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Colours in February
A communal happening of art and playfulness in Pispala
Maracayellow week 6
Dynamic playing, getting-to-know´s and tin cans
Lilliputiangold week 7
A communal happening of art and playfulness in Pispala
Honeycomborange week 5
Settling down, opening discussions and partying
Settling down, opening discussions and partying
- Wednesday 1st of February, 18-21: The First Opening at Hirvitalo and out in the park. An Invitationplaycharacterinstallationritual and a labyrinth in snow are to be expected, so put on your rubber boots!
- Henkien Kätkemä- Tea Room at The Livingroom is open and warming all frost-bitten participants.
- Friday 3rd, 19-22: The Grand Opening and the So-called-Party at Hirvitalo. Music by Tommy & Sanna, Eva and the Singers. The party continues at The Livingroom.
- 19- : Henkien Kätkemä- Tea Room open all night long. Starting from 10 o´clock: Open stage and Bohemia Disco.
- Saturday 4th, 13-18: General Gathering at Hirvitalo. Instructions for the month, representations of the participatory art projects and forming the working groups for them, reservations of working spaces, new modes of working and the setting of goals.
- Sunday 5th, 13-15 & 16-18: The Seminarrit at Hirvitalo. Entirety-investigatory communicationsopenings: Why play? What is limitlessness and where are the boundaries? What would a new culture be like? The connections between playing, drama and rituals? Social rituals? (Some of the discussions will be held in English.) Homepage.
Maracayellow week 6
Dynamic playing, getting-to-know´s and tin cans
- Monday 6th – Friday 10th. Open working spaces on demand at Hirvitalo for small groups.
- Monday 6th. The National Day of Sami Culture.
- 15.30: Woodcrafting and singing at Hirvitalo. Possibly a price for the materials.
- 20: Yoik- circle at the Sami- tiipii.
- Tuesday 7th, 17-22: Full Moon Creation Frenzy at Hirvitalo. Beginning at:
- 17: Character creation workshop
- 18: Triptyche workshop
- 19: Musical instrument workshop. Udderbot instrument
- Bring with you all kinds of material: cloths, costumes, masks, rubber gloves, glue, hinges, strings and echobases etc. Possibly a price for additional materials.
- Wednesday 8th, 14-16 Newspace communal art project dealing with news. collectingnewsproject.blogspot.com/
- 18-21: Henkien Kätkemä- Tea Room, including a possibility to participate in a role playing game Werewolf. Introduction to the Game
- Thursday 9th. Day of Silence at Hirvitalo. Communicating with music, dance, gestures, telepathy etc. instead of talking.
- Friday 10th, 19-24: Henkien Kätkemä- Tea Room. Open Stage at 22. Invisible heatre rehersals from 20 onwards.
- Saturday 11th, 15-18. General Gathering at Hirvitalo. Discussions about ideas and executions for pieces of art and about creating an exhibition-piece-network on May.
- Saturday 11th, from 10 through to Sunday 12th, until 15: The Creation Myth – what do you want to create? at Camping Center Ilkko in Kangasala. Cost 30/20€ (board and lodging). Please enroll in advance. Homepage.
- Sunday 12th from 16 onwards Symphony of Icelanterns
- 17-21: Paintingdelivering triptyches at Hirvitalo. Bringing about art through painting, aiming to represent various trinities, whether conceptually or intuitively contrived. Bring boards, paints and other equipment if possible. Possibly a price for additional materials.
Lilliputiangold week 7
Carnevalism, creations and hot juice
Wink-of-an-eye-silver week 8
Triptyches, trilobites and non-verbal communication
Phantomviolet week 9
Manifests for a New Culture, final strokes and a mythological leap
Some concepts explained:
”Open working space”= arrange a meeting or a work session at Hirvitalo or The Livingroom for your associates and yourself. Remember also to call Omar or Mari so someone opens the door for you. At Hirvitalo there is a list for open working spaces, where you can reserve the spaces and others will see what is going on, as they might be interested to join ongoing projects.
”Troubadours”= Wondering and wandering musicians randomly popping by events. There task is to collect and express the vibes and share the happening with the future generations. Some so-called-documentarists might also appear, collecting mental images with their cardboard cameras into their archives.
”Seminarrit”= Discussions held somewhat in the form of seminars, attempting to mix seriousness and playfulness in new and fertile ways. Peculiar and extravagant ways of interacting are encouraged. Homepage.
