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Post: The City Ghettos of Today-Helsinki

Wed, 20 Aug 2014 10:44:51 +0000

posted 20 August, 2014

European ghetto-installation will be constructed to Helsinki in September

Welcome to participate in the work-in-progress installation, workshops, discussions and a seminar

The City Ghettos of Today is a unique artistic initiative exploring the concept of ‘ghetto’ in 7 European cities. The activities of the project will take place in Helsinki between 8.9. and 20.9. These include a transforming installation that will form its contents in multidisciplinary workshops collaboratively with an international team of artists and local participants, a seminar that presents the cases of the project in the different cities, a series of workshops and public interview-discussions and two public performances related to the collectively built installation.

At the heart of the project lies a desire to construct together meaningful experiences and new ways of understanding the concept of ghettos in different European cities. Do spatial, invisible or abstract walls separate groups of people from other groups? Why, when and how this happens in the different cities?

The installation consists of different sized tubes that transform into containers for sounds and voices, video screens or corridors for actors. The collective building process of the installation is combined with dialogical meetings with representatives of different communities in each city. Instead of being an independent and finalized work of art, the installation is a travelling tool for exploring the theme during the collective period of creation. In Helsinki the approach on the ghetto-concept concentrates on limits that make it difficult to share different types of knowledge. With whom can individuals from varied backgrounds share their knowledge, visions and practices and what kind of communities does this process form?

The programme of interviews was planned together with Sivuvalo project´s multilingual writers residing in Finland and other partners of the project.

In Helsinki the installation will be built to Cultural Centre Stoa 9.9.-19.9. in workshops open for participants from Helsinki. A seminar presenting the project cases of Warsaw, Bologna, Paris and other cities will take place at Lavaklubi of the National Theatre 16.9. at 2-6 pm. A performance related to the installation will take place at Stoa 17.9. at 6 pm and at Shopping Centre Forum 19.9. at 5 pm. A final installation that compiles the materials from the project´s seven cities will be constructed in Warsaw in january 2015.

The Helsinki-based members of the artist team are Alejandro Olarte, electroacoustic musician and composer-educator-researcher from Colombia, Marek Pluciennik, video artist from Poland, Walter Fondo, actor and association activist from Cameroon, and Eveliina Heinonen, drama educator born in Finland and Roxana Crisólogo, a poet born in Peru. The artistic director of the international project is Pietro Floridia, a theatre director and multidisciplinary artist from Bologna. In September, a team of artists coming from the project´s different cities will guide the building process of the installation Helsinki together with the local team.

Project partners in Finland are Arts Promotion Centre Finland, Cultural Centre Stoa, Citizen´s Forum, Helinä Rautavaara Museum, Ptarmigan ry, Pacunet ry, National Theatre´s audience development and Sivuvalo-project of multilingual writers. Project is financially supported by European Commission – Program Europe for Citizens and co-financed by Evens Foundation. Helsinki project is supported by Arts Promotion Centre, Citizen´s Forum and from Pacunet´s part, Ministry of Culture and Education.

More information and inscriptions:

www.cityghettos.com

Outi Korhonen, outi.korhonen@minedu.fi, 0295 330 805

Post: Camilla Graff Junior in Helsinki

Sun, 24 Nov 2013 13:14:10 +0000

posted 24 November, 2013

Ptarmigan Tallinn's current artist in residence, Camilla Graff Junior, will perform My Mom is a Wolf, My Dad... at XL Art Space on Tuesday, 26 November at 18:00. The performance is free and lasts about 80 minutes.

Event: My mom is a wolf, my dad…

Sun, 24 Nov 2013 13:01:14 +0000

26 November, 2013

A media performance on our inner and outer animals,

“My mom is a wolf, my dad…” is a talk about healing processes. What do our inner animals tell us? How can we enter into a dialogue with them? Current Ptarmigan Tallinn artist-in-residence Camilla Graff Junior, aka former punk-rock musician Mona Motel, shares her experience based on autobiographical material, photos, video clips, a collection of plastic animals and family stories.

Created and performed by: Camilla Graff Junior (DK)

Media collaborator: Paolo Podrescu / XLT (US)

Lighting design and technical consultant: Tobias Stål (SE)

The project is supported by: the Danish Arts Council, Copenhagen Performing Arts Committee and Fonden Harmonien.

Co-production: Giraff Graff, XLterrestrials (US), Gaia Museum Outsider Art (DK) and Warehouse 9 (DK).

Residencies: Month of Performance Art – Berlin, Ponderosa Dance, Stolzenhagen (DE), Studenterhytta in Nordmarka, Oslo (NO), Ptarmigan, Tallinn (EE) and MoKS, Mooste (EE).

Camilla's residency is supported by Kulturkontakt Nord and the Nordic-Baltic mobility programme and the Danish Arts Council Committee for Performing Arts.

Event: D.R. Festival at Oksasenkatu 11

Sun, 13 Oct 2013 12:10:56 +0000

20 October, 2013

During the Dimanche Rouge Estonia-Finland-France festival Oksasenkatu 11 will be host to three long duration performances, one urban dance intervention and an improvised electronic orchestra of homemade instruments.

