May 14th-17th, 2018, Kiasma, Caisa, Ateneum ja Lavaklubi
The arts field is changing. Criticism for its homogenous and exclusive traits is getting stronger and the structures of the art field is under radar.
#StopHatredNow is an intercultural and anti-racist platform organized in collaboration with several art and intercultural organizations. It creates discourse, offers tools and knowledge about diversity. The theme of 2018 is Power and Change.
The languages used in the event are Finnish and English. You can find the full programme below. The used language are marked in the program before each session.
The event is organized by UrbanApa, Culture for All, Kiasma, Ateneum, Cultural Center Caisa, Interkult, Globe Art Point, Goethe-institut, Cupore – Center for Cultural Policy Research, Aalto University’s Department of Art, Zodiak – Center for New Dance, ArtsEqual, The Finnish National Theatre’s Lavaklubi, ARMA and Ruskeat Tytöt – media.
Free of charge.
PROGRAM
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MONDAY THE 14th OF MAY
at 12-16, Seminary Room at Kiasma
Normcritical Leadership
at 17:30-21, Cultural Center Caisa
Blackness & the Postmodern Launch
TUESDAY THE 15th OF MAY
at 12-16 Lavaklubi
The Future Will Be Different
at 16:30-20 Ateneum
On Cultural Appropriation
WEDNESDAY THE 16th OF MAY
at 12-16 Lavaklubi
Otherness and Contemporainety
THURDAY THE 17th OF MAY
at 12-16 Lavaklubi
The Future of the Media
POST-FESTIVAL
25.5. klo 21-03 Restaurant Putte’s
Ruskeat Tytöt x Urbanapa Club: Solid Gold
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MONDAY the 14th of May, at 12-16
Seminary Room at Kiasma: Mannerheiminaukio 2, 00100 Helsinki
NORMCRITICAL LEADERSHIP
Inclusive Leadership is a seminar addressing cultural workers and art institutions, and it focuses on institutional structures and leadership from a norm critical perspective. In the seminar we discuss how diversity can be taken into account in recruitment, curating and strategical work. How to build and lead inclusive art institutions in today's multilingual and culturally diverse societies? NOTICE, THE SEMINAR REQUIRES A REGISTRATION!
Sign up below before the 2nd of May!
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScG1lrSAaRE_K9iKuIAQw0w8040TlGIykuGzi3FP44psxFg0Q/viewform.
11:30–12
Registration and Coffee
12–12:30
Welcome words and presentation of the projects Opening and Helsinki Art Institutions for Equality (in English)
12:30–14
Power, strategies and structures (in English)
Lectures and a panel discussion.
Break
14:30–16
Power, programming and curating (in English)
Lectures and a panel discussion
The speakers of the seminar include director general Elina Anttila (National Museum of Finland), cultural manager, producer and curator Ceyda Berk-Söderblom, district manager of library services Eeva Jäppinen (Soukan Library, Espoo), director Katariina Kummala (Kuopio Symphony Orchestra), director Mika Myllyaho (Finnish National Theatre) and conductor Jackie Shin. Moderators of the day are Tellervo Kalleinen, Sonya Lindfors and Martina Marti.
MONDAY the 14th of May, at 17:30-21
Cultural Center Caisa: Kaikukatu 4, 00530 Helsinki, sisäpiha
BLACKNESS & THE POSTMODERN LAUNCH
Blackness & the Postmodern, the second publication by UrbanApa, is a collection of texts by international and Finnish artists who deal in more depth with the friction between postmodern contemporaneity and blackness as well as the question whether the black body can be abstract on the stages of contemporary performing arts.
17:30-17:45
Welcome words (in English)
Sonya Lindfors
17:45-18:15
A lecture: Barely Human (in English)
Max Ryynänen, a Helsinki-based post-philosopher, talks about how capitalist, colonialist, heteronormative and misogynist practices have traditionally worked hard to make some people seem 'less human' than others, but weirdly we sometimes also enjoy being commodified, treated like tools (occasionally, by our lovers) or experiencing ourselves as machines. Could self-reflection through being 'barely human' offer us a valuable lesson on humanity itself?
18:30-19:45
A very pink elephant in a rather white room (in English)
Shubhangi Singh, Visual Artist and a Masters student at Aalto University, and Maïmouna Jagne-Soreau, a PhD candidate, examine the matters of colour that resides in the narrow and, often unpopular passages amongst the existing larger discourse around race. Exploring local tools and vocabulary in order to approach issues of racialization, colourism and ethnic belonging, beyond a generalised hatred towards the esoteric "white man".
TUESDAY the 15th of May, at 12-16
Lavaklubi: Läntinen Teatterikuja 1, 0010 Helsinki
THE FUTURE WILL BE DIFFERENT
12-12:30
A lecture: Sukupuolittunut vihapuhe (in Finnish)
Panda Eriksson puhuu transsukupuolisuudesta, marginaalin marginaalista, intersektionaalisuudesta ja vihapuheesta. Eriksson on trans-, muu- ja intersukupuolisten intressejä ajavan Trasek ry:n puheenjohtaja, Turun kaupungin vammaisneuvoston jäsen sekä saavutettavuuden ja esteettömyyden konsultti ja luennoitsija.