Rates and stuff:
A Participatory Key to all events during the month: 10€/20€ (which is up to you). The price includes free access to everything, from using the work spaces to creating your own communal art projects. Please note that there might be additional material costs, contributions to travel expenses and in some cases, enrollments in advance. Henkien Kätkemä- Tea Room functions through voluntary payments. Food and (non-alcohol) drinks are sold during some of the happenings.
- Monday 13th – Friday 17th. Open working space on demand for small groups at Hirvitalo.
- Tuesday 14th, 13-15: Valentine´s Day Hugtag On Ice! Hot juice and pancakes, labyrinth ice skating, fun and games, singing.
- Wednesday 15th, 18-21: Henkien Kätkemä- Tea Room with circus games (specially for children). Homepage for Circus.
- Friday 17th, 18-24: Henkien Kätkemä- Tea Room with circus games (also for adults). Homepage for Circus
- Saturday 18th, 14-18: Circus performance- workshop and character outfit- workshop at Hirvitalo. The Supina Circus and performers will prepare a small performance for the next day. 15 person limit. Please enroll in advance. Homepage for Circus
- Sunday 19th, 13: Circus performance at Hirvitalo. 14: A Carneval Parade heads for sledrides near Tahmela sports field. Circus characters on the slopes, hot juice, music and a competition of silliest jumps!
Wink-of-an-eye-silver week 8
Triptyches, trilobites and non-verbal communication
- Monday 20th – Saturday 25th: Open working space on demand for small groups at Hirvitalo.
- Wednesday 22nd. Silence of the New Moon. Communicating with music, dance, gestures, telepathy etc. instead of talking.
- 18-21: Henkien Kätkemä- Tea Room.
- Thursday 23rd, 18-20.30: Dance workshop for 40+ at The Livingroom. Improvisational dance for people over 40 years. 15 persons at most.
- Friday 24th, 19-24: Henkien Kätkemä- Tea Room, including Playful Interaction- workshop from 19-22. vuorovaikutuspaja.blogspot.com
- Saturday 25th, 12-14 and 15-17: Playful Interaction- lecture/workshop at The Livingroom. Mind, feeling and interaction - the recipe for Playful interaction? Participation in Friday´s sessions required. vuorovaikutuspaja.blogspot.com
- Sunday 26th, 17-21: The Hall of Creation all over Hirvitalo. Simultaneous creation of various art forms. Ritual-conscious sound improvisations, dancing, painting, tea drinking and encounters of the New Kind. Troubadours shall sing the legend into reality!
Phantomviolet week 9
Manifests for a New Culture, final strokes and a mythological leap
- Monday 27th: Last chance for reserving open working space for working in small groups at Hirvitalo. Finishing of some pieces of work.
- Tuesday 28th, 17-21: The National Day of Kalevala and of Finnish Culture. Seminarrit and the Closing Party. Discussions on subjects such as: Where are we heading? What happened during February? What kind of a culture do we want to create from now on? Visions of the Future. Homepage.
- Wednesday 29th, 18-21: Henkien Kätkemä- Tea Room of the Leaping Day - leaping somewhere?
- Friday 2nd, 19-24: Henkien Kätkemä- Tea Room Afterparty. From 22: Open Stage.
- Saturday 3rd, 13-17: General Gathering at Hirvitalo. What next? Towards new pranks and projects.
... and the community goes on ...
© all rights reserved
© all rights reserved
Some concepts explained:
”Open working space”= arrange a meeting or a work session at Hirvitalo or The Livingroom for your associates and yourself. Remember also to call Omar or Mari so someone opens the door for you. At Hirvitalo there is a list for open working spaces, where you can reserve the spaces and others will see what is going on, as they might be interested to join ongoing projects.
”Troubadours”= Wondering and wandering musicians randomly popping by events. There task is to collect and express the vibes and share the happening with the future generations. Some so-called-documentarists might also appear, collecting mental images with their cardboard cameras into their archives.
”Seminarrit”= Discussions held somewhat in the form of seminars, attempting to mix seriousness and playfulness in new and fertile ways. Peculiar and extravagant ways of interacting are encouraged. Homepage.
Rates and stuff:
A Participatory Key to all events during the month: 10€/20€ (which is up to you). The price includes free access to everything, from using the work spaces to creating your own communal art projects. Please note that there might be additional material costs, contributions to travel expenses and in some cases, enrollments in advance. Henkien Kätkemä- Tea Room functions through voluntary payments. Food and (non-alcohol) drinks are sold during some of the happenings.