Saturday 19th October:

Klo 11:00-17:30 Peter Shaw (Canada), Corporal Outis (USA) // long durational performances

Klo 13:00-17:00 Vloeistof (Netherlands) // urban dance performance starting outside Oksasenkatu 11

Klo 17:00-17:30 Krachkisten Orchestra (Germany) // sound performance with homemade instruments

Sunday 20th October:

Klo 11:00-18:00 Jeffery Byrd (USA), Corporal Outis (USA) // long durational performance

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THIS IS (NOT ABOUT) EXPERIENCE - Peter Shaw (Canada)

For the first six hours, there will be a camera on a tripod, so that the audience may photograph and/or video the performance. The artist will start out in blue socks, blue pants, blue shirt, and blue mask. He will, then, spend another six hours constructing a suit from chicken wire, with himself as mold. He will replace, piece by piece, the clothes with the wire. Starting with the feet, then going up towards the head, ending with the arms, he will cage himself as tightly as possible. Finally, the artist will put the blue clothes on top of the wire suit. Sealed in, he will leave, taking everything with him in a suitcase. He will then walk for 3 kilometers to the city centre, and begin to remove the chicken wire, stepping on it, and placing it back in the suitcase.

Peter Shaw was born and raised in Ottawa, Canada. Currently studying in the Theatre Department at Concordia University, Montreal, he has also worked on public performance interventions in Berlin and Erlangen, Germany. He frequently performs as a solo artist, but has worked on larger group theatre and performance projects. Shaw has also worked with sound installation, video art, and electroacoustic music. His performance practice attempts to explore various degrees and thresholds of pain and endurance, as well as researching and redefining methods of documentation, reception, and interaction. - http://dimancherougefestivals.org/2013/09/05/peter-shaw-canada/

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Welcome to the Outside World by Vloiestof (Netherlands)

On Saturday 19th October 13:00-17:00 dutch dance company Vloeistof will perform 'Welcome to the Outside World' nearby Oksasenkatu 11. The meeting point for the performance is Oksasenkatu 11 gallery where a festival attendent will assist audiences.

“A dance experience that provides you with a different perspective on dance”.

We would love to invite you to participate in ths special urban dance experience, taking place in a secret location in the streets of Helsinki....

Times: 13:00 / 13.45 / 14.30 / 15.15 / 16.00 / 16.45

The audience view the performance from inside a car: 5 spectators per performance (6 performances a day)

Participation is free but advanced registration is required. To reserve your place please send an email with your name, number of places you wish to reserve and preferred time and date to publiciteit@vloeistof.nl

'Welcome to the Outside World'

in a car you can surreptitiously and unabashedly spy on the passersby. You are part of the whole, but separated from the outside world. Protected by the cage of glass and steel you are an anonymous voyeur who sees and experiences intimacy. You become aware of yourself as a voyeur. Vloeistof places its dancers in the un-orchestrated reality of a road. Cyclists, cars, trucks and pedestrians pass by. The frame of the window provides the cadre though which all things seem to have a purpose. What do I see? Where should I look? Who is a part of the plot? Who is watching? What are my expectations? In this setting Vloeistof uses a suspension that teases. With subtle distortions and interventions the choreographer-duo in a striking manner discloses behaviour in the urban environment.

http://www.vloeistof.eu/

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Krachkisten Orchestra (Germany)

The Krachkisten Orchestra produces improvised electronic sound using homemade analogue instruments, and incorporates the styles of various genres including noise, polka, electro and hip hop. The Krachkisten Orchester’s homemade instruments were inspired by Luigi Russolo, who invented the “Intonarumori” over a 100 years ago. Each instrument has a unique sound generator, taken from toys, alarm systems and simple laboratory instruments.

The Krachkisten Orchestra is a German-based group that was founded in 2009. Consisting of between 9-15 members, the ensemble is constantly growing and searching for non-musicians or dilettantes and new monophonic sounds. Tintin Patrone (Christina Köhler) is a German musical instrument sculptresses, musician and performance artist. She resides and works in Hamburg. Inspired by Punk Rock music and attitudes, Tintin Patrone examines the interface and coherence between music, art, sound and gesture, using methods of Futurism and Fluxus. She operates in an area of art and music ranging between the activities of an instrument maker, performance-artist and ‘krachmacheur.’ Above all, she is concerned to create free space which is marked by self-determined creativity and a feeling of responsibility for one another.

www.tintinpatrone.com / www.dimancherougefestivals.org/2013/09/05/krachkisten-orchestra-germany/

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If you can dish it out, I can take it - Corporal Outis (USA)

In “If You Can Dish it out, I Can Take It,” Corporal Outis will watch several other durational performance works presented in the festival from beginning to end. He will be anonymously (but conspicuously) dressed in the white shiny armor of a Stormtrooper. Most people wander in and out of durational performance works, watching only bits and pieces. Corporal Outis will dedicate himself to watching them in their entirety, an endurance performance in its own right, where the audience member’s gaze is a form of active, constant surveillance. You are welcome to watch Corporal Outis as he watches the other artists’ performances.

Corporal Outis is a conceptual and performance artist interested in mapping systems of being and perception onto one another, exploring the points at which those systems are analogous and the points at which they are not. CO’s work tends to be characterized by a sense of humor, an exploration of the aesthetics of presentation, and a tension between data and phenomena. CO makes work that is friendly and accessible to the average person while also posing experimental propositions about the field for consideration by other artists. CO believes art can be entertaining without sacrificing its sophistication or depth.

