Opportunities: HIAP Residency Programme, Helsinki

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HIAP Suomenlinna stidop cpmplex. Image courtesy of HIAP

HIAP RESIDENCY PROGRAMME

Deadline for Application: 31 October 2014

The HIAP Residency Programme is offered to arts professionals from a wide range of disciplines, including, but not limited to, Visual and Media Arts, Dance, Theatre and Literature. A residency includes accommodation and studio space at HIAP Studios free of charge for the duration of 1–3 months. The studios, which combine living and working space, are located in Cable Factory and on the island of Suomenlinna, both in Helsinki, Finland.
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Opportunities: Helsinki International Curatorial Programme Residency


Photo by Juho Nikkilä / HIAP

HICP RESIDENCY

Deadline for Applications: 30 September 2014

Helsinki International Curatorial Programme (HICP) offers curatorial residencies in Helsinki for international curators of contemporary art. The programme is co-organised by Helsinki International Artist Programme (HIAP) and Frame Visual Art Finland.

The aim of the programme is to provide curators with an opportunity to carry out research and to develop international curatorial projects while building contacts with art practitioners and cultural organisations in Finland.

Curatorial residencies include the cost of travel to and from Helsinki with a grant for living expenses, studio accommodation, residency services and administrative support. HIAP and Frame both offer practical assistance, networks and critical context for the residentsâ’ curatorial research and projects. A public event such as lecture, workshop or screening is organised during each residency. The curators have also access to the international residency community and programme of events at HIAP, while Frame provides extensive contacts to Finnish artists and other arts professionals. Continue reading “Opportunities: Helsinki International Curatorial Programme Residency”

Jani Ruscica “Conversation in Pieces (Pt. 1)” at Galerie Anhava, Helsinki


Jani Ruscica, 10 Minute Display of Unparalleled Grandeur, 2013. Video still. HD video, stereo sound. Courtesy the artist and Galerie Anhava

Jani Ruscica
Conversation in Pieces (Pt. 1)

10 January – 3 February 2013
at Galerie Anhava, Helsinki

The properties of place can be defined with the means of language, sound and image in a work of art. Although Ruscica appears to take these means of expression to their extremes, the properties of place are not, however, exhaustively addressed in this manner; something will always remain in a blind spot, unverified and unspecified.
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