in chemical engineering (MD). She has experimented with textile modification and hand embroidery since 2016. After finding her own style of embroidery Polina published a book (3d realistic embroidery, 144p, EKSMO, Moscow, 2020) She was featured in the Vogue Scandinavia magazine in 2022 and the Embroidery magazine in 2023. In her recent works Polina is exploring a combination of realistic botanical embroidery with Scandinavian graphic themes. Jimin Hong ︎ Possession to Nature2023, video and mixed media installation <img width="1365" height="2048" width_o="1365" height_o="2048" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1102b468a5d4a07c88c958f510150ecc93dca76c937c2444b7de2705ff55d343/afa-site-23-19.jpg" data-mid="193486227" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1102b468a5d4a07c88c958f510150ecc93dca76c937c2444b7de2705ff55d343/afa-site-23-19.jpg" /> <img width="2048" height="1365" width_o="2048" height_o="1365" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fc0351d5eb7b113425e2dfae96d751aad1ee46cf7c5cb98c60847adecc920541/afa-site-23-20.jpg" data-mid="193486229" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/fc0351d5eb7b113425e2dfae96d751aad1ee46cf7c5cb98c60847adecc920541/afa-site-23-20.jpg" /> This project started with the question of a territorial dispute over "the" island. What does it mean to possess? We try to own nature and fight over it through money, borders, boundaries, and maps, through the language we have defined. But from nature's perspective, such language does not exist. The question invites people into a space to explore the meaning and behavior of human beings in trying to own nature. This installation is a space filled with salt representing a landscape, and the audience is invited to touch it with their bodies and hands, and to create their own spaces and boundaries. On the last day of the exhibition, a performance consisting of pouring water and washing away our traces, raises questions about the meaning of our actions. This question about one island extends to all the territorial conflicts that are happening around the world today, as well as to the question of how we exist with nature. Jimin Hong (South Korea, 1997) is a practice-based designer based in Helsinki. Her practice integrates filmmaking, material research, and performance to question and create spaces for socio-cultural discourses. Her recent works explore territorial disputes, ecosystems, and beings threatened by biodiversity loss and climate change. She has a BA in Furniture Arts and Fine Arts and is currently pursuing an MA in Contemporary Design at Aalto University. PERFORMANCES Divalicious Show Crew ︎ Divalicious Show Crew is an energetic and dashy dance group that has entertained people since 2013. You may have spotted them in the semifinals of the show Finland’s got Talent in 2018, in numerous music videos or performing at clubs or events. Divalicious Show Crew combines show and street dance styles with well known hits and latest bangers, and is guaranteed to get the party started! <img width="2048" height="1365" width_o="2048" height_o="1365" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/798cd06c8a23cce09bced5e16b7c441c6e605147dc3411e677beaadbf8ca61c4/afa-site-23-21.jpg" data-mid="193486230" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/798cd06c8a23cce09bced5e16b7c441c6e605147dc3411e677beaadbf8ca61c4/afa-site-23-21.jpg" /> Anette ︎&nbsp; Anette’s unique style varies from house to the groovier sounds of rhythmic soundscapes. Utilising an insatiable love for musical exploration to give you something that is unmistakably hers. <img width="2048" height="1365" width_o="2048" height_o="1365" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/affe89145b83f5ad0678f0e584c8997e87c0a7360f34f328fb7b1059d3d1b806/afa-site-23-23.jpg" data-mid="193486233" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/affe89145b83f5ad0678f0e584c8997e87c0a7360f34f328fb7b1059d3d1b806/afa-site-23-23.jpg" /> Vissyvesi ︎ ︎ Cecilia Aintila aka DJ Vissyvesi is inspired by the spaces that can be created with music. <img width="1365" height="2048" width_o="1365" height_o="2048" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8b4a820f180c500e0883c62f06e7a77eea6f429950107dbd5662f89958c3a9cb/afa-site-23-22.jpg" data-mid="193486232" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8b4a820f180c500e0883c62f06e7a77eea6f429950107dbd5662f89958c3a9cb/afa-site-23-22.jpg" /> Stilicium ︎ &nbsp; Stanislav Melentyev, better known by his stage name Stilicium, is an electronic music producer, multi-instrument musician, DJ and lover of nightlife and dance. 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data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2b5f88f4a10841f62d208acc7b4773ec298736281edf90265e8fd2daf5e95b3d/afa-collage-23-04.jpg" data-mid="193492973" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2b5f88f4a10841f62d208acc7b4773ec298736281edf90265e8fd2daf5e95b3d/afa-collage-23-04.jpg" /> <img width="2048" height="1365" width_o="2048" height_o="1365" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2d1d1ef43a349c37fb298a03f8d892c64588585161751b7860890dd154a754b5/afa-collage-23-18.jpg" data-mid="193492994" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2d1d1ef43a349c37fb298a03f8d892c64588585161751b7860890dd154a754b5/afa-collage-23-18.jpg" /> <img width="2048" height="1365" width_o="2048" height_o="1365" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/21c369e3e8892a37065926db4db6b8e9f69fbcfd10b75ad146cbead9b15b3025/afa-collage-23-15.jpg" data-mid="193492991" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/21c369e3e8892a37065926db4db6b8e9f69fbcfd10b75ad146cbead9b15b3025/afa-collage-23-15.jpg" /> <img width="2048" height="1365" width_o="2048" height_o="1365" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/72fe4e4d57f4e061342a043626b9bec948b0d4f6a09906f7450d5a913c006d0a/afa-collage-23-14.jpg" data-mid="193492990" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/72fe4e4d57f4e061342a043626b9bec948b0d4f6a09906f7450d5a913c006d0a/afa-collage-23-14.jpg" /> Join the Team https://artforall.fi/thresholds Thu, 10 Apr 2025 12:05:14 +0000 Art for All https://artforall.fi/thresholds THRESHOLDS 23.4.