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Symphony #3 (480 Beautiful Notes) - Jeffery Byrd (USA)

“One of the great challenges of modern life is to find beauty and meaning in our daily existence. So many of us live with boring routines that we complete simply to awake tomorrow and do it again. I would like to create a performance that engages these issues. Ordinary Post-It notes are normally used for the most mundane communication. Can these small and lovely bits of paper be employed to create poetry? Can repetitive action lead us to beauty?”

Jeffery Byrd is a performance and video artist who has presented work all over the globe. He has exhibited in over 75 group exhibitions and 15 solo exhibitions, and has performed at such notable venues as the Lincoln Center in New York and the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston. Byrd is a frequent lecturer at art schools and universities, including Parson’s School of Design in New York, University of the Arts in Philadelphia, the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

www.jefferybyrd.com / www//dimancherougefestivals.org/2013/09/05/jeffery-byrd-usa/

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Photo credit: Jeffery Byrd, ‘Symphony #1′ Photograph by Henry Chan, 2010

Event: Dimanche Rouge Festival at XL Art Space

Sun, 13 Oct 2013 11:12:33 +0000

19 October, 2013

Andres Montes (Mexico) and Vloeistof (Netherlands) will each present a different perspective to urban actions, interventions, and performance during the Dimanche Rouge festival 17-20th October 2013.

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Wordactions by Andres Montes

During the Dimanche Rouge Estonia-Finland-France festival artist Andres Montes will develop a body of work titled 'Wordactions' which is a series of actions and interventions that will take place around Helsinki and viewed via traces and documentation in the gallery space.

Montes' work at XL Art Space can be viewed on Thursday 17th October 12:00-20:00, Friday 18th October 12:00-20:00, and Saturday 19th October 12:00-18:00.

In addition audiences are invited to witness Montes present his work on two occasions:

# Thursday 17th October 6pm (for 6:30pm)

# Saturday 19th October 4pm

Andres Montes is a multidisciplinary artist born in Mexico and trained in the United States, currently, living and working in Madrid, Spain. His work “[W]HOLEHOUSE” will also make an appearance during the festival, which is part of the Identity Tactics series, anonymous and ephemeral interventions of public spaces. In “[W]HOLEHOUSE,” the actions attempt to explore the processes involved around the creation of territory and its relation to the binomial Memory/Identity. The piece’s intention is to underline the frailty of our relation to space and our belonging to a specific geography.

www.regionestransitorias.wordpress.com

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Welcome to the Outside World by Vloiestof

On Friday 18th October 13:00-17:00 dutch dance company Vloeistof will perform 'Welcome to the Outside World' nearby XL Art Space on Friday 18th October. The meeting point for the performance is XL Art Space where a festival attendent will assist audiences.

“A dance experience that provides you with a different perspective on dance”.

We would love to invite you to participate in ths special urban dance experience, taking place in a secret location in the streets of Helsinki....

Times: 13:00 / 13.45 / 14.30 / 15.15 / 16.00 / 16.45

The audience view the performance from inside a car: 5 spectators per performance (6 performances a day)

'Welcome to the Outside World'

http://www.vloeistof.eu/

Part of the Dimanche Rouge Estonia-Finland-France Festival.www.dimancherouge.org

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Photo credit: Andres Montes // Regiones Transitorias III (Transitory Regions III) // Urban intervention. 3 of 3 looped videos // Madrid, 2011 // Camera: Giovanna Intra (http://giovintra.wordpress.com)

Event: Taste Exchange : an event

Sat, 05 Oct 2013 09:24:29 +0000

12 October, 2013

Come and share a story related to a food ingredient from your shopping bag in exchange for a food experience (taste, smell, texture) on Saturday 12th October at Riihimäki's open air market (Granitin Aukio).

'Taste Exchange' is an event publicly presenting the 'Our Cuisine = Our Stories' project.

'Our Cuisine = Our Stories' is a socially engaged community project about cross-cultural food experiences. Artists Amal Laala and Sari T.M. Kivinen have facilitated workshops artistically exploring food ingredients and associations via the sharing of stories, performance exercises and food preparation.

'Our Cuisine = Our Stories' brings people together to share food experiences, recipes, cook collectively, and exchange life stories. The project is connected to the simple but universal task of food preparation, a point of common understanding across all cultures.

Event: Dimanche Rouge Estonia-Finland-France

Tue, 01 Oct 2013 19:04:03 +0000

20 October, 2013

Ptarmigan ry is co-producing part of the Helsinki leg of the Dimanche Rouge Estonia-Finland-France festival from October 17th till the 20th, 2013.

The festival takes place in Tallinn, Helsinki/ Espoo, and Paris and is organised by Paris based Dimanche Rouge in partnership with associations Ptarmigan ry, Art Container/Culture Factory Polymer and Le Generateur/Frasq. The program will feature experimental performances in disciplines including performance art, audiovisual, multimedia, dance and sound art.In addition to the performances, participating artists will hold roundtable discussions and talks throughout the festival.The festival will be held at a range of venues including national museums, artist-run spaces and various site-specific locations.

