Thorn live 29.4. 11 AM

Our current Guest Artist rock project Thorn will do a live show at the Schauman Hall in Campus Allegro, Jakobstad.

Mote about the show and the band at:
http://hannahharkeskommer.blogspot.fi/

Guest Artist - Hannah Harkes

Our Guest Artist from Mars to May 2013: Hannah Harkes

Check her web portfolio at:  http://www.hannahharkes.com/

While working in Jakobstad she is focusing on a band and music project in which students of Campus Allegro are welcome to participate.

The project will be a meltdown of a variety of contributions by the different branches of the [cultural] educations in Jakobstad. 

Follow the project on:

http://hannahharkeskommer.blogspot.fi/

http://bporn.bandcamp.com/

NON GRATA - Artist Talk

NON GRATA - Artist Talk Wednesday 16.1 at 15.30 PM
Lecture room at 4th floor (Allegro C B2 464 / Centria)

- Academia Non Grata professor Anonymous Boh & Devil Girl visits Novia with a presentation about performance group NON GRATA: ART OF THE INVISIBLES

NON GRATA - "ART OF THE INVISIBLES"

Around the name NON GRATA there have been different hushes and shushes for a long time. Already from the point of view of death of conventionalization of art it has embodied the horrible and unwanted disembodiment of human person, from which the meaninglessness of nowadays art, is pouring out. For those, whose world of arts starts from the point, where the art world ends, NON GRATA has been a liberator, the orphic gap in the seemingly unalterable course, which however betrays us, it is a cure from incest. The main point of the group is ethical - it is the image of primitivism, impersonality and experimental creativity. The performances of the group take place according to the logic of avoiding codes. The presentations are physical texts, whose ways of orthography and reading are kept within limits of real actions by the groupmembers. Aesthetical and provocative challenges are represented in places, where the Art World doesn't work.

http://www.nongrata.ee/

http://www.performance.ee/
http://www.performance.ee/taje/ 

Intervjuer:

http://timeoutchicago.com/arts-culture/15128441/al-paldrok-of-non-grata-interview

http://lonestarexplosion.org/2012/01/21/non-grata/

Fresh AiR 4.12

Fresh AiR #1 (program in previous post) went underway on Tuesday 4.12. The seminar focused mainly on Artist Residencies in general together with their profiles, problems, problem strategies, solutions and other basic issues connected to this field of art and cultural practice. The talks was rounded up at the end of the day with a very interesting panel discussion that touched several important questions. However a lot of the topics was, not unexpected, left open without specific answers but then again one day of debate is merely an opening when sometimes complex matters are on the table. 

Therefore the conference was also the first event in a planned continuous series of AiR-related seminars, talks and workshops. Fresh AiR conference #2 is preliminary planned to take place during the autumn 2013.

Sören Lillkung, Head of the Cultural department of Novia University of Applied Science (and Art), opens the Conference. 

Christoph Tannert during his presentation of Künstlerhaus Bethanien. 

KB is one of the oldest and more established Residency Organisations with a well developed programme. The difference between various residency organisations and their profiles was one of the main topics in this first Fresh AiR edition and also a cause for further discussions.

Alessandra Pomarico of SoundRes talks about their program, profile and way of interacting with the local community. All the talks opened up for either ideas, confirmed thoughts and topics to consider and discuss within the field of international art projects and residency programs.

Ulrika Ferm presents Platform (Vasa). Platform is in terms of location and size comparable to AiR-Jakobstad but the profile is a different one. 

At the end of the day some of the remaining questions and thoughts where discussed. The keynote speakers was joined by Sabina Westerholm of Pro Artibus and Albert Braun (Fine Arts, Novia) who moderated.

Residency Conference 4.12.2012

Welcome on Fresh Air Conference in Rotundan at Campus Allegro on 4.12.2012!
"Why Artist Residencies Matters"

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Program (click to enlarge):

Guest Artist Exhibition - Galleri GRO, Jakobstad

Welcome to the opening Tuesday 4.12. 18:00 PM at Gallery GRO, Runebergsgatan 8, Campus Allegro, Jakobstad

Klas Eriksson - Artist Talk

Swedish Artist Klas Eriksson Presents his work on Tuesday 20.11. 15.30PM

Lecture room at 4th floor (Allegro C B2 464 / Centria)

Statement:

Klas Eriksson is interested in control, power and limitations. He expresses himself through performance, video and sculpture.

Klas Eriksson’s point of departure is mass-culture, where, employing various strategies, he explores our notions of authenticity, power and artistic expression.

Klas Eriksson has always enjoyed doing his own thing, establishing a communicative immediacy, which is both visually and conceptually innovative.

His works often borrow their expressions from popular culture, subculture and various power structures.

Other sources of inspiration include: Marina Abramovic & Ulay, Vito Acconci, Judy Chicago,Friedrich Nietzsche, Francis Alÿs, Michel Foucault, Kristin Lucas, Mike Smith and Chantal Mouffe.

Webpage: http://www.klaseriksson.org/

(Image stolen from his website)