–26.4.2025 EXHIBITION Thresholds exhibition takes fills Info Center Korona with art. The exhibition takes over a vacant commercial space as well as several greenrooms in the building where the artworks will have a dialogue with the unique vegetation and micro climates.&nbsp; <img width="1921" height="1080" width_o="1921" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/54b1f5e9aad9a73dae2763bb942ed773084b6d8035c8a20e536a873aba75d522/fb.png" data-mid="229594508" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/54b1f5e9aad9a73dae2763bb942ed773084b6d8035c8a20e536a873aba75d522/fb.png" /> THRESHOLDS Change is constant and inevitable. Our bodies, minds, and presence are in constant transition. The uncanniness of the world reveals itself as we pause in-between past, present and future. The exhibition explores these states of liminality of time and space. The exhibition fills the Info Center Korona on Helsinki University Viikki campus with art from members of Art For All ry. The artists explore the spaces in-between time, body and physical space.<img width="6000" height="4000" width_o="6000" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/010a83ad056b0165bcbae0169039fd34ea5e2a6d449d4e6e14873e8bcf2e663a/IMG_2616.JPG" data-mid="229609969" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/010a83ad056b0165bcbae0169039fd34ea5e2a6d449d4e6e14873e8bcf2e663a/IMG_2616.JPG" /> Exhibition is open Wednesday April 23rd to Saturday April 26th in Info Center Korona at Viikinkaari 11, 00790 Helsinki.&nbsp; The event is supported by City of Helsinki, University of Helsinki, Helsinki University Library, Helsinki City Library and CoolHead Bew. PROGRAMME 23.4. Exhibition opening Wednesday April 23rd 17:00 Doors open 17:30 Opening words 17:35 Performance by Kulminaatio collective 18:00 performance by Välke Ruusunen 18:30-20:00 Music by DJ Prins Eugen and possibility to tour the exhibition 20:00 Building closes and after party at CoolHead Brew MEET THE ARTISTS Kaius Kuhmonen we went to places like this, we filmed with this camera 2024, Stop motion animation video, 0’4” <img width="1439" height="1055" width_o="1439" height_o="1055" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3fe971157817b20a2ba6599dd64ce2df5e83f5962380ac34f81b5f5171327a03/kaytiin_screenshot_2---Kaius-Kuhmonen.png" data-mid="229781017" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3fe971157817b20a2ba6599dd64ce2df5e83f5962380ac34f81b5f5171327a03/kaytiin_screenshot_2---Kaius-Kuhmonen.png" /> käytiin tällaisissa paikoissa, kuvattiin tällä kameralla&nbsp; /&nbsp; we went to places like this, we filmed with this camera&nbsp; (2024) is a 4-second stop-motion animation loop made from footage shot with a 20-year-old pocket camera. The camera belonged to my parents, who I used it with on nature trips during my childhood. The frames were printed on paper, handwritten with text, then scanned back into digital form. The work deals with nostalgia, family, and inheriting one’s relationship to nature from their parents. It also plays with the materiality of physical and digital – paper, handwriting, and grainy video. Kaius Kuhmonen is a multimedia artist and art education student working with video, performance, and interactive media. Kuhmonen’s work deals with nostalgia, nature, and observations of human society. Recently Kaius has been exploring programming and interactive media. Suthasinee N. ︎ &nbsp; &nbsp; Flooding Pattern 2024, Digital artwork <img width="1512" height="1349" width_o="1512" height_o="1349" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b0d34167ae3389dadf1f56dc579d246bfba688b2f7d9b24e39c769e964603122/01_2---Sinethebobbo.png" data-mid="229781024" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b0d34167ae3389dadf1f56dc579d246bfba688b2f7d9b24e39c769e964603122/01_2---Sinethebobbo.png" /> This project was inspired by my annual visits to my grandmother in the northern part of Thailand. Her having to move furniture to the second level of the house every year to escape flooding has drawn my serious attention to this issue. Each region of Thailand has its own long history of weaving. This cultural knowledge has been passed down from generation to generation. One of the famous patterns is called ‘ลายน้ำไหล,’ or ‘flowing water,’ from Nan province. It was inspired by the main river, which is the heart of the region’s community but unfortunately floods frequently, destroying lives and homes. Climate change has worsened the issue, and in 2024, Nan experienced a major flood with the highest water level in 100 years. Using the 30 years data (1988-2018) of water amount in each month at the main measurement station (Nan River, N.1, Forestry Office), each Row consists of 12 patterns representing 12 months. The number of lines in between each year corresponds to the number of accumulated water of the previous year. The width and the height