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Interview with curator Ellen Klintenberg Gedda from Magasin III
ByLaura 16/01/201817/01/2018

“I did not feel qualified to even study art history because I was afraid all the other students would know a lot more about art than I did, so I started studying philosophy instead.” Swedish curator Ellen Klintenberg Gedda joined Finnish Art Agency’s director Laura Köönikkä, artist and researcher Jyrki Siukonen, curator Paula Hyvönen…

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Haussa visuaalisen kulttuurin asiantuntija projektiin
ByLaura 04/12/201708/12/2017

Haemme asiantuntijatehtävään visuaalisen kerronnan asiantuntijaa, joka seuraa Suomen taidekentän uusia tekijöitä ja kiinnostavia teoksia avaralla katseella. Hakijalta toivotaan asiantuntijuutta taidekentän tekijöistä, teoksista ja projekteista. Perehtyneisyys valokuvaan, graffitiin, sarjakuvaan, maalaustaiteeseen, taidejournalismiin tai johonkin muuhun tiettyyn mediaan sekä laaja-alainen käsitys eri taidealoista on positiivista. Toivomme motivoitunutta asennetta, itsenäistä työotetta ja halua nähdä taiteen vaikuttavuuskeinot sekä potentiaali myös…

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Events

Saara Ekström awarded by the Arts Promotion Center Finland
ByLaura 27/11/201701/12/2017

The Art Council of Southwest Finland has awarded the artist Saara Ekström. The amount of the prize is € 5,000. Read more about it on Turun Sanomat, 27.11. In Finnish. Ekström’s career has been active for three decades, and she switches her media smoothly from photo to video or installation to film while retaining her…

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Group Crit is back! with Mark Devereux and Laura Köönikkä
ByLaura 02/11/2017

“What did you find most useful about the Group Crit?” “Everything!” Group crit and discussion with Mark Devereux and Laura Köönikkä Tuesday 28.11.2017 at 4pm-5.30pm or 6pm-7.30pm Location: Helsinki TBA Fee 80€ + VAT 24% The event is in English To participate book your place by emailing maiju@finnishartagency.com Would you like to receive feedback on…

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Photographer pushing the boundaries of human body in nature – interview with Konsta Linkola
ByLaura 28/10/201728/10/2017

Konsta Linkola´s photography exhibition Avanto (Icy Waters) is a portrayal of the collision of a human body and ice cold water. The exhibition will be on display at the Bang Bang Gallery in Helsinki, Finland 14.9.2017-7.1.2018. Finnish Art Agency interviewed Konsta about his work and the Avanto-exhibition. Hi Konsta, tell us what made you interested…

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Interview with sculptor Nick Ervinck: “I am a futurist who is dreaming about the future.”
ByLaura 07/10/201707/10/2017

Sculptor Nick Ervinck (b. 1981, Belgium) explores the boundaries between various media from sculpture and 3D print installations to architecture and design. Ervinck does not only focus on the autonomous sculptural object but also questions its spatial positioning pointing to phenomenological experience and embodiment of space. He creates huge installations, sculptures, prints, work drawings and…

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