Representation Archives - Globe Art Point

Groundlessness: Reflections in First and Third person, by Uzair Amjad

14/06/2019 Info G.A.P. Comments 0 Comment

11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 I came to Finland to pursue a Masters Degree in Visual Arts, Game and Narrative Design. But just into my second year, I ran into an unforeseeable financial situation, the kind of “unforeseeable financial situation” which is a regular fixture of adult life. I was completely unprepared for it, with my next visa renewal appointment just around the corner I had to save up Four Thousand Euros in Six months in order to not get kicked out of the…

UNVEIL CREATIVE CHAOS! A CALL TO STORM THE BASTILLE. By Ceyda Berk-Söderblom

12/05/2019 Info G.A.P. Comments 0 Comment

“We live longer but less precisely and in shorter sentences …” These lines are picked from “Tutaj” (Here), a painfully beautiful dialogue between two great souls who are not with us anymore: the Nobel Prize-winning poet Wisława Szymborska (1923–2012) and the extraordinary trumpeter Tomasz Stańko (1942–2018). The stunning trumpet improvisations in response to the poet’s reading makes this live-recorded poetry and jazz combination a treasure and reminds us that at the end of the day what stays in our hearts…

WHO IS REPRESENTING WHO AND HOW? – HAM & GAP Seminar

30/01/2019 Info G.A.P. Comments 0 Comment

Globe Art Point and HAM, Helsinki Art Museum organise a one-day working seminar on diversity and representation on April 8th 2019. The seminar is intended for those working within the museum institution in the Uusimaa region. Rapid changes in our society, its population and cultures will leave no doubt that no sector should remain immune to self-reflection or to exercising diversity and inclusion in practice. Art museums are no exception. As cultural institutions cultivating and contributing to the life of…