20.1.2025 at 14:00-15:30
Online on Teams
Enrollment: https://docs.google.com/forms
Objectives of The Webinar
This Kuvata webinar explores diversified income streams of visual artists and the expanded field of work in rural and sparsely populated areas of Finland.
About the Speakers
Marjo Heino is a visual artist and a doctor of arts. She lives and works in Eurajoki Luvia. The core of her artistic work is painting, but the expression has expanded to also deal with space and light.
Black Box Genesis is an art initiative that encompasses the experience in fine/visual arts and artistic/cultural activities of Bekim Hasaj & Valentina Gelain. Established as an art studio and art space, they have collaborated with various organizations and professionals, organizing and creating events, exhibitions, and public activities. Now, projected towards the latter and online or pop-up exhibitions, Black Box Genesis consolidates the form of a platform for the presentation and promotion of the two founders, peers and other collaborators. │ www.blackboxgenesis.com
Pia Sirén is a Finnish visual artist. She creates large-scale temporary landscapes using common construction materials, as well as sculptures, performative projects and collaborations. Her works, realized both indoors and outdoors, are often spatially and materially engaging installations that you can enter and become part of. │ www.piasiren.com
Schedule and Structure
14.00-14.05
Introduction by Globe Art Point’s Managing Director Sarri Vuorisalo-Tiitinen
14.05-14.25
Marjo Heino (Finnish recording subtitled in English) Communal protection and artistic development of the rural cultural environment.
14.25-14.55
Valentina Gelain & Bekim Hasaj (Artist Duo, BlackBoxGenesis): Presenting interdisciplinary project based on community research and spatial-interactive-immersive installations in abandoned places, in rural (and urban) areas; ‘What is Left |in the| Temple of Memory’, ‘Translucid skins~strands~of~us’, and in the background ‘The Shell Cracked’.
Q&A 5 min
Pia Sirén: Nakkikartano / Old Sausage Factory in Loviisa. Talk on self-organised culture & creating space for togetherness.
Q&A 5 min
13.25 – 13:30
Closing by Sarri Vuorisalo-Tiitinen
What is KUVATA
With the aim to produce targeted training for visual artists, the KUVATA project creates equal opportunities for visual artists in today’s evolving world through knowledge and education.
The main project partner is Tampere University of Applied Sciences (TAMK). The University of Lapland’s Faculty of Art and Design will yield training in areas such as sustainability, responsibility, and anti-racism in the visual arts. Globe Art Point will supply educational content on topics such as equality, diversity, and ethics in the field of art, not forgetting copyright issues.
More information here: www.tuni.fi.