Helsinki International Curatorial Programme (HICP) offers curatorial residencies in Helsinki for international curators of contemporary art. The programme is co-organised by Helsinki International Artist Programme (HIAP) and Frame Visual Art Finland.
Nikolai Sadik-Ogli 23.6.2014 Michael Tilson Thomas of the San Francisco Philharmonic has established a convenient category for a certain type of American composer: the Mavericks. Since 2000, he has used this name for a series of concerts featuring composers such as Aaron Copland, Morton Feldman, Carl Ruggles, Steve Reich, and many others. One common thread […]
Three weeks ago on a Saturday evening I experienced The Wolf Safari, a participatory wandering performance created by the Other Spaces -collective (Toisissa Tiloissa).
NEW ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON TANGENTIAL POINTS BETWEEN NATURAL SCIENCES AND ARTS aaltowebstudio.cloudapp.net/tangentialpoints Special topic: Influence of A. Bogdanov’s systemic thinking on film arts via the Proletkult-movement We invite abstracts for paper presentations in the two-day international conference to be held at Aalto University, Helsinki, May 15-16, 2014. This new annual conference will bring together international […]
Axel Straschnoy 27.1.2014 I came to Finland from a system close to the one Jussi Koitela describes in his text as desirable; being educated as an artist in Argentina and having done the first part of my career there, I was used to participating in curated group exhibitions more than to staging my own solo […]
Nikolai Sadik-Ogli In August 2009, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) announced its plans for a comprehensive expansion project. After lengthy negotiations with the city, an extensive environmental review process with public comment and the selection of the appropriate architect, actual construction at the current building started with a groundbreaking ceremony on 29 […]
12.9.2013 Nikolai Sadik-Ogli Since 2006, Oakland Art Murmur has hosted exhibitions, artists’ receptions and special events in twenty one art galleries and nine mixed-use venues in downtown Oakland on the first Friday evening of every month. Since many of the galleries are located within only a few blocks of each other, the event provides an […]
Hanna Ohtonen Tiina Raitanen: Sculptures of shavings As the art world seems to be stuck in a limbo over the battle between representation and post-representation, Tiina Raitanen’s solo exhibition Jatkumo / Continuum in Gallery Aarni gives, with a clear pictorial voice and a sturdy backdrop of concept, a good reason for representation and a good […]
Christine Langinauer A large piece of wall mounted down, half blocking the entrance to a little room in the very back of the gallery. It almost seems to say, “under construction, do not enter.” Like so much of Hans Rosenström’s (b. 1978) art, In Good Faith demands the exhibition visitor to participate, to be present […]
Nikolai Sadik-Ogli 13.11.2012 The centennial of the birth of one of the most innovative and unique twentieth century composers, Conlon Nancarrow, was celebrated in Berkeley on the weekend of 2-4 November 2012 with exhibitions, film showings, informative panel discussions and unique concerts. Nancarrow wrote almost all of his music exclusively for player piano in a […]