Uniarts Helsinki Research Pavilion 2023 Programme

The Research Pavilion exhibition and discursive programme will be organised on the premises of HIAP and Nordic Culture Point in Suomenlinna's Susisaari. Photo: Petri Summanen

The fifth Uniarts Research Pavilion involves a residency programme for artists and artist-researchers during the spring 2023 and culminates in a series of public events. The tagline for the Research Pavilion #5 is “Puzzled Together”, framed by the current global challenges: the ecological sustainability crisis, post-pandemic reconstruction and geopolitical tensions. Founded in 2015, Uniarts Helsinki Research Pavilion is an international and cross-institutional platform for processes, discussions, and collaborations in the field of artistic research.

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* Exhibition in Gallery Augusta
HIAP, Suomenlinna, Helsinki, 5 to 21 June 2023. With artists from the Research Pavilion residency programme, curated by Taru Elfving.

Sara Bédard-Goulet, Damien Beyrouthy, Elena Bisena, Sara Blosseville, Toni Brell, Nicky Coutts, Camila Florez-Fernández, Adam Kaasa, Anastasia Khodyreva, Neill Lin, Elena Mazzi, Vincent Roumagnac, Hannah Rowan, Dzianach Agata Ruchlevicz, Barbara Sanchez Barroso, Noora Sandgren, Tim Shaw, Jaceks Smolicki, Angeliki Tzortzakaki, Jessica Wiesner

Opening times: 12:00–19:00 Mon-Fri, 12:00–18:00 Sat, closed on Sundays (except Sun 11.6.). Free entrance.

* Live event week at Helsinki Music Centre Black Box
12 to 16 June 2023. Events start at 19:00. Free entrance.

Monday 12.6. “Spaces in-between”, by Mammu Rankanen and working group, contemporary dance. 19.00, free entrance.

Tuesday 13.6. “Artistic research in the freelance field”, panel discussion with: Jenni-Elina von Bagh, Francesca Bertolotti-Bailey, Taru Elfving, Leena Kela, Tuuli Lindeberg.

Wednesday 14.6. Dana Hall, DePaul University, Chicago, U.S.A., keynote lecture-performance

Thursday 15.6. tba, keynote lecture-performance

Friday 16.6. Nyokabi Kariũki & Defunensemble, contemporary music concert

* Exhibition at Kuva/Tila Gallery

12 June to 2 July 2023, in the Mylly building of the Academy of Fine Arts, Uniarts Helsinki.

Group exhibition “As You May Sense – Environment, Data, Contamination”. The exhibition features artists studying at the University of Arts who responded to the brief given as part of the course Environment, Data, and Contamination which was run by Samir Bhowmik and Jussi Parikka. As part of Helsinki Biennial 2023 we were tasked to develop an artistic research studio that addresses relevant methods for the affective and sensed datascapes of the city and the broader region, including the Finnish Gulf.

Frank Brümmel, Bruno Caldas, Saara Hannula, Leena Kela, Lauri Lähteenmäki, Orla Mc Hardy, Heini Nieminen, Antti Nyyssölä, Ville Raasakka, Johanna Sulalampi, Qiong Zhang

Opening reception Monday 12th of June at 16.00 – All welcome!

* Discursive programme at Nordic Culture Point
Suomenlinna, Helsinki, 5 to 11 June 2023. Free entrance

Monday 5.6. “Nordic-Baltic research-creation network meeting”, with focus on geopolitics and art

Tuesday 6.6. “Artistic research pedagogy”, with Alex Arteaga and working group

Wednesday 7.6. “Taide tekstiin – taide tekstinä - artistic research as writing”, with Leena Rouhiainen, Kirsi Heimonen and working group

Thursday 8.6. “Everything I always wanted to know about artistic research”, with Mika Elo and Samir Bhowmik

Friday 9.6. “Mobile electronics – outdoor electronic music”, workshop

Sunday 11.6. “Spaces in-between”, by Mammu Rankanen and working group, contemporary dance, at 13:00. Free entrance

* Saari Residence open house day
Saari Residence, Mynämäki 27.5.2023, with works from Research Pavilion artist-researchers in residence

The Uniarts Research Pavilion 2023 opening will be held on June 5, 17:00 onwards at HIAP / Nordic Culture Point, Suomenlinna, Helsinki.

The Research Pavilion finissage will be held on 21.6.2023.

Look at the Research Pavilion 2023 event calendar

Research Pavilion 2023 partners:

Helsinki International Artist Programme (HIAP), Saari Residence

Uniarts Helsinki Research Pavilion 2023 working group:

Otso Lähdeoja, Mika Elo, Leena Rouhiainen: co-directors
Taru Elfving: Augusta gallery exhibition curator
Salli Berghäll: producer
Michaela Bränn: coordinator
Heta Muurinen: communication
Lora Milutinovic: gallery attendance & public relations development
Marja-Leena Pétas-Arjava: external relations

The Research Pavilion 2023 has been made possible with the generous funding from Niilo Helanderin säätiö