For the full program go to: PROGRAM

Ptarmigan co-directors Sari Kivinen and Christine Langinauer have curated part of the Helsinki program which is focused on site specificity, urban explorations and interventions in public spaces.

Dimanche Rouge is a Paris-based, non-profit association dedicated to the promotion of experimental and live art. Check out their website http://dimancherouge.org/ for more details including a spunky online catalogue featuring all of the artists involved in the festival!

*Please note* that whilst most performances and venues are free to attend there are costs to enter some of the venues, for example there is an entrance fee to museum venues inside of which performances will take place (EMMA, Espoo Museum of Modern Art and Helsinki Art Museum Tennispalatsi). More details to come!

ARTISTS: Ali Al-Fatlawi and Wathiq Al-Ameri, Amelia Beavis-Harrison, Andrea Saemann, Andres Montes, Andrus Joonas, Arianne Foks, Belinda Campbell, Corporal Outis, David Commander, Eniko Buday and András J.Nagy, Erik Alalooga, Erki Kasemets, Ernest Truely, Francesca Fini, Gisela Hochuli, Hector Canonge, IP Group, Jamie McMurry, Janet Meaney, Jasmin Schaitl, Jean-Christophe Petit, Jeffery Byrd, Judith Huber, Jussi Matilainen, Kaia Otstak, Karolin Kent and Sarah Armstrong, Katrinamuri, Kimbal Quist Bumstead, Krachkisten, Lora Dimova, Meri Nikula, Monica Klingler, Nastja Säde Rönkkö, Nathalie Mba Bikoro, Neil Luck, Nicole Rechsteiner, Peter Shaw, Philip Levine, Raul Rajangu, Robin Pourbaix, Rooms, Runabout, Sabotanic Garden, Upcycle Roundup, Valerian Maly and Klara Schilliger, Venelin Shurelov, VJ Eletroiman and Sonikgroove, VJ Emiko, VJ Jago, VJ Juladi, Vloeistoff, Weeks & Whitford, Willem Wilhelmus, Wunderkind.

CURATORS
Dimanche Rouge: Opie Boero Imwinkelried and Oscar Mac-Fall, Ptarmigan: Sari Kivinen, Christine Langinauer, Art Container: Sandra Jogeva, Swiss Artists: Gisela Hochuli, Visual Brasil: Ricardo Cancado aka VJ Eletroiman.

VENUES IN FINLAND:
CABLE FACTORY Kiinteistö Oy Kaapelitalo, Tallberginkatu 1 C 15, FI-00180 Helsinki
EMMA Espoo Museum of Modern Art The Weegee Exhibition Centre, Ahertajantie 5, Tapiola, 02070 Espoo
FINNKINO CINEMA Salomonkatu 15, 00100 Helsinki
GALLERIA AUGUSTA Suomenlinna B 44 E13, Susisaari 00190 Helsinki
HELSINKI ART MUSEUM (TENNIS PALACE OR TENNISPALATSI) Salomonkatu 15, 00100 Helsinki
HÖYHENTÄMO (PLUCKHOUSE) Korkeavuorenkatu 17, 00130 Helsinki
GALLERIA HUUTO JÄTKÄSAARI Makasiini L3, Tyynenmerenkatu 6, 00220 Helsinki
KAMPPI SHOPPING CENTRE/ KAMPPI KESKUKSEN E-TASO (HELSINKI ART MUSEUM POP-UP) Urho Kekkosen katu, 00100 Helsinki
KIASMA MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART Mannerheiminaukio 2, FIN-00100, Helsinki OKSASENKATU 11 Oksasenkatu 11, 00100 Helsinki
SOKOS HOTEL ALEKSANTERI Albertinkatu 34, 00180 Helsinki
XL ART SPACE Vuorikatu 22 00100 Helsinki

PARTNERS AND SPONSORS: Festival partners and sponsors: Ptarmigan ry, Art Container/Culture Factory Polymer, Le Generateur/Frasq, City of Helsinki Cultural Office, HIAP, Embassy of Belgium in Helsinki, Anis Gras, and Embassy of Poland in Tallinn, Sokos Hotel Viru. Venue partners: Culture Factory Polymer, Le Generateur, Galleria Augusta, EMMA Espoo Museum of Modern Art, Helsinki Art Museum, KUMU Art Museum, Kiasma, Ptarmigan Tallinn, Oksasenkatu 11, XL Art Space, Huuto Jätkäsaari, Performance Center Eskus, Finnkino, Höyhentämo (Pluckhouse), National Library of Estonia and Cable Factory/Kaapelitehdas. Support for artists: Korean Arts Council, Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia, Balassi Institute’s Hungarian Institute in Tallinn, British Council, Embassy of Austria in Tallinn, Adam Mickiewicz Institute, ArtsACT, BMUKK, and Land Steiermark. Other support: Hornborg, Bulgarian and Polish embassies in Helsinki, French Institute and Italian Cultural Institute in Helsinki, MUU ry, Presentaatio, Visual Brasil, VJ Fest Turkey, Proyecto Hibrido, Bambuser and Souvenirs From Earth.