of year and month correspond to the amount of water collected in that particular period. Suthasinee is a designer, lifelong learner, and curious experimenter with a deep appreciation for unordinary ideas, passionate about weaving technology and art to craft or reimagine stories in a new light. Luiza Preda ︎ Overcast Autumn Winds with Steady Resilience, The Nordic Forecast 2021, Photography on canvas <img width="2500" height="1669" width_o="2500" height_o="1669" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b026b88394a3fdaf5f529ee5f03e698007c6409ce96132ca7afcf0797873505a/TheNordicForecast-6289-lowres---Luiza-Preda.jpg" data-mid="229781022" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b026b88394a3fdaf5f529ee5f03e698007c6409ce96132ca7afcf0797873505a/TheNordicForecast-6289-lowres---Luiza-Preda.jpg" /> The Nordic Forecast is a series of over 40 works blending self-portraiture and body performance, capturing the artist’s adaptation to Finland’s shifting climate across all seasons. Through various perspectives, the series reveals the emotional and physical resilience required to endure the extremes of nature. Born from the artist’s relocation to Finland, the project became a personal ritual and quiet resistance to the cold. It explores the body’s relationship with its environment, reflecting the emotional and physical strength needed to navigate the challenges of climate change and its profound impact on the self. Luiza Preda is a conceptual artist exploring time, space, and perception through still and moving images. Her intuitive process allows subconscious narratives to emerge organically, often long after the work is made. Her immersive installations merge photography with mixed-media techniques—such as sound, textiles, and spatial design—creating multi-sensory experiences that foster introspection and emotional connection. Jule Timm <img width="2598" height="2126" width_o="2598" height_o="2126" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5d1824adeac3dbc5cdf9a446bbe20bc1be55200b6d9945329511b97375cbcaa9/Jule-T.jpg" data-mid="229833262" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5d1824adeac3dbc5cdf9a446bbe20bc1be55200b6d9945329511b97375cbcaa9/Jule-T.jpg" /> Somatotopic Landscapes Video 2’10”, Burnt wood, porcelain, glaze, soil, wax Somatotopy describes areas of the body where the body as a whole is reflected. This work is about the relation of our body as a cartographic representation of the whole organism we inhabit. Capturing the notion of caring while playing with the symbolism of teeth, I translated somatotopy to the wider body of earth, seeing us humans as a somatotopic area, reflecting our interrelation of our small to the extended body. Jule Timm (she/her) is a German-born artist and designer, currently pursuing an MA in Contemporary Design at Aalto University. Her work is situated at the intersection of art and ecology and focuses on social and environmental questions. In her practice, she often works with and through the body, weaving together different narratives, concepts and material research. Aleksandra Kuokkanen Ravel, flipside (or knotting) 2025, Installation consisting of paper screen, satin lace, steel and concrete <img width="3000" height="4000" width_o="3000" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d06f007b5fea361a9950d8d964ff31f74365f021fcf24b66910978234a68cd44/IMG_20250320_105335---Aleksandra-Kuokkanen.jpg" data-mid="229781016" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d06f007b5fea361a9950d8d964ff31f74365f021fcf24b66910978234a68cd44/IMG_20250320_105335---Aleksandra-Kuokkanen.jpg" /> On the wrong end, the flipside, where you can see the bottom thread (the unfit viewing direction). Ravel, flipside (or knotting) acts as a divider of negative space, and suggests looking at three-dimensional as only two - the front, and the back. Aleksandra Kuokkanen (b. 1996) is a Helsinki based artist interested in the meeting of the personal and the shared, and in opportunities to form relations or connections through art objects. Kuokkanen works mainly with means of installation, and has recently been exploring intimacy, touch and the act of leaving a mark. They are now finishing their master’s at The Academy of Fine arts, and have also studied in Art School Maa and Pekka Halonen academy. Tymon Teo Borzecki ︎ To keep and to not lose 2024, Carvings on transparent plates, Chain, Rope <img width="2938" height="3673" width_o="2938" height_o="3673" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6a08f154b0f5f786af8c265f173cc5e81b5f7b8544c39ac78ec07302b797c950/TymonTeoBorzecki---Tymon-Teo-Borzecki.jpeg" data-mid="229781023" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6a08f154b0f5f786af8c265f173cc5e81b5f7b8544c39ac78ec07302b797c950/TymonTeoBorzecki---Tymon-Teo-Borzecki.jpeg" /> Tymon Teo Borzecki is a Polish Helsinki-based visual artist, working with photography, print, ceramics, sculpture, and humor. Disability, (trans)masculinity, intimacy, nostalgia as well as notions of natural/“biological” vs. unnatural or artificial are recurring themes in Teo’s work. Teo sees his practice as a playground for examining concepts and personal experiences, as well as a tool for imagining more livable futures. Recently Teo has been interested in moving between 2- and 3- dimensional realms through material explorations of drawing, print and sculpture. Pola Laamanen ︎ Stitched land Hand embroidered piece, 25x20 cm <img