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Month: April 2019

Opening the Nordic Art Sector – Seminar #StopHatredNow

Opening the Nordic Art Sector – Seminar #StopHatredNow

Where: Hanaholmen, Espoo When: 16.5.2019 09:30 – 16:00 This seminar is open for everyone interested to discuss projects dealing with the situation of foreign-born artists and cultural workers in the Nordic countries. The seminar is part of the program of #StopHatredNow Please, read the Ethical guidelines of the platform. Foreign-born art workers in art and culture institutions How do arts and cultural institutions open their doors to people of different backgrounds not just as audiences, but also as active agents/makers?…

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#STOPHATREDNOW 2019

#STOPHATREDNOW 2019

The field of arts requires more tools in order to answer the needs of a changing world. StopHatredNow is an intercultural and anti-racist platform organised in collaboration with several art and intercultural organisations. The platform strives to create discourse and offers tools to create a more inclusive, diverse and feminist art field. “The theme of this year is allyship and solidarity. Art institutions and individual artists have power, authority and influence. We can open doors, act as thought leaders, tell…

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Artists of G.A.P. Lab collaborative project with EMMA announced

Artists of G.A.P. Lab collaborative project with EMMA announced

ARTISTS OF GAP LAB COLLABORATIVE PROJECT WITH EMMA ANNOUNCED   The seven artists chosen for OFF THE LAB have been announced. The collaborative project promotes diversity in the Finnish cultural sector and highlights collaboration between the artists as well as with the museum. The work result of the group selected through an open call will be displayed at EMMA – Espoo Museo of Modern Art this autumn. The selected artists are Natalia Castrillón, Majella Clarke, Tiago Martins Pinto, Anna Olkinuora, Sade…

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THE HIGH ART OF THE HORRIBLE ACCENT. Speech by Sivan Ben Yishai

THE HIGH ART OF THE HORRIBLE ACCENT. Speech by Sivan Ben Yishai

World Theatre Day  27.3.19, The finnish national Theatre, Helsinki ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––—- “It wouldn’t be difficult to describe,  what I saw as I turned my head and looked backwards. The city was far, tiny. Burning in the distance like a star in space. If you had seen her from above like i did, if you had looked at her from a house-top like me, you would have seen how people were pouring out of her. A swarm of people like candies,  rolling…

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