Event: Performances by Nastja Säde Rönkkö, Karl Larsson and Hanna Eliasson at XL Art Space

Mon, 30 Sep 2013 15:39:06 +0000

10 October, 2013

You are warmly welcome to join us for a performance evening at XL Art Space on Thursday 10th October 2013. Joining us are artists Nastja Säde Rönkkö, Karl Larsson and Hanna Eliasson.

in here it is yesterday, performance by Nastja Säde Rönkkö (FI/UK)

(duration 45 minutes)

in here it is yesterday is one-to-one performance in which space for dialogue and intimate encounter is created between two people. The performance uses individual and collective memory as a methodology for an investigation into the notion of falling in and out of love. In a personal and playful manner these memories are evoked though music, darkness and technology.

Nastja Säde Rönkkö is a featured artist in the performance festival 'dimanche rouge estonia-finland-france' which will take place in Helsinki and Espoo from 17th-20th October.

Memories III, soundscape performance by Karl Larsson (SWE) and Hanna Eliasson (SWE)

(duration 30 minutes)

A performance in which a 1000 images are tear apart by the artist, a reflection of time that have passed and as a personal psychological refreshment. This is made in a soundscape created by different music instruments. The memories are collage, a collage of Karl Larsson’s project (the one million project) and documentation of life for ten years.

Karl is Ptarmigan Tallinn's current artist in residence. His performance is made possible with support from Nordic Culture Point residency programme.

// Photo credits // avatar image: courtesy Karl Larsson // carousel image: Club 27 (trilogy), Kiscelli Museum, Budapest, 2013, courtesy Nastja Säde Rönkkö.

The exhibition PeepholeX by Marek Pluciennik will be available for viewing until klo 18.30.

Event: PeepHoleX exhibition by Marek Pluciennik

Mon, 30 Sep 2013 15:27:56 +0000

14 October, 2013

Helsinki based artist Marek Pluciennik will develop a site specific installation for XL Art Space which will be exhibited from Tuesday 8th October – Monday 14th October. PeepHoleX is part a series of simple live-feed installations that explore mediated liveness and surveillance, themes that Pluciennik first became interested in when he moved to Finland around 18 years ago and noticed the abundance of surveillance cameras in public spaces.

Recently I have experienced three separate performative installations by Pluciennik. In each instance I have been struck by the way in which the audience has become implicated into the site within which they experience the work; implicated into both the ‘real’ physical site and implicated into the mediated-through-technology-site. What interests me the most is the moment of realization when the person implicated realizes that they are in the image, or that the site that they are viewing on screen is the site that they themselves are situated within. My own experience of this moment is a sensation of realignment and reorientation.

In Pluciennik's own words "the obviousness and simplicity of the set up sneaks past the viewers who are accustomed to high tech solutions in similar installation set ups."

- Text by Sari T.M. Kivinen

XL Art Space is connected to Indian Summer clothing store.

Opening times: Ma–Pe / Mon–Fri: 12:00–20:00. La / Sat: 12:00–18:00. (Sunnuntait suljettu / Sundays closed)

PeepholeX exhibition is supported by Ptarmigan and the Arts Promotion Centre Finland.

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Event: Taste Exchange: an event

Fri, 13 Sep 2013 11:13:04 +0000

15 September, 2013

Come and share a story related to a food ingredient from your shopping bag in exchange for a food experience (taste, smell, texture) on Sunday 15th September at Helsinki's open air market (Kauppatori).

‘Taste Exchange’ is an event publicly presenting the ‘Our Cuisine = Our Stories’ project.

‘Our Cuisine = Our Stories’ is a socially engaged community project about cross-cultural food experiences. Artists Amal Laala and Sari T.M. Kivinen have facilitated workshops artistically exploring food ingredients and associations via the sharing of stories, performance exercises and food preparation.

‘Our Cuisine = Our Stories’ brings people together to share food experiences, recipes, cook collectively, and exchange life stories. The project is connected to the simple but universal task of food preparation, a point of common understanding across all cultures.

Post: Call Out For Elephants and Performers

Fri, 30 Aug 2013 19:49:44 +0000

posted 30 August, 2013

We are looking for elephants and performers to take part in a new art work by British artist Amelia Beavis-Harrison on Friday 18th October 2013. The performance is part of the Dimanche Rouge Estonia-Finland-France festival which will take place in Helsinki from 17-20 October. The new piece called The Elephant Dance will see six people take on the roles of elephant and hunter as a durational performance plays out around the Helsinki Art Museum. The performance uses movement as a way of interpreting traditional tribal dance to create a re-worked performance but is not a choreographed piece.

Who we are looking for:

- People prepared to give their time to a workshop to develop the work and a subsequent performance.

- You can be an artist, dancer, student or someone with a general interest, 18 years or over

- There is no requirement to come from a dance or performance background, there will be no set dance steps to learn

What you will be asked to do:

- Take part in a day workshop led by the artist that will incorporate learning performance techniques which will lead into development of the performance. Workshop is Friday 18th October from 11am

- Take part in the durational performance around the Helsinki Art Museum. Performance is on Friday 18th October from 4pm

- Wear a costume for the duration of the performance

Overall this aims to be an enjoyable experience where you become a part of a new and evolving piece and get to meet other new like minded people.