width="2268" height="2577" width_o="2268" height_o="2577" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4ce5124e5c26baea0563aa3c1afe4d9a037764219324277110659df954a0c872/Pola_Laamanen_Stitched_land---Pola-Laamanen.png" data-mid="229781019" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4ce5124e5c26baea0563aa3c1afe4d9a037764219324277110659df954a0c872/Pola_Laamanen_Stitched_land---Pola-Laamanen.png" /> Inspired by the fleeting and fragmented views from an airplane window, this hand-embroidered textile piece captures the patchwork of landscapes seen from above - lakes carving through fields, pathways and roads threading between forests. The meticulous stitchwork translates aerial perspectives into tactile textures, offering a meditation on distance, observation, and the ways in which we map our surroundings. Pola Laamanen (b. 1989, St. Petersburg, Russia) is a contemporary embroidery artist based in Vantaa, Finland (since 2019). Blending traditional techniques with hand-modified textiles, Pola’s background in Chemical Engineering informs her unique approach to texture and material. Laamanen developed her signature style in 2016, launching a popular line of hand-embroidered jewellery. Her innovative work has garnered international recognition, with features in Vogue Scandinavia and Embroidery Magazine (UK). Her book, 3D Realistic Embroidery (EKSMO, 2020), highlights her creative vision and technical expertise. In 2024, Pola received an artistic grant from the Kone Foundation and a creative entrepreneur grant from AVEK Kopiosto. These accolades support her current work, where she delves into embroidery heritage, reimagining traditional techniques within a modern context. Daniel Palpa ︎ Back to the ground 2025, 4 clay sculptures <img width="3024" height="4032" width_o="3024" height_o="4032" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/790ae794fcda94daf45542ee73fa9be98b2054fba76a51c21a2a66b58b2f67b1/20250112_192204---Daniel.jpg" data-mid="229781014" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/790ae794fcda94daf45542ee73fa9be98b2054fba76a51c21a2a66b58b2f67b1/20250112_192204---Daniel.jpg" /> Nuclear Cholo pieces explores the entanglement of identity, power, and legacy through a visual dialogue between nuclear war iconography, the colonial Spanish casta system, and ancient Peruvian ceramic forms. By re-contextualizing pre-Columbian forms with dystopian symbols of annihilation, the piece critiques the violent hierarchies embedded in both historical and modern systems. The term cholo, once used to classify mixed Indigenous identity under colonial rule, is reimagined as a site of resistance—an echo of survival. Layered with apocalyptic imagery, the work reflects on the socio-political fallout of imperialism, casting ancient cultural expression into a contemporary lens of global precarity and resilience. Palpas work spans into the intersections of media consumption, religion, and politics, using mediums such as moving image, photography, and sculpture. Palpa's work infuses public spaces with poetic narratives that challenge conventional personal expectations. A recurring theme in Palpa's art is the exploration of how belief, imagery, and ideology become intertwined and constructed within a consumerist landscape. This exploration often takes shape in his large-scale installations, which reimagine aesthetic vandalism and propagandistic seduction that questions its surroundings. Anna-Liisa Harju and Sanna Töykkälä ︎ In between 2024, Pigment prints on fine art paper, 60x40cm and 60x34cm <img width="889" height="1280" width_o="889" height_o="1280" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/03b38cd5ec577d39b5715cb9d574721e1895acdf4985c8434c9d2451e1170c81/6046122026785163286.jpg" data-mid="229786656" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/889/i/03b38cd5ec577d39b5715cb9d574721e1895acdf4985c8434c9d2451e1170c81/6046122026785163286.jpg" /> We are a visual artist collective from Helsinki focusing on photography. Our latest visual projects have developed into narrative visual discussions with senses that nature has to offer. We try to encourage our audience to engage into thinking about the experiences and thoughts they had when encountering material found in nature. We use elements like wood, moss, fur and crops to remind people about the simple sensations that make us part of our environment. We find photography to be a timeless and versatile medium to catch the changing light and vast opportunities but also use it´s illusional character as a provocative way to show the distance between us and our surrounding world. Part of our practice is also to show the joy of doing creative work and spread the importance of art as a way to engage with the world. Anna-Liisa Harju is a visual artist and educator based in Helsinki. She is a Lapland Univeristy Faculty of Art alumni with additional studies in Helsinki University. In her practice Anna-Liisa focuses on producing an image. She works with drawing, painting and photography for the most part but also produces three dimensional pieces and installations. Anna-Liisa is the board member of Art for All art organisation that promotes the accessibility of art and collaborations between artists. Anna-Liisa has experience from working in art education, as an independent visual artist and working as an art director. Her latest work is a narrative photography collection In between done in collaboration with photographer Sanna Töykkälä. Sanna Töykkälä is an Espoo based passionate photographer specialising in depicting the beauty of motherhood and diversity. Sanna intends to create emotional visual projects