Compost

Pixelache in collaboration with Station of Commons organises a series of dinners inviting diverse cultural and artistic collectives at Villa Eläintarha.  Build a larger table is a project which aims to gather in a relaxed environment, with food and drinks to hold conversations and share recipes on social sustainability and experiences on working together. These talks […]

Jiyoun Lee and Arlene Tucker’s Contamination Lab hosts Georgie Goater’s workshop ‘life in the ruins’, a task-based exploration of movement and text. During the workshop we will attune our bodily senses and playfully engage with contamination as collaboration, through the lens of life in the ruins and the art of encountering the unexpected. An embodied […]

Fri. 28.11. 11.00-13.00 where: Panimokatu 1, 00580 Helsinki Bioart Society’s last seasonal breakfast of the year starts a little later in the day on this occasion and invites you to join us for brunch with Pixelache.  With an interest in providing environments for peer exchange, our seasonal breakfast gatherings are intended as an informal setting […]

20th of November 18.00-20.00 where: Panimokatu 1, 00580 Helsinki This iteration of SOLU dialogues brings together Bioart Society members Andrew Gryf Paterson and Adam Zaretsky to discuss bioart archival and conservation practices. The event connects with Andrew Gryf Paterson’s SOLU micro residency working on the Pixeache ‘Archival Tendencies‘ project. International bioart provocateur Adam Zaretsky comes […]

Wed. 19.11.  18.00-20.00 where: Panimokatu 1, 00580 Helsinki Part organic farm, part BDSM dungeon, part biotech corporation, the pFARM has been in Woodstock, NY since the early 2000s. The pasture-raised, mutagenic brain-child of bio-artist Adam Zaretsky and his collaborators, the power Farm or pFarm synergizes the power dynamics (and massages the ethical boundaries) of the […]

Mon-Wed. 17-19.11 & 24-26.11.  13.00-16.00 Andrew Paterson welcomes members/former active persons & producers of Bioart Society & Pixelache to an Archival Drop-In Clinic, with a particular focus on the intersecting histories and shared productions of the associations as a part of his Andrew Gryf Paterson’s SOLU micro-residency  where: Panimokatu 1, 00580 Helsinki andrew gryf paterson […]

Bioart Society member Andrew Gryf Paterson’s micro residency brings the Pixeache ‘Archival Tendencies‘ project to SOLU Space in November with a focus on our shared past and productions. As part of this, international bioart provocateur Adam Zaretsky will be a guest of Pixeache, examining an artwork of his donated to the Finnish National Galleries Collection […]

Pixelache has never had a centralised archiving system. For the first years of the Festival, an independent Finnish server was used for our websites and files. Since around 2007 onwards, with the rise of platform capitalism, and our pragmatism, our data has been mostly scattered around in different corporate platforms (Google, Flickr, Vimeo, Youtube, Bambuser, […]

For October’s gathering Build a Larger Table radio broadcast team will meet with Kutikuti, the Finnish non-profit contemporary comics association and artist collective formed in Finland in 2005. As guests we will have the comic authors  Hannele Richert, Terhi Adler, Johanna Rojola (roju), and Kati Rapia. The dinner conversation live streaming will be available on Station of Commons website, from 7:30 […]

𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘵..  𝐇.𝐎.𝐌.𝐄 (𝐇ᵒˡᵈⁱⁿᵍ 𝐎ᵘʳ 𝐌ᵉᵐᵒʳⁱᵉˢ 𝐄ᵛᵉʳʸᵈᵃʸ) is a series of events that explores the home as a living archive of diasporic memory, bonding, care and ways of being. 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥 𝘢 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘪𝘵, 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘶𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳? Across four weekends in […]

In 2025, Pixelache Helsinki commissioned a new artwork from Antti Silventoinen and Arttu Manninen. The piece called Digital Mortality took life as a responsive webpage continuously changing, morphing and composting data, while information is updated on its body. The webpage will host digital artworks on its main page, and we will soon publish the modalities to participate. You can […]