For more about Amelia’s art practice see: www.ameliabeavisharrison.com

PARTICIPATION --> please email sari@ptarmigan.fi with the subject heading 'elephants and performers'

Image credit: Amelia Beavis-Harrison 'Watch the wall, my darling, as the gentlemen go by!' (2012), photographer: John Plowman.

Event: Our Cuisine=Our Stories

Thu, 01 Aug 2013 13:07:28 +0000

14 September, 2013

Our Cuisine=Our Stories is a project about cross-cultural food experiences. Join artists Amal Laala and Sari Kivinen to artistically explore food ingredients and associations through storytelling, performance exercises and food preparation. The workshop will culminate in a publication.

When: 07.9.2013 (Saturday) klo 11-16 & 14.9.2013 (Saturday) klo 11-16

In addition there will be a public presentation of the workshop outcomes on Sunday 15.09.2013

The workshop is free of charge however space is limited, if you are interested to participate please email us and tell us a little bit about yourself: helsinki@ptarmigan.fi

Organisers: Ptarmigan ry and Stoa.

Post: ROOMS - Call Out For Performers

Wed, 31 Jul 2013 09:01:52 +0000

posted 31 July, 2013

Performance installation duo, ROOMS, is looking for seven to nine performers to perform in Ritual No. 1: Counting Birds, for Dimanche Rouge Experimental Performance Festival which Ptarmigan is co-producing in Helsinki. One rehearsal is required on October 16 (3pm-5pm), 2013 with performances on October 17th and October 18th (2.30pm - 5.30pm). The performance is three hours long and requires very little performance experience but endurance to stand and speak with minimal movements is necessary. Counting Birds is interesting to perform as it provides a meditating experience for the audience as well as the performer.

ROOMS, is comprised of husband and wife, Marrakesh and Todd Frugia. They are a performance art installation duo from Chicago, USA.ROOMS maintains the belief that the power of art lives within the visceral reaction to the questions that mystery and ambiguity provoke.Please visit roomsgallery.com for past artwork. Video to see Ritual No. 1: Counting Birds first performed in ROOMS gallery can been seen here: http://vimeo.com/61550456

If you are interested to participate as a performer please contact:

Christian Cruz - christian@roomsgallery.com / ROOMS / Studio Manager || Curator

Or:

Sari Kivinen - sari@ptarmigan.fi

Post: DR.EFF festival in Finland

Wed, 31 Jul 2013 07:37:58 +0000

posted 31 July, 2013

From 17th-20th October 2013 Ptarmigan will collaborate with French based organisation Dimanche Rouge to realise part of the tri-national experimental performance festival Dimanche Rouge Estonia-Finland-France (DR.EFF for short).

Dimanche Rouge Estonia-Finland-France will bring together a host of prominent art institutions, alternative un-institutions and artist-run spaces, with over 100 of the most exciting performance artists coming from some 30 countries.

The aim of the festival is to present a diverse international platform to create exchange, dialogue and debate around the thriving experimental performance scene. In addition to the performances, the festival will also offer roundtable discussions, workshops and talks for artists and the general public.

Programs will be video streamed live and publicly screened at several locations worldwide.

In Helsinki collaborating partners include: EMMA (Espoo Museum of Modern Art), Helsinki Art Museum, HIAP (Helsinki International Artist Programme), XL Art Space, Oksasenkatu11, and Presentaatio: Live Art Info Finland.

The festival is co-produced by: Dimanche Rouge, Ptarmigan ry, Art Container/Polymer, and Le Generateur/Frasq.

Partially supported by the City of Helsinki Cultural Office. Support for artists by the Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia and the Korean Arts Council. Additional support for some artists by the British Council, the Austrian, Hungarian, and Polish embassies in Tallinn, and Le Generateur/Frasq. Other support is pending.

www.dimancherouge.org / UPDATES COMING SOON!

Post: A bit about Kontaining13: Traces

Wed, 03 Jul 2013 11:59:38 +0000

posted 03 July, 2013

‘Kontaining13: Traces’ was a one week takeover of a shipping container turned art container in the centre of Helsinki. The programme was coordinated by Ptarmigan directors (Amal Laala, James Andean, Marek Pluciennik and Sari T.M. Kivinen) in collaboration with Outi Korhonen (regional artist on cultural diversity of the Arts Promotion Centre Finland).

This was the second time we were invited to present a programme for the art container. In 2012 we focused on presenting the work of selected artists who responded to an open-call in a programme simply called Kontaining. This year we decided to shift the focus and to develop the programme more in accord to our collective and individual artistic interests. Subsequently each director oversaw one day of the programme, during which we developed both solo and collaborative work. We also included a day of improvised collaboration at the conclusion of the week, in which all of us bought in aspects explored in the previous days.

The red string that ran through the entire programme was that we all explored various ways to engage our activities with the site of a busy urban space and the random people walking past. For example Marek invited people to look inside the container through a peep-hole in which they could see themselves looking into the container via a live video feed; Amal collaborated with Karim Galenius to present an open workshop and discussion about the role of protest in society; Sari worked with artist Hannah Harkes to develop a collective narrative (drawn and written) about the container, the people passing by were drawn and written into their narrative in real-time; and James explored the site with the Tuesday group – a group who normally explores improvisation together on Tuesdays (this time on a Saturday).