that reflect the most meaningful moments in our lives. Photography is about telling a story - for me every image is its own unique story. Töykkälä started as a freelance photographer in Melbourne, Australia and she has been an entrepreneur since 2019 in Sanna Helena Photography. In addition to photoshoots Sanna has helped companies to create their visual identity and been fully responsible for the whole photography process from initial plans to final editing. Tuulia Kivistö ︎ Essay4SpringPulsations 2024, Two channel video installation <img width="1982" height="1560" width_o="1982" height_o="1560" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bc7b72c4ce491015f4736462ae4083f92398225d0bd5a31523143aae61ece2b7/Lhteell01---Tuulia-K.png" data-mid="229781018" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/bc7b72c4ce491015f4736462ae4083f92398225d0bd5a31523143aae61ece2b7/Lhteell01---Tuulia-K.png" /> The work is a two channel video installation that explores a bond and a feeling of undefined meaningfulness. The essay is written to Uhrilähde - a sacrifice spring, which is located on Hämeenkangas close to Jämijärvi. ''So there is this spot - rich with treasures it has eaten, full of needles, coins and jewels'' Tuulia Kivistö is an artist focused on video, installation and painting. Tuulia’s works are atmosphere oriented and tend to be somehow blue. They are interested in the feeling of undefined meaningfulness, friendships and time.&nbsp; PERFORMANCES Pääte. 2024, Video, Sound, Dance performance Pääte. is a multidisciplinary contemporary art performance that explores the multitude of ways AI affects the human perception of space, body, and reality. The performance seeks forms, feedback loops and dynamic inputs under the chaos. It poses the question: what do human relationships and life look like in the future when they are constantly linked with technology and AI. Where does all information go? Who am I when no-one answers? The performance consists of video and sound and was part first performed as part of a stage performance in Autumn 2024. Kulminaatio is an interdisciplinary Helsinki based artist collective in the field of performing arts. The collective consists of artists from contemporary dance, poetry, digital sound production, visual arts and music. The collective combines these art forms into multifaceted performances which provide a platform for dialogue. Collective’s earlier works Sokea piste (2021), Emma ja Elham (2022) ja Pääte. (2024) have tackled society’s blind spots, poverty in the Finnish society and ethics of artificial intelligence. Kulminaatio has been recognized internationally for their work. Kulminaatio ︎ <img width="3508" height="4961" width_o="3508" height_o="4961" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/653258bbe56d79d5901b7a89fe4d66f6ccef8fe62e0d595f1efa4b128bb48d7c/kulminaatio_paatep_juliste_A3.png" data-mid="229857755" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/653258bbe56d79d5901b7a89fe4d66f6ccef8fe62e0d595f1efa4b128bb48d7c/kulminaatio_paatep_juliste_A3.png" /> Syviä Häivähdyksiä, Deep Tinge 2024, Dance performance, Sound In the poem of Stephen Crane “In The Desert” (1895) they find a bestial creature eating pleasureful their own bitter heart in the middle of a desert. I instead found a wheelbarrow of freshly cut roses in front of the botanical garden, beautifully blooming, at the same time dying. For me both of these images merge creating an amalgamation of pleasure and pain, of vulnerability, the incredible beauty of life, and death which is always there. My wish is to playfully dance it. Välke Ruusunen is a dance artist exploring and wandering the world through dance, butoh and improvisation. They are interested in sensations, bodily knowledge, softness, rituals and sensuous existence. Välke’s favourite tools in their practice are improvisation,TRE and touch explorations. In the centre of their work and method is sensitising to the environment and sensations. Their aim is to dismantle the at the moment dominating state of collective dissociation in the society. Välke Ruususen <img width="6000" height="4000" width_o="6000" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d165e53c4d122d32c1efed01b2de6d33d2bd2b14bfbcb317d5c26a5d4ffc4dd6/IMG_4829---Verena-Gtsch.JPG" data-mid="229781049" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d165e53c4d122d32c1efed01b2de6d33d2bd2b14bfbcb317d5c26a5d4ffc4dd6/IMG_4829---Verena-Gtsch.JPG" /> Prins Eugen ︎ ︎ ARRIVAL AT THE VENUE The festival venue is accessible. The exhibition takes place in a public library that has been constructed according to the latest accessibility standards. If needed, the festival staff will provide assistance. SAFER SPACE The festival aims to create an inclusive and safe event for all visitors and staff. We follow safer space guidelines that you can find throught the link below. We expect all visitors to follow these guidelines. The festival area is a harrasment free zone and all people behaving inappropriately will be removed from the venue. We welcome all visitors to attend with a safe mind and encourage everyone to contact the festival team incase you find any deficiencies or ideas for improval: artforallry@gmail.com AFA’s Safer Space Guidelines ART FOR ALL RY Art for All ry supports artists and art workers at the beginning of their career and offers a network of peer collaboration. With this mission in mind, the AFA Festival is a platform offering students and emerging talent across Finland visibility and an opportunity to grow. The Festival team puts into practice their knowledge and creativity as artists, technicians, communicators, photographers, curators, project managers, to bring the Festival to life. Art For All ry was started by students and alumni from the University of the Arts and Aalto University. The first edition of the AFA Festival took place at Malmi Airport Hangar in August 2021, the second on in Kaisaniemi Botanical gardens 2022, and the third in the residential buildings of Kalasatama neighborhood. 