T̻͝h͇͐e̼̍ S͔ͦ͟h͉ͭ͜a̬̹̕d͚͂ͥo̬͚̽w̷ͬ͋,͊ ă̟ f͓͢oͬ̿r͉͋͢g͓ͪ͢e̝̤d̦̆ e̝͟c̃ͩh̾o̷̟ o̮͌f̼̐ t̘ͥ͞h͓̒e͟ s̶̤e͂l͍̝ͫf̫͜,̓ s̺ͦ̽t̡̫̎i̜̊͞r͚̔rͣ͌͢i̴ͮ̌n̺͂g̢̕ in t̠ͫͅh̻eͭ͡ depths o̷̜̔f m͛e̳̳̔m̗̄͠oͣ͟r͕̆ͣẙ.̞ A g̫͠r̯ͬi̷n̵̻͆n͚̾͑i̶̇n̼̋g̵ͭ p̰̰ͪa̯̅͡r̴̫̺a̠̾ͪsi̡̙ͦte̴̫ͯ,̲͑ fe̴eͯ̎d̢͈i͈͗n͍̩ͣg̵̳̚ o͕n t̛hĕ̅ d̴̻e͕ͧ͝n̝̐͑i̡͕ͫȅ̝͓d̸ a̻̔͡n̛̰ͪd t̻̔he̮ͩ f̺̹ͮǫ̻̇rb̼̳͘i͓̿̈dd̠̅͞e̠n̡̍.̠͞ T̢̼ͤo͓ f̘ͩ͠aͣc̝͔͌e̦ t̴ẖḛ͝ S̳̳͞h̳̓ͬa̠̺͋d̢͉͞o̩͞w̯ i̫̍͢s t̪͑ͣo̲̤̿ s̢͍ͨt̺̻ͩa͍͆̍r̰ͬ̋ę i͚̲ͬn̢̗͗t̅͟o̲͗̚ ṫ̢̝h̲e d̴̜̓a̝ͣ͜r̥ͬ͢k s̩̪͊t̶ͬͥī̴l̕l̺̮̽n̸̬ͩe̪ͮ͏s̓s̰ w̝̺̄i͕̕ṯ̑̾h͖ͣͦo̸̼̾u̶͍ͪt̢̠ fl͓ͧ̕i͉ͪ͏n̫̔͟c̡̩ͨhͩͤ͢i͓ͨ̄n̴̢͌g̯͚̕.͓ There is n̨͔ͪo̹͡ r͖̅ͮe̴̗̳v͟ē̱̓l̗̹̏a͎t̵̟ͧi̛̺͛ő͚͟n̷͍ͪ w̹̍͟i̵̪͂t̴͉̋hͨ̏͜o͞ư̙t̘͜ ă r̳͑͡e͈ͬ͢c̪̾ͅk̴̞ͬo̜̗̓n̡͓̽i̻ͭ͞n̼̘ͦgͣ.̯ I̲̿n̪̏ t̸̝͐h̡̤͋e̸ͯ b͕̻ͭl̩̞ͥa̶͉ͮc̨̺͟k m̺͠i̪̇͡r̢͈ͮr̛̙̄o͈͐ͯr̵̪̚,͜ w̨̜̌e s̢̲ͣe̝̰̅e̪͆͝ t͍̓͜h̫̥͛e̲ ū̸̘n̴s̻͛͠p̺͋o͕k̥ͥe̶̦n̜̅,̨ ȁ̺͡n̮d̪ͯ͠ t͔ͣh̻ͪe̼ͬ̌ s̢̲̫e͉̍͢l͉̾͟f̨̪͌ […]

Exhibition open 25.–31.8. mon–sat 12–18, sun 12–17Vernissage and a performance on Thursday 28.8. 18.00 – 20.00Myymälä2 Gallery, Uudenmaankatu 23 Helsinki Contemporary art exhibition brings together artists from Art School Maa into Myymälä2, exhibiting video works and installation. The themes of the exhibition circle around nostalgia, community and long term illness. Unearthed Youtube-videos long for a past […]