12:30-13:00
A lecture: Unelmointi on ihmisoikeus (in Finnish)
Carmen Baltzar on freelancekirjoittaja, elokuvantekijä ja Ruskeat Tytöt - median toimittaja. Puheenvuorossaan hän pohtii unelmoinnin välttämättömyyttä ja vaikeutta.
13-13:30
A lecture: Saamelaisten sananvapaus (in Finnish)
Vuoden saamelainen 2017 Pirita Näkkäläjärvi puhuu saamelaisten sananvapaudesta Suomessa, missä vihapuhe ja vaientamisyritykset uhkaavat saamelaisten yhdenvertaista oikeutta osallistua julkiseen keskusteluun ja poliittiseen päätöksentekoon.
BREAK
14-15:30
The Future Will Be Different -paneelikeskustelu (in Finnish)
Paneelikeskustelu tulevaisuudesta, unelmoista ja muutoksesta. Keskustelijoina Panda Eriksson, Carmen Baltzar ja Pirita Näkkäläjärvi. Keskustelun moderoi Sonya Lindfors.
TUESDAY the 15th of May, at 16:30-20
Ateneum: Kaivokatu 2, 00100 Helsinki
ON CULTURAL APPROPRIATION
16:45-17:00
Welcome words (in English)
Carmen Baltzar, Sonya Lindfors ja Max Ryynänen.
17-18
A lecture: Charlene Teters (in English)
Charlene Teters is known for her activism as an American Indian and as an internationally exhibited artist and speaker. She is a citizen of the Spokane Nation. Currently, Charlene is Academic Dean at the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe New Mexico. Her declaration, “We are human being not mascots” has been echoed by indigenous people on many continents.
18:15-19:30
A grand discussion about appropriation / part 2 (in English)
A panel discussion about cultural appropriation. Discussing artist and activist Charlene Teters, the Sámi of the year 2017 Pirita Näkkäläjärvi and cartoon artist Warda Ahmed. Moderator Carmen Baltzar.
19:30-20:00
Conversation in small groups.
WEDNESDAY the 16th of May, at 12-16
Lavaklubi: Läntinen Teatterikuja 1, 0010 Helsinki
OTHERNESS AND CONTEMPORAINETY
12-13
A lecture: Women, dance and revolution in the southern Mediterranean (in English)
Lecture from Dr. Rose Martin, a senior lecturer in Dance Studies at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. The presentation reflects the experiences of women living around the southern Mediterranean who have defied society and found a way through the political environment to dance. The presentation examines how those engaging with dance are proponents of change and activists for hope in a volatile region, and questions how dance / art has the potential for (traumatised, occupied, conflict) spaces to be re-imagined?
13-14
The potential of dance in creating change (in English)
A discussion about the potential of dance in creating change. Discussing choreographer Sonya Lindfors, Rose Martin from University of Auckland and the artistic director of Zodiak Harri Kuorelahti.
14:30- 16:00
MY FEMINIST TOOLBOX / näyttämö ja toisintekeminen (in Finnish)
Työpaja koreografi Sonya Lindforsilta ja ohjaaja Olga Palolta.
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COSMIC LATTE by choreographer Sonya Lindforst in Pannuhalli at Caple Foctory at 19. Tickets: 27,50/20,50/16,50€ from Tiketti: https://www.tiketti.fi/Sonya-Lindfors-COSMIC-LATTE-Zodiak-Kaapelitehdas-Pannuhalli-tickets/51268
THURSDAY the 17th of May, at 12-16
Lavaklubi: Läntinen Teatterikuja 1, 0010 Helsinki
THE FUTURE OF THE MEDIA
12-12:30
ARMA launch (in English)
Introducing the project ARMA (Anti-Racism Media Activist Alliance), bubbly and toast.
12:30-13:30
ARMA: “Racialized voices in Finland” (in Finnish)
Paneelikeskustelu. Puhujina taiteilija ja vapaakirjoittaja Carmen Baltzar, youtubettaja Jenny Kasongo ja sarjakuvataiteilija Warda Ahmed. Keskustelun moderoi Monica Gathuo.
14-16
RUSKEAT TYTÖT WORKSHOP: Sanat & Valta (in Finnish)
Ensimmäisen sukupolven maahanmuuttaja vai ensimmäisen sukupolven suomalainen? Naisräppäri vai räppäri? Kuka on kantasuomalainen, kuka maahanmuuttajataustainen? Sanat & Valta –työpajassa käsitellään sanojen ja vallan yhteyttä sekä sitä, miten sanat eivät ainoastaan heijasta todellisuutta, vaan myös luovat sitä. Työpajan vetävät toimittaja Kyösti Hagert sekä toimittaja, copywriter & Ruskeat Tytöt Median markkinointijohtaja Jasmina Amzil.
POST-FESTIVAL
Friday the 25th of May, at 21-03
Restaurant Putte’s: Kalevankatu 6, 00100 Helsinki
RUSKEAT TYTÖT X URBANAPA CLUB: SOLID GOLD
Ruskeat Tytöt –media and UrbanApa organizes the ending party of #StopHatredNow in restaurant Putte’s. Look forward to feminist emancipation, dance, music and all the rest! Palying Dj Yeboah and dj Cute Cumber. K-18.