Video artist Elena Näsänen’s Wasteland can now be seen at The 15th Seoul International New Media Festival. The festival will be held from 6th to 14th August 2015 in seven venues around Hongdae & Jongno area in Seoul. The video work is part of the exhibition Shall We Dance which shows works from Ben Rivers, Sojung Jun, Siri Hermansen…
Due to holiday-caused postponements and by applicants’ proposals we decided to extend the application period for our SHIFT mentoring programme. We want to make sure everybody who is interested in applying can take his time to get know the details and contents of the program without claiming too much of their leisure time. We will…
Finnish Art Agency will launch a mentoring programme for professional visual artists in autumn 2015. SHIFT programme offers personal career coaching and a seminar with international professionals from the arts sector (SHIFT seminar 29.–30.10.2015, more information coming up soon). The purpose of the mentoring programme is to provide tailored support for developing artist’s careers. We are…
“When Laura Köönikkä, curator of ‘New Narrative and Reader’, first visited Bury Museum and Art Gallery, she noticed how reluctant some local visitors were to enter the contemporary art space, formerly part of Bury Public Library. Instead, she observed, they preferred to stay inside the rooms housing the gallery’s permanent collection of art from the…
Jarno Vesala is participating in this year’s 7th Turku Biennial (10.6.–30.8.2015) with his and Krister Gråhn’s joint video installation Työn alla (Under Construction). The biennial offered the artists the opportunity to intervene in the museum architecture and arrange their works in the museum’s premises questioning the traditional understanding of corridors, walls and museum space in…
Some photos from New Narrative and Reader exhibition, curated by Laura Köönikkä for Bury Art Museum and Sculpture Centre. The exhibition features Finnish contemporary art in many forms. You can get to know the artists and read more about the exhibition from here. New Narrative and Reader 6.6.–29.8.2015 Bury Art Museum and Sculpture Centre Moss…