Open call

For the September gathering we invite the electronic collective Koelse, who has been active for over 20 years, organizing music and art events in Finland. The dinner conversation live streaming will be available on Station of Commons website, Friday September 26th from 7:30 pm onwards (EEST time zone) Koelse: Association of experimental electronics is a […]

Collaboration with Station of Commons

Pixelache in collaboration with Station of Commons will organise a series of dinners inviting diverse cultural and artistic collectives at Villa Eläintarha.  Build a larger table is a project that aims to gather in a relaxed environment, with food and drinks to hold conversations and share recipes on social sustainability and experiences on working together. […]

Who Goes Hunting Does Not Cough is a group exhibition and a series of public events curated by Kisito Assangni for Pixelache Helsinki. Realised in collaboration with the Finnish Museum of Technology and with EMMA Museum, the exhibition will see the light in Autumn 2026

published in June 2022, now relevant again!

Kisito Assangni is a Togolese-French curator and consultant who studied museology at Ecole du Louvre in Paris. Currently living between UK, France and Togo, his research interests gravitate towards the cultural impact of globalisation, psychogeography and critical education.

How We Are Entering a New Era: The Case of Pixelache Helsinki

Disentangling archives give us the ability to enter a new era as we disposition between organic and artificial telepathic communication. In this article, the aim is to overcome digital colonization of the human brain by analyzing the 20 years of the Pixelache archive.

Sustainability through collective actions

Forum Pixelache x lumbung RadioThe state we are in; Sustainability through collective actions2.- 3. September 2023 MUU Helsinki Contemporary Art Centre (Kaapelitehdas) and broadcasted on lumbung Radio platform Organised as a Forum, guests and participants will gather to discuss the current crises we are facing in our society as; the rise of the far right […]

Kinki kioski 24 th and 25 th May. Myös Studios. “The post-porn movement is the process of becoming a subject of those bodies that until now have only been abject objects of pornographic representation: women, sexual minorities, non-white bodies, transsexual, intersex and transgender people, deformed or disabled bodies. It is a process of empowerment and […]

Fatherhood, different forms of rebirth, community, cityscape and the relationship between religion, body and gender

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 […]

On the last weekend of August students of Art School Maa and Pixelache organize I thought the earth remembered me, a contemporary art event series pondering questions around digital storage and memory. Art School Maa, Myymälä2-gallery and the caves of Suomenlinna are filled with video art, performances, installation and sound art. Maa’s neighbour HIAP will host […]

The 19th edition of Pixelache Festival explores the theme of distributed systems and decentralized models for organizing society, technology, and creative practice. Through exhibitions, performances, workshops, and talks, we examine how peer-to-peer networks, commons-based approaches, and collective intelligence can help address ecological and social challenges.

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 […]

Monuments is a programme of events curated by the Social Choreography Lab Helsinki for Pixelache Festival 2025

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 […]

Past festival 2024 excerpt

GLITCH

This year the festival will explore the idea of glitch as possible tactic for resisting oppressive social systems. How can we disrupt the code? The festival will examine this question using artistic strategies and tools; creating through open source, copying, pasting, sharing, distributing, remixing, and sampling.  When the system normalizes injustice, the glitch can be […]

Another Story is a long term project designed by Egle Oddo. Over the course of a three-year program, three invited curators will delve into international media art archives to curate annual exhibitions. Initiated to instigate emerging trends and explore new narratives, the project aims to critically examine contemporary media art practices and compare curatorial approaches. By showcasing the evolving field, the project’s ambition is to create meaningful connections to diverse global archives, and to unleash valuable repositories of knowledge that warrants further exploration and revitalization.

In October 2017 the Collective Intelligence group was invited to spend one month in Palermo and work together with Dimora Oz, an artists-run association focusing on relational art and place-making processes. This initial choice led to a chain of fruitful events and activities, the process lasted from October 2017 to November 2018. From the beginning of its activity, […]