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The artworks discuss questions of self-reflection and the interior world of the mind. <img width="1024" height="1280" width_o="1024" height_o="1280" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a150d111c19056a7d20078f4b69b4af881b7803575bd4843d9a57755de8ff07a/5300811958162495070.jpg" data-mid="245944063" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a150d111c19056a7d20078f4b69b4af881b7803575bd4843d9a57755de8ff07a/5300811958162495070.jpg" /> INTROSPECTIO The exhibition explores the theme of introspection – a process of turning inwards and reflecting on personal experiences. Through their works, artists explore questions of identity, nostalgia, and the traces that we leave behind. The artworks invite audiences to move through various emotional landscapes, presented through paintings, sculptures, performances and multimedia installations. The exhibition opening will be celebrated on Friday March 27th 6pm onwards in shopping center Hertsi with some music and performances. 18:00 Doors open to audiences18:30 Opening words18:45 Performance by Sara-Maria Pirhonen19:00 DJ controfaces The exhibition is open on Saturday 28th and Sunday 29th of March from 1pm to 6pm. The event is supported by City of Helsinki and shopping center Hertsi. FIND US IN HERTSI <img width="4961" height="3508" width_o="4961" height_o="3508" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a5a03a98ffcad0b7e40aaa5b3f586b143562d21bf4d2ee7bbab8063431c666db/Afa_2026_Hertsi_map.jpg" data-mid="246532389" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a5a03a98ffcad0b7e40aaa5b3f586b143562d21bf4d2ee7bbab8063431c666db/Afa_2026_Hertsi_map.jpg" /> MEET THE ARTISTS Edvin Bäckman Minnet av ett hav 2026, oil on canvas <img width="1512" height="3300" width_o="1512" height_o="3300" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6cbcded1d0d49dafd5e6ff94382661e3eba27a4faef5423bf337918f2faeb24f/edvin-bckman.jpg" data-mid="246267332" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6cbcded1d0d49dafd5e6ff94382661e3eba27a4faef5423bf337918f2faeb24f/edvin-bckman.jpg" /> Minnet av ett hav touches on feelings that are hard to put into words. The artwork is a part of a bigger series of Edvin’s paintings that represents the artist's way of looking back at painful experiences, and exploring ways in which the feelings about them have changed, disappeared and become something better. The artist explores the state in-between the feelings of old pain and darkness and beautiful and lighter things that have come in their place. - Edvin Bäckman is a 19 years old artist studying architecture at Aalto university. Edvin primarily works with oil paintings on canvas, watercolour, and ceramics. Sofia Kanen Viaton - Innocent/Flawless (2026), multimaterial sculpture: Lace curtain, glue, beads, wire and chain. <img width="2521" height="2628" width_o="2521" height_o="2628" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0c3d741221de0285a9c288daf50450a3f6d9b908bc65f63c1a2632980eddee8a/Sofia-Kanen.jpg" data-mid="246267292" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0c3d741221de0285a9c288daf50450a3f6d9b908bc65f63c1a2632980eddee8a/Sofia-Kanen.jpg" /> "Viaton" explores themes of genuinity, innocence and imperfection. The sculpture was an experimental art project with an idea to capture the human body in an unlikely way. The mould for the sculpture was made with the artist's own body, and all the material used in the installation were recycled. The piece was inspired by the Arte Povera exhibition in Emma Museum 2025-2026. - Sofia Kanen is an architecture student from Espoo. Her main artistic fields include painting, jewellery making, circus and theatre. She has been working with different materials such as yarn, fabric and beads from a young age. Sofia's art is often influenced by womanhood and the surrounding nature. Teittinen Lizard Lummelampi (Lilypond) 2026, concrete, glass, ceramics, plaster, video projection <img width="4617" height="4224" width_o="4617" height_o="4224" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/478a29fdfed9686bf4cc0a7c83ad894568db9cd893d90f48408eadb83d5ded6e/pond3---Teittinen.jpg" data-mid="246115401" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/478a29fdfed9686bf4cc0a7c83ad894568db9cd893d90f48408eadb83d5ded6e/pond3---Teittinen.jpg" /> Lummelampi (Lilypond) evokes the feeling of diving into a pond and floating in the water, gently being caressed by water lilies and other aquatic plants. The installation celebrates natural bodies of water and the simple joy of being and swimming in them. - Teittinen Lizard is a Helsinki-based visual artist working primarily through sculpture. Their sculptures most often depict human figures, the largest of which are slightly smaller than life-sized, and the smallest about the size of a matchbox. The premise of their works typically begins with some particular emotion or experience, after which they select materials to support and express the emotion. Many of their pieces are created through handbuilding