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Exhibition: Open Friday 29.8. 16.00 – 22.00 and Saturday 30.8. 13.00 – 22.00 Contemporary art exhibition gathers together 13 artists from Art School Maa and spreads around the school building, its inner yard and nearby caves with print, painting, sound and moving image installations. The themes of the exhibition circle around the questions of fatherhood, […]

Radical Imagination Workshop by Antonia AtarahThursday 28.8 at 17:30-20:00Start and finish at Meurman park / Käpylän KiskaSwedish / English / Finnish This workshop explores rewriting history and imagination as radical practice. Through a guided walk in Käpylä, participants will visit local monuments such as Taivaskallio and the Evacuee Mother sculpture, using these sites as inspiration […]

Nyrkkeilijät (The Boxers) – Workshop/performance by Vega Adsten16 August, Saturday, 14:00 – 16:00 (join at any time / leave when you need)Paasivuoren puistikko, Siltasaari/HakaniemiSwedish / English  Vega Adsten’s participatory performance/workshop takes place at The Boxers statue in Paasivuoren puistikko, off the Hakaniemi square. This site has been intentionally chosen for its depiction of a violent encounter between two […]

Live Soundtrack Performance by Jonna Karanka (Kuupuu)15 August, Friday, 21:00Meurman park / Käpylän Kiska Kuupuu presents a new live score around the theme of Monuments in Helsinki, pairing archival film footage with lullaby drones and textured soundscapes. This atmospheric performance combines moving image, voice, text, and electronic music, inviting audiences to reimagine the stories embedded […]

Summer Fest26 July, Saturday, 13:00–18:00Meurman park / Käpylän Kiska Join us to greet summer and support free grassroots spaces with the community of the Social Choreography Lab Helsinki. The Summer Fest is free and open to everyone, people who have been part of the Lab in the past years, and all our friends, so don’t hesitate to […]

BARD (Body As Receptive Divinity) – performance by Elias Berglund12 July, Saturday, 17:00Johan Ludvig Runeberg’s Memorial, EsplanadiSwedish / English / Finnish Elias Berglund’s dance performance takes place at the monument of Runeberg, regarded as Finland’s national bard. Using the sensitive, social, and expressive dancing body as a departure point, the piece navigates through tensions caused […]

Warmly welcome to Persona, the first event from Dunya, which will take place at Alimus on Friday November 22nd 2024. Persona reflects on the ways marginalized individuals and communities often craft personas as protective masks to navigate hostile environments, societal expectations and discrimination. Simultaneously, can moments of self-expression and masks unveiling challenge dominant narratives and […]

Limbo is a programme of events curated by the Social Choreography Lab Helsinki, which will be showcased in Energia Saali at The Museum of Technology over the weekend of November 1st, 2nd and 3rd. The three-day program, situated at the intersection of live music, cinema, and performance, features artist-led workshops, performances, and screenings where live soundscapes merge with silent classic films. Musicians […]