In addition Alejandro Olarte presented a sonic workshop, Rank Ensemble presented live improvised sound evening, Catalysti spent a day promoting their activities as a new association supporting transcultural artists in Finland, and Rebecca Clamp performed a dynamic concert as the final event of the week.

Check out linked photo evidence of our activities.

Event: Kontaining Collaborations & Rebecca Clamp

Fri, 07 Jun 2013 09:14:50 +0000

09 June, 2013

Join us at the Art Container on Sunday 9th June between 12-3:30pm for a collaborative investigation by Ptarmigan Helsinki co-dierectors (James Andean, Sari T.M. Kivinen, Amal Laala, and Marek Pluciennik). The collaboration will be based on traces left from the previous days of activity at the art container.

At 4pm Rebeca Clamp will present a concert. Rebecca Clamp is a singer songwriter pianist originally from Cambridge (UK) but now living in Finland. Noted for her passionate voice and idiosyncratic piano playing, she has a style which is entirely her own. Rebecca’s quirky lyrics examine the everyday from unusual perspectives: she draws you into a world where mobile phones run away to join nunneries and bearded female saints appear at five in the morning to give you advice on your love life. Her lyrical world is rich with the minutiae of life; insects, origami boats, smiles, and cigarette smoke in a beams of light all flicker through her songs. http://folkwit.com/artists/rebecca-clamp

Image credit: Hannah Harkes and Sari T.M. Kivinen 'Common Fictions in Realtime' at Kontaining13: Traces

Event: Perfinstalance2-peephole

Wed, 05 Jun 2013 19:23:31 +0000

06 June, 2013

Perfinstalance2-peephole

Video installation by Marek Pluciennik, as part of Ptarmigan's 'Kontaining13: Traces' week of events.

Event: Sonic Workshop / Live Electronics Jam

Fri, 31 May 2013 16:21:56 +0000

07 June, 2013

14:00 - 17:00 Sonic Theatre Workshop

For this afternoon (feel free to join at any time!), Kontaining13 will be hosting a rudimentary electroacoustic musical instrument workshop by Alejandro Olarte (http://alejandro.olarte.free.fr/). Come explore, discover, manipulate, build, and listen to sonic worlds, with handmade electronic music devices. And if you want to show and share your own constructions, this is the place!

18:00 - 19:00 Live Electronics Jam

In the evening, come join a Live Electronics Jam! (Registration before the event required for technical reasons: contact alejandro.olarte@siba.fi)

Event: The Tuesday Group @ Kontaining13: Traces

Fri, 31 May 2013 04:20:25 +0000

08 June, 2013

Start time: 12:00

Join us for a durational multidisciplinary improvisation! Beginning at noon and running all afternoon...

The Tuesday Group is an interdisciplinary research group, which began as a collaboration between students from Sibelius Academy, the Theatre Academy, and the Academy of Fine Arts, and includes practitioners from a wide range of art practices, including sound, music, theatre, video, dance, performance art, and studio arts.

The group will stage a durational performance, and all are welcome to participate, in whatever artform, practice, or contribution strikes your fancy!

https://www.facebook.com/events/486596128077715/

Event: Rank Ensemble @ Kontaining13

Fri, 31 May 2013 03:13:38 +0000

04 June, 2013

An open-air performance by Rank Ensemble, as part of Ptarmigan's 'Kontaining13: Traces' week of events.

Start time: 7pm

www.rankensemble.com

Event: Keep your pennies, I want change

Wed, 29 May 2013 20:33:46 +0000

05 June, 2013

What is protest and what can it be? What role does language play in disobedience? How can you engage in radical change today? What rights do youth have as community, national and world citizen?

Join Amal Laala and Karim Galenius to find out and discuss how art and creativity can be used as a form of resistance in society, the work/school environment and your daily life. In an open workshop and discussion we will collectively examine problems we face in society (no matter how big or small) and communicate these through artistic actions.

15 pm All are welcome to discuss:

How can youth feel included as active political members in society? How to gain attention of the decision makers? How do you make an intervention in public space? How can we increase youth consciousness so they will be politically active and at same time keep the initiative in their hands?

Event: Catalysti Day

Tue, 28 May 2013 13:21:20 +0000

03 June, 2013

Association of Transcultural Artists in Finland (Catalysti)

Come and join us for performances by some of our members and find out more about the association and how you can become involved!

12 – 12:45

Abstract art is more than 100 years old, but yet it appears strange to many.

They ask: "How to understand it?"

We answer: "How do you understand music? There is inner music in visual art, and Buddha Orchestra will play it for you."

Victor X and Outi Debnam

13 - 14

“hengenvaara “

a common experience of moments in sound. Step by, take a breath and dive into the waves of:

Eero Savela – trumpet

Carmelo Nesci – objects/vox

Moritz Cartheuser – guitar

14:30 -15:30

Cinta Hermo

Singer-songwriter from Andalusia, she goes deeper than ever into the flamenco world.

16 -17:30

Sivuvalo : Is this Finnish Literature?

Sivuvalo will present a combination of poetry, storytelling for children accompanied by live improvised music
made by Sergio Andrés Castrillón, a Colombian composer and cellist.

