Curator and program manager Yuki Kondo from TOKAS (Tokyo Arts and Space) visited us in Rovaniemi, Oulu and Ii.
Her visiting program included studio visits, exhibitions and discussions with artist-in-residency network of Northern Finland.
[Read more…] about Exploring Future Collaboration PossibilitiesJaimie Isaac, Curator of Indigenous and Contemporary Art at WAG, Winnipeg Art Gallery (Canada) visited Northern Finland in early June.
[Read more…] about Visitor from Winnipeg Art Gallery“What a pleasure to meet Team WARIA in Oulu!
Together we spent a hugely productive day listening to each other’s experience and talking through ideas.
Invisible Flock are an interactive arts studio based in the UK, making groundbreaking, innovative artworks to be experienced and participated in by thousands all over the world. Their multidisciplinary, technologically driven practice seeks to redefine and disrupt traditional perceptions and models of global art practice.
[Read more…] about Maan äänet by Invisible Flock“During my stay in Finland, I reseached the culture and identity of regional communities of the northern part of Finland, and photographed the traditional culture and the landscape.
I visited Lappish village called Mutenia, the story of deep connection between the inhabitants and the natural landscape in the past, came to my mind. While taking pictures using pinhole cameras, I tried to imagine the view of the place in the past. In my works I would like to connect the rich folklore and nature that existed there before with the present landscape.
[Read more…] about Naoko Chiba – Silent Stories of Land
