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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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David Kozma’ speech at Arkadia’s seminar: IS THE FINNISH ART FIELD DIVERSE, OPEN AND EQUAL?

David Kozma’ speech at Arkadia’s seminar: IS THE FINNISH ART FIELD DIVERSE, OPEN AND EQUAL?

On 15.1.2019 Arkadia Society of Artists and Parliament Members organized a seminar with Globe Art Point, Culture for All and Centre for Cultural Policy Research Cupore, with the aim of raising debate on the conditions of cultural services and the possibilities of artwork for non-Finnish born artists and artists with disability. You can find all the information and program in Finnish and English here. The seminar was held in Finnish and interpreted simultaneously to English and Sign Language to the assistants….

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Sepideh Rahaa’ speech at Arkadia’s seminar: IS THE FINNISH ART FIELD DIVERSE, OPEN AND EQUAL?

Sepideh Rahaa’ speech at Arkadia’s seminar: IS THE FINNISH ART FIELD DIVERSE, OPEN AND EQUAL?

On 15.1.2019 Arkadia Society of Artists and Parliament Members organized a seminar with Globe Art Point, Culture for All and Centre for Cultural Policy Research Cupore, with the aim of raising debate on the conditions of cultural services and the possibilities of artwork for non-Finnish born artists and artists with disability. You can find all the information and program in Finnish and English here. The seminar was held in Finnish and interpreted simultaneously to English and Sign Language to the…

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Learning from the Middle East: Uninterrupted Skype session and the letter that never arrived.

Learning from the Middle East: Uninterrupted Skype session and the letter that never arrived.

Last year after a rejected attempt in establishing an academic exchange agreement between Aalto University and an Art University in Beirut on the basis of lack of safety in my chosen destination, I started looking more closely in the nature of the established relationships between the art institutions and the Academia in Finland and those in The Middle East. In their eyes, what does the Middle East has to offer anyway? A perpetual warfare? Flood of refugees? I wondered. In…

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The Politics and Poetics of an Imaginary Line

The Politics and Poetics of an Imaginary Line

What is this line and what is it good for?   “I have actually visited the line, only once or twice in my lifetime, even though I have lived around it my whole life”. Does the size matter?   “You think we are talking about a millimetric space, but no. We are talking about a band. About a valley. Don´t you dare thinking this line, is just a line.” A few years ago, a hiker was climbing the volcano Cayambe,…

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Beyond separation: labels, division, and professional othering

Beyond separation: labels, division, and professional othering

  When we in Finland talk about local artists, we tend to use labels that refer to their background. These labels depend on whether or not their identity is considered to deviate from the white Finnish norm. Those who are the norm are simply called artists. The ones who don’t are labeled as immigrant artists, international artists, refugee artists, multicultural artists, foreign-born artists, the list goes on. These labels contribute to professional exclusion in contemporary art, and institutions are perpetuating…

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