Good Morning, Africa!
19. June - 11. August
Villa Karo, the Finnish-African Cultural Centre in Grand-Popo, Benin, has over the past 10 years served as a residence for almost 300 Finnish artists. To celebrate the anniversary, Kunsthalle Helsinki will organise an extensive exhibition to explore the impact of the residence and life in Benin on Finnish residency artists and their work. For some the result has been an immediate...
Urban Dreams
19. June - 11. August
People need dreams, but how can we respond to them? The exhibition tells in pictures about the achievements of architecture students and how they succeeded in responding to dreams. The purpose of field trips made since 1993 has been to develop the students’ global awareness and sense of social responsibility. Organised by the Department of Architecture at the Aalto...
FUTURE EVENTS
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4. July - 8. August Sundays at 3 pm Kunsthalle Guided Tours on Sundays
Guided tours for the public in Finnish are held every Sunday at 3 pm. The tour is included in the admission fee and lasts about 45 minutes. Note: Sorry, exceptionally there is NO guided tour on Sun 27 June. Ask for private tours also in English Read More »
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4. August 6 pm Confessions and White Elephants
Literature Night in Kunsthalle. What kind of dreams does Africa create? Did it change my life or only my writing or neither? Do we need confessions? (Goodbye woolen pants, hello everlasting youth!) Do we need white elephants? How does feel the longing of two continents? Should I have yet said yes to the proposal? Writers and poets from Villa Karo, such as Tua... Read More »
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11. August 6 pm A Finnish Composer in Africa
Music Night How does a Finnish composer meet an African musician and African music? What are the consequences in his music? The art music composer Mikko Heiniö tells about his works Khora and Café au lait. The jazz musician Eero Koivistoinen tells about his relation to African music and about the working with African musicians. He also tells about the recordings he has... Read More »
