The ARS22 Gathering is an organic extension of ARS22 – Living Encounters exhibition. The meeting invites our audiences to come together and discuss with key agents producing critical thinking about today’s world. Guided by anthropological, artistic, sociological and philosophical positions, the event is organized around four main themes: gender and identity, decolonial narratives and positions, technology and the digital turn and ecology and more-than-human agencies.
The speakers of the seminar include: Elizabeth A. Povinelli, Christina Sharpe, Mel Y Chen, Achille Mbembe, Slavs and Tatars, Agnieszka Kurant, Petra Laiti, Pirjo Virtanen and Nitin Sawhney.
The Gathering brings together contemporary art institutions and organizations from the Helsinki region: EMMA – Espoo Museum of Modern Art, Frame Contemporary Art Finland, Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma and Uniarts Helsinki, highlighting our common goal to deepen the understanding of contemporary art’s social agency.
The Gathering is generously funded by Saastamoinen Foundation.
TIMES AND LOCATIONS:
Tuesday 11.10.2022 at Contemporary Art Museum Kiasma (Kiasma Theatre) starting from 10.00 am. Address: Mannerheiminaukio 2, 00100 Helsinki
Wednesday 12.10.2022 at EMMA – Espoo Museum of Modern Art (Aitio) starting from 11.00 am. Address: Ahertajantie 5, 02100 Espoo
The Gathering is free of charge. Welcome!
Please, register to the seminar day(s) through the registration link:
With the confirmation email of your registration, you will get free entrance to the museums on the day(s) of the gathering.
From here to the event website.
The event will be streamed online. The link to the streaming will be published later on the event’s website.
More info about The Gathering: Producer Julia Fidder, julia.fidder@kiasma.fi
Press enquiries and image requests: Reetta Haarajoki, reetta.haarajoki@kiasma.fi