Writers/Poets:
Zoila Crespo Moreyra
Carlos LLamas
David Gambarte
Luis Mireles-Flores
Roxana Crisólogo

Catalysti is creating a network offering information and advice about funding/grant opportunities, application writing, promoting transcultural activities and events and networking opportunities. Catalysti also deals with cultural policies and maintains a website with information for and about transcultural artists.

Event: common fictions in realtime

Mon, 27 May 2013 19:39:51 +0000

04 June, 2013

For 'Kontaining13: Traces' artists Hannah Harkes and Sari T.M. Kivinen will collaboratively develop a collective narrative in visual and textual forms. Through observation and interaction with each other and with the site (in and around the art container) interpretations will cause images and words to appear. The process will be responsive and will be allowed to develop without preconceived notions of the final outcome.

Images: Hannah Harkes and Sari T.M. Kivinen

Event: Kontaining13: Traces

Thu, 23 May 2013 14:00:58 +0000

09 June, 2013

Kontaining13: Traces takes place in a shipping container in Lasipalatsinaukio, Helsinki, from the 3rd-9th of June 2013. Kontaining is produced by Ptarmigan ry in association with The Arts Promotion Centre Finland.

This year each of the four Ptarmigan directors will be curating a section of the program according to their own artistic practice. Each artist comes from a different discipline and will produce their own artistic work and/or invite other artists from a variety of genres and backgrounds into the space. One day in the programme will be dedicated to a collaboration between the group in the space.

Kontaining is process-oriented, supports experimentation and encourages interactive and site-specific artwork and cross-media exchange. Each day there will be traces left for the next day’s activities taking into consideration the specific site of the container in Kamppi. The programme will include cross-pollination between diverse categories such as installation, performance, sound, music, screenings and participatory activities.

Schedule of Kontaining13: Traces (further details are on their way)

Ma 3.6. Catalysti artist association open-house. Sivuvalo literature project discussion at 4pm.

Ti 4.6. Hannah Harkes and Sari T.M. Kivinen present a collective narrative through responsive artforms during the daytime and in the evening Rank Ensemble present a sound improvisation.

Ke 5.6. Amal Laala & Karim Galenius: Save your pennies, I want change

To 6.6. Marek Pluciennik video art

Pe 7.6. Alejandro Olarte: Sonic Workshop + Live Electronics Jam.

La 8.6. James Andean & the Tuesday group

Su 9.6. Ptarmigan directors joint collaboration. Rebecca Clamp concert. Maa Ilmassa club presentation.

Image credits: (Avatar image) ReSwing - Leyla Nasibova, Verónica Bluguermann, Reha Discioglu, at Kontaining 2012/ (Carousel image) Liina Kuitinen, performance action at Kontaining 2012

Post: Kontaining project documentation

Sat, 30 Mar 2013 07:31:14 +0000

posted 30 March, 2013

During May and June 2012 Ptarmigan orchestrated a two week programme at the art container in the middle of Helsinki in collaboration with the Arts Council of Uusimaa. We have recently compiled a pdf document and a video detailing the events that took place. The Ptarmigan team developing Kontaining was: Amal Laala, James Andean, Marek Pluciennik and Sari tm Kivinen. The artists who participated in Kontaining were: Creative Sustainability students of Aalto University, Karri Kokko, Joséphine A. Garibaldi, Paul Zmolek, Baaba Jakeh, James Andean, Marek Pluciennik, Sari tm Kivinen, Johnny Amore, Hermanni Saarinen, Carlos Llavata, Helsinki Hack- lab, Laura Uusitalo, Christine Langinauer, Otzir Godot, Beniamino Borghi, Marianne Decoster-Taivalkoski, Gaile Griciute, Kirstine Lindemann, Libero Mureddu, Carmelo Nesci, Alejandro Olarte, Linda Priha, Leyla Nasibova, Verónica Bluguermann, Reha Discioglu, Hannah Harkes, Anna Rouhu & Guadalupe López-Íñiguez, P o P _ X & the Nasty Power Bitch, Arlene Tucker, Sari Toivola, Nate Williams, Marko Juhani Roininen, Eero Savela, Il- mari Heikinheimo, Julius Heikkilä, Nicolas Rehn, Madis Katz, Giorgio Convertito, Antonio Alemanno Konkra, Jari Heinonen, FILMVERKSTADEN, and Liina Kuittinen.

click HERE to see the pdf document of kontaining

click HERE to watch the video

Post: Our Cuisine=Our Stories publication launch & performance

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 14:49:06 +0000

posted 25 March, 2013

"Our Cuisine=Our Stories" is a Ptarmigan participatory project facilitated by Amal Laala & Sari Kivinen, in which nine women from diverse cultural and occupational backgrounds living in Helsinki met weekly at Stoa cultural centre during April-May 2012. On Saturday 23.3 the publication of the project was launched alongside a group performance of an interactive cross-cultural food demonstration. The launch and performance was part of the event IRVi - an experimental live arts event hosted by Willem Wilhelmus and presented artists in different fields of experimental arts facing themes of the week against racism at Stoa Cultural Centre. Other artists included: Jimi Tenor & Abdissa "Mamba" Assefa, Baaba Jakeh Chande, and Tomasz Szrama.