clay techniques and various casting methods. However, a significant part of their artistic practice is also based on playfully experimenting with and exploring unusual materials, for example saltdough. Sonja Nars Sielu tuntuu likaselta (My soul feels dirty) 2023, acrylics on wood <img width="1017" height="750" width_o="1017" height_o="750" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7f0a0aaf6bed73602542fafa5d622074b7c78976d7167a0784d55bcdc3b9cc3c/sonja.png" data-mid="246211227" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7f0a0aaf6bed73602542fafa5d622074b7c78976d7167a0784d55bcdc3b9cc3c/sonja.png" /> Sielu tuntuu likaselta (My soul feels dirty) explores the experience of turning inward and drifting through memory, the feeling of becoming absorbed in one's own mind while waiting. - Sonja Nars is a 20 years old artist based in Helsinki, Finland, currently studying design at Aalto University. Uliana Novak Self-Portrait with Van Gogh 2024, Oil on canvas. 80x100cm <img width="3682" height="4523" width_o="3682" height_o="4523" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f705125e0eece4606c52236328423ef7510722b6f34a7f2fd31d923eacec30a4/Uliana_Novak_Self-portrait---Uliana-Novak.jpg" data-mid="246115402" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f705125e0eece4606c52236328423ef7510722b6f34a7f2fd31d923eacec30a4/Uliana_Novak_Self-portrait---Uliana-Novak.jpg" /> Uliana Novak is a Finnish self-taught artist of Russian origin with solid background in Sociology and research. In 2020, she began painting for the very first time. What started as a once-a-week hobby turned into a new way to share her thoughts about herself and the world. Since 2022, she has created several series of painting, got several publications, awards, and participated in both online and offline group exhibitions. She was selected as Winner #1 of the "Top 100 Emerging Artists-2025" competition hosted by Arts to Hearts Project. Her first solo exhibition was in Helsinki, in September-October 2025. Laura Rajalin Kukemuna 2025, plywood, burning pen and pencil <img width="2445" height="3397" width_o="2445" height_o="3397" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/53d76c99d6b82a7ab23d9063e7e225d44a23e1cf401aa891a4090f5f5f2b78a6/kukemuna-82cmx37-5cm---Laura-Rajalin.jpg" data-mid="246115399" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/53d76c99d6b82a7ab23d9063e7e225d44a23e1cf401aa891a4090f5f5f2b78a6/kukemuna-82cmx37-5cm---Laura-Rajalin.jpg" /> Kukemuna (Estonian for “rooster’s egg”) reflects the growing awareness of societal expectations surrounding parenthood. What would it feel like to become a father instead of a mother? - Laura Rajalin is a visual artist and designer based in Helsinki. Laura explores the surrounding world through everyday observations and seeks connection through humor. Rajalin’s process is material driven, with techniques, textures, and physical interaction guiding her work as I experiment with materials, methods, and ideas. Alarik Rantala What Remains (2025), Ceramics, soil, citrus tree <img width="5568" height="3712" width_o="5568" height_o="3712" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8d05fc6018585eece0f37f4efeb49d9424a17eadb5360de56dbb5713518ec980/WhatRemains-photos---Alarik-Rantala_Page_2.jpg" data-mid="246115404" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8d05fc6018585eece0f37f4efeb49d9424a17eadb5360de56dbb5713518ec980/WhatRemains-photos---Alarik-Rantala_Page_2.jpg" /> What Remains studies humans’ desire to cling to the mortal realm, even in death. We perform funeral rites that undermine the circle of life, as they prolong the decay of the human body. We leave behind tombstones and memories. For only when one is forgotten are they truly dead. “While I will rot and be devoured by maggots, this effigy of my body will outlive even future generations as a piece of fired clay. My corpse, however, will ultimately nurture new life, as represented by the citrus tree.” - Alarik Rantala (b. 1999) is a Finnish artist and designer based in Espoo. He has worked with many materials, from glass to mycelium, but considers ceramics and fibre arts his preferred media. His work often explores themes of death, sexuality, and spirituality, inviting the viewer to explore the artist’s inner psyche and experience catharsis. Currently, he is studying at Aalto University and working towards two master's degrees: MA in Contemporary Design and MSc in Marketing. Sinitse White coal 2026. Hot membranes. drop of chaos, protection plastic, pieces...pieces, pieces, pieces! UV color, led lamps <img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6874151c9f5f93d7ecb17d468d015448cfc202d20d203e618450f9d144e717f0/2.jpg" data-mid="246566168" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6874151c9f5f93d7ecb17d468d015448cfc202d20d203e618450f9d144e717f0/2.jpg" /> I believe that in the future, everything will look like this: information will reach its smallest dimensions, and the universe will be nothing more than an object the size of a wall. I tried to make it as light and changeable as I wanted it to be. Weightless organic light installations. Outdoor and indoor. All materials from Finland. - The girl is an artist and photographer: "I used to take more photos. Then I realized I'd become less about the photo and more about the subject. I explore what's attractive to the eye and fascinating to the brain. I think about themes of lightness or protecting the vulnerable. Love first, wisdom next. Like perfume, but for the retina. I was born in 1988, and