Aerial Repair Futures is an international residency exploring repair as a collective artistic practice through aerial dance, textile art, performance, and community participation.
Five artists from Slovenia (Saša Nemec), Italy (LINEAdARIA), and France (Mécistée Rhea) come together in Loviisa to develop new interdisciplinary work while engaging local communities through workshops, open rehearsals, and participatory artistic encounters. Throughout the residency, visitors are invited to experience, create, and even try aerial movement, textile repair, and creative mending practices alongside the artists.The residency culminates in a series of site-responsive performances presented during local festivals, celebrating collaboration, sustainability, care, and artistic exchange.
Aerial Repair Futures Residency
5 August – 23 September 2026
Art in Lov Residency, Loviisa, Finland
The calendar currently includes these public participatory events:
- Sat 8 August – Loviisa Pride, Bastion Park (Park Party)
- Fri 14 August – Sopukka, Art After Work + Workshop
- Fri 21 August – Sanomatalo, Art After Work + Workshop
- Sat 29 August – Sanomatalo, during Loviisan Wanhat Talot
- Sat 5 September – Sanomatalo, during Konstrundan
- Sat 12 September – Kulttuurikeskus Marilyn, performance during Sibeliuspäivät Festival
- Sat 19 September – Kulttuurikeskus Marilyn, performance during the Kucku Festival
Aerial Repair Futures is supported by the Goethe-Institut through the Culture Moves Europe programme.
Contact person:
Beniamino Borghi
Co-Curator, Kucku Residence
art@kucku.fi
photo credit: Shelter Festival – Samra Sabanović
