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‘A Successful Art Project Has Its Boundaries’ By Terese Kühl

‘A Successful Art Project Has Its Boundaries’ By Terese Kühl

‘A SUCCESSFUL PROJECT HAS ITS BOUNDARIES’ BY TERESE KÜHL    Projects have some universal characteristics regardless of the sector of business. To be defined as a project it should have boundaries such as time, budget, resources (human, materials etc.), space, topic, expectations and targets, deadline, roles and responsibilities etc. By defining the boundaries for the project in advance and communicating them clearly to each team member the project has a chance to be successful. Usually when project fails it is…

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‘Looking for The Key in Sipoo’ by Riband Kurd

‘Looking for The Key in Sipoo’ by Riband Kurd

‘LOOKING FOR THE KEY IN SIPOO’ BY RIBAND KURD   Over the past few months, I have visited Sipoo, it’s a small town in the south of Finland. There are less than 22 thousand people living there. Over the past five years, I’ve taken street photography in big crowded cities, but this time, I traveled to a small town. It was a totally different experience.  I used to take street photos for my own pleasure or to ease alienation pains,…

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‘On Keys’ by Emma Hovi

‘On Keys’ by Emma Hovi

‘ON KEYS’ BY EMMA HOVI   Initiated by Globe Art Point in collaboration with the municipalities of Sipoo and Porvoo, GAP LAB Svenskfinland brought together five artists in the spring of 2022 to develop a new project engaging inhabitants of the two municipalities. Specifically, the idea was for the artists to meet with locals who might not enjoy easy access to cultural services, which in Sipoo and Porvoo typically operate only in a few centralized locations.  Together with Beniamino Borghi,…

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‘The Forgotten Keys: An Artistic Team Experience’ by Jordy Valderrama

‘The Forgotten Keys: An Artistic Team Experience’ by Jordy Valderrama

THE FORGOTTEN KEYS: AN ARTISTIC EXPERIENCE’ BY JORDY VALDERRAMA   An artistic experience is always a very personal task. Artists know about the constant uncertainty and doubt of being mostly freelancers, and as far as I know, the risk of shipwreck or going for a walk outside the safe limits is a way to go. However, we artists love to throw ourselves into that well of uncertainty to immerse ourselves and discover some depth and meaning in the existence of…

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From Anonymous Applicants to Outstanding Recruits: The Story of Five Strangers

From Anonymous Applicants to Outstanding Recruits: The Story of Five Strangers

‘FROM ANONYMOUS APPLICANTS TO OUTSTANDING RECRUITS: THE STORY OF FIVE STRANGERS’ BY ALEX KOLLEROVÁ   ‘From Anonymous Applicants to Outstanding Recruits: The Story of Five Strangers’ is a story of Eva Juutinen, Sofia Molin, Pete Santos, Katia Skylar and Tianna Valta. This seemingly random group of individuals has two things in common; the first is their love of performing arts and the second, each one of them was anonymously recruited to participate in this year’s GAP LAB, a programme organised…

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