since then I've been dying every night". Simo Sahlman LP 2026, linocut&nbsp; Mikropizza 2025, linocut&nbsp; Puutarhat 2025, linocut&nbsp; LsfvsDog 2024, mixed materials&nbsp; Nirvana 2024, linocut. Omakuva 2025, photograph, rug. <img width="3249" height="4390" width_o="3249" height_o="4390" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2f7839efd41d8ae3897405a819604c93f98e4783e6b0a63d0cd50ddfe0636c99/IMG_0353---Simo-Sahlman.jpeg" data-mid="246115398" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2f7839efd41d8ae3897405a819604c93f98e4783e6b0a63d0cd50ddfe0636c99/IMG_0353---Simo-Sahlman.jpeg" /> Simo Sahlman’s linocuts and mixed material artworks study the idea of nostalgia as a seemingly harmless entity. A ghost that speaks from the past. A hauntological voice that has a malevolent side to it as it seems to control the present. - Simo Sahlman (b. 1979) is an artist living in Helsinki. He is studying art education in Aalto university and has participated in several group exhibitions, including Pentouse gallery, Om’pu gallery and Toinen silmä gallery. His most recent solo exhibition was in Kammio gallery 2025. Sahlman works around themes of nostalgia and life in the city. He uses painting, printmaking, soft materials and drawing as mediums. PERFORMANCES Sara-Maria Pirhonen Honey i’m home 2026, durational performance <img width="3648" height="5472" width_o="3648" height_o="5472" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c934a6585d310c7ac8e809fdc399dc9b1a94d7e08ed0b58e119995a7329df6c4/7R2A1629---Sara-Maria-Pirhonen.jpg" data-mid="246115395" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c934a6585d310c7ac8e809fdc399dc9b1a94d7e08ed0b58e119995a7329df6c4/7R2A1629---Sara-Maria-Pirhonen.jpg" /> The performance is a live installation in which the audience may stay briefly or remain for a longer period. Viewers are free to come and go. They can observe how the relationship between the performer and the space shifts from intimate to public, from home to stage. At the core of the piece is a hyper/alter ego called Honey. An exaggerated and empowered self through which the body claims space and visibility. Within the world of drag and cabaret, Honey explores identity, privacy, freedom and intimacy. When does a home become a stage, and when does a body become a demonstration? / The work is based on the artistic part of Pirhonen’s thesis that was performed at the Helsinki Theatre Academy in 2022. Original working group: Facilitator/performer: Sara-Maria Pirhonen Concept/script: Minne Mäki &amp; Sara-Maria Pirhonen Dramaturgy/sound design: Minne Mäki Costume design, scenography and ceramics: Natalie Seifert EliassenLighting design: Elli Kujansuu / Sara-Maria Pirhonen is an actor and dancer who graduated from the Helsinki Theatre Academy in 2024. They work broadly across the field of performing arts and enjoy interdisciplinarity in its various forms. In their artistic work, Pirhonen is intrigued by the embodied and grotesque stage, exploring themes such as sensuality, gender and emancipation. They work in the intersections of drama, film, dance-, and contemporary theatre. Pirhonen is interested in creating art that reaches into the gaps and cracks rather than projecting a seamless surface. controfaces Always on a quest for the next sound to obsess over, she jumps from genre to genre the way her mind leaps from serenity to excitement. Her love for music recommendations and community efforts has brought her here. What’s next is unknown... let her first finish reading yet another academic paper on reverbs. ARRIVAL AT THE VENUE The exhibition venue is accessible. The exhibition takes place in a shopping center that has been constructed according to the latest accessibility standards. If needed, the staff will provide assistance. <img width="4961" height="3508" width_o="4961" height_o="3508" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a5a03a98ffcad0b7e40aaa5b3f586b143562d21bf4d2ee7bbab8063431c666db/Afa_2026_Hertsi_map.jpg" data-mid="246532389" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a5a03a98ffcad0b7e40aaa5b3f586b143562d21bf4d2ee7bbab8063431c666db/Afa_2026_Hertsi_map.jpg" /> SAFER SPACE The festival aims to create an inclusive and safe event for all visitors and staff. We follow safer space guidelines that you can find throught the link below. We expect all visitors to follow these guidelines. The festival area is a harrasment free zone and all people behaving inappropriately will be removed from the venue. We welcome all visitors to attend with a safe mind and encourage everyone to contact the festival team incase you find any deficiencies or ideas for improval: artforallry@gmail.com AFA’s Safer Space Guidelines ART FOR ALL RY Art for All ry supports artists and art workers at the beginning of their career and offers a network of peer collaboration. With this mission in mind, the AFA Festival is a platform offering students and emerging talent across Finland visibility and an opportunity to grow. The Festival team puts into practice their knowledge and creativity as artists, technicians, communicators, photographers, curators, project managers, to bring the Festival to life. Art For All ry was started by students and alumni from the University of the Arts and Aalto University. The first edition of the AFA Festival took place at Malmi Airport Hangar in August 2021, the second on in Kaisaniemi Botanical gardens 2022, and the third in the residential buildings of Kalasatama neighborhood. 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