Espoo Museum of Modern Art

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ARS22 Gathering

© Finnish National Gallery / Pirje Mykkänen
© Finnish National Gallery / Pirje Mykkänen
  • 11.10.2022 - 12.10.2022
  • 10:00 - 19:00
  • Kiasma & EMMA
  • Free entry

The ARS22 Gathering is an organic extension of ARS22 – Living Encounters exhibition on display at Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma. 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 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 event takes place at Kiasma on Tuesday Oct 11 and at EMMA on Wednesday Oct 12. Please see the program below. The event is fully booked.

The Gathering is generously funded by Saastamoinen Foundation.

Tuesday 11.10. at KIASMA

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    Walk-in

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    Welcoming words by Museum Director Leevi Haapala

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    Introduction by Chief-Curator of Exhibitions João Laia

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    First speaker on Gender and Identity Mel Y. Chen

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    Second speaker on Gender and Identity Christina Sharpe

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    Q&A

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    Break

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    First speaker on Decolonial Narratives and Positions Alemanji Aminkeng Atabong

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    Second speaker on Decolonial Narratives and Positions Slavs and Tatars

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    Q&A

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    Coffee break (coffee provided by Kiasma)

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    Keynote speaker Elizabeth A. Povinelli

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    Q&A

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    Possibility to visit the exhibition ARS22

Wednesday 12.10. at EMMA

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    Walk-in

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    Welcoming words by Museum Director Pilvi Kalhama

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    Introduction by Chief-Curator Arja Miller

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    First speaker on Digital Turn & More-than-human Agencies Agnieszka Kurant

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    Second speaker Digital Turn & More-than-human Agencies Nitin Sawhney

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    Q&A

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    Break

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    First speaker Ecology & Indigenous knowledge Petra Laiti

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    Second speaker Ecology & Indigenous knowledge Pirjo Virtanen

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    Q&A

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    Possibility to visit the exhibition In Search of the Present

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