page updated: 03.03.2009.

Archive 2008

Exhibitions

Kiasma in Kallio05.12.2008 - 06.01.2009 > Read more Loop of the Month: Tangential DocumentariesMediatheque05.12.2008 - 11.01.2009 Jenny Yurshansky and Jacqueline Hoang Nguyen
curator's choice
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DRAWN IN THE CLOUDSStudio K01.11.2008 - 01.02.2009 Drawn in the Clouds features artwork that focuses on reaching out from the ground to the skies. The contributors include a total of 12 artists from Korea, Japan and China, among them, Yoko Ono, Do Ho Suh and Li Wei. > Read more
FULL HOUSE4th and 5th floors17.10.2008 - 18.01.2009 The exhibition examines minimalism and the modern art trends it inspired. From the late 1960s to today, the exhibition follows the paths that branched out from minimalism.
The exhibition includes significant, heavily material works by such major figures of minimalism as Donald Judd, Robert Morris and Richard Stella.
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Kim Levin: Notes and Itineraries 1975-2004Kontti17.10.2008 - 01.02.2009 > Read more
reMAKE 5: Aurora ReinhardRoom X10.10.2008 - 11.01.2009 > Read more
Jiri GellerStudio K09.05.2008 - 03.08.2008
Fluid Street – alone, together4th and 5th floors09.05.2008 - 21.09.2008 In the tenth anniversary exhibition, a street functions as a metaphorical space, a common everyday space or a flow of time. > Read more
Julian Schnabel: The Conscious Gaze of Frightened Young Nuns5th floor08.03.2008 - 13.04.2008 The new works of the grown up ‘enfant terrible' are linked with the sensational “plate paintings” of the 1980s in an exhibition presenting the career of the prolific artist. > Read more
Nan Goldin4th floor01.02.2008 - 13.04.2008 Nan Goldin (born 1953), who does not shy away from taboo subjects, is one of the most significant photographers of our time. > Read more
Miika Nyyssönen: Cavepainters CaveStudio K11.01.2008 - 20.04.2008 > Read more  

Theatre

Nälkäteatteri / In Alternate Spaces -groupODRADEK VARIATIONS, Kiasma Theatre03.12.2008 - 10.12.2008 Tickets: 12/8e > Read more
Japanese animationsKiasma Theatre28.11.2008 Tickets: 6e > Read more
AVANTO 2008: Ken Jacobs (USA)Kiasma Theatre21.11.2008 - 23.11.2008 Tickets: 6/4e > Read more
Lens Politica - festival of film and media artKiasma Theatre19.11.2008 > Read more
Heli Meklin and Michael Laub: BRUCE AND MOREMoving in November, Kiasma Theatre08.11.2008 - 09.11.2008 Tickets: 20/15e > Read more
Ayelen Parolin: Troupeau/RebañoMoving in November, Kiasma Theatre05.11.2008 - 06.11.2008 Tickets: 20/15e > Read more
Saša Asentic: MY PRIVATE BIOPOLITICSMoving in November, Kiasma Theatre01.11.2008 - 02.11.2008 Tickets: 20/15e

A funny, intelligent and topical performance of the shifting centre of Europe.
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/theatre.nowContemporary theatre event01.10.2008 - 12.10.2008 Contemporary theatre event /theatre.now takes place for the fourth time. Programme includes premieres, international guest performances, demos, re-premieres, talks and writings. > Read more
Ville Walo & Kalle Hakkarainen / WHSPuun syy – Wood Fibre – Tree’s Fault11.09.2008 - 19.10.2008 Tickets: 12/8e The performance investigates man's relationship to paper as building material, natural resource and almost invisible everyday commodity. > Read more
Helsingin Esitystaiteen Keskus: DEMO WEDNESDAYSKiasma Theatre’s Lobby03.09.2008 - 03.12.2008 Free entrance > Read more
Tuija Kokkonen/ Maus&OrlovskiThe Performance with the Ocean View - II Memo of Time 26.08.2008 - 01.09.2008 The basis of the presentation is the weather and the air, time and potential. > Read more
CALL CUTTA IN A BOXBaltic Circle / Fluid Street12.08.2008 - 31.08.2008 Imagine you are buying a ticket at the box office for an individual show on a specific day, but are not led to the auditorium of the theatre. Instead, you get a key and will be guided to a door. You open the door and find a phone ringing... > Read more
URB 08Urban Festival01.08.2008 - 10.08.2008 The ninth edition of Kiasma Theatre’s URB Festival presents the pioneers and newcomers in the arenas of urban culture and art. > Read more
Cirko – New Circus Festival in Helsinki La Scabreuse: Taïteul10.05.2008 - 11.05.2008 The director of ‘Taïteul’, Jean-Michel Guy, is one of the most significant researchers and writers on new French circus. > Read more
Baltic CircleMOBILE LAB FOR THEATRE AND COMMUNICATION09.05.2008 - 17.05.2008 Four-day workshop of contemporary theatre and criticism. > Read more
The Reality Research CentreAS IF – the Open Series #10 CONCLUSIONS18.04.2008 - 27.04.2008 There is a man on the stage. The man is looking at you; you are looking at the man. > Read more
Deborah HayIf I Sing to You10.04.2008 - 11.04.2008 The choreography of If I Sing to You is a song without words or music. It holds together through innumerable tender, witty, dark, volatile, theatrical and absurdly human moments choreographed and directed by Deborah Hay. It is performed by an outrageously gifted cast of 5 highly trained dancer/choreographers. > Read more
The Best of Tampere19.03.2008 19.3. 6pm, tickets 7/5e
A Kiasma Theatre tradition, the Best of Tampere screening collects together awarded international and Finnish short films from the Tampere Film Festival.
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Pixelache Helsinki12.03.2008 - 16.03.2008 Pixelache is a festival of electronic art. > Read more
Julian SchnabelThe Diving Bell and the Butterfly08.03.2008 - 09.03.2008 Performances in Kiasma Theatre
Saturday March 8 and Sunday March 9 at 2 pm. With museum ticket. Duration 107 min
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Derevo (RUS): Ketzal 06.03.2008 Leading Russian performance art group, Derevo, returns to the Kiasma Theatre after nine years. > Read more
RIITTA – Nainen talossaPremière – Fri 8th Feb08.02.2008 - 01.03.2008 A new Finnish experimental musical performed by seven men and a chamber orchestra. It is directed and written by Pauliina Hulkko with music and arrangements by Sanna Salmenkallio. > Read more
DocPointHelsinki Documentary Film Festival 23.01.2008 - 27.01.2008 The DocPoint Festival presenting new and classic documentary films from around the world is already in its seventh year. > Read more
 

Special Programme

LIVING ROOM FRIDAYSCafé Kiasma 31.10.2008 - 28.11.2008 Fridays 31.10.-28.11. 5-8 PM

Chef's Digest and DJ's

31.10. DJ HANK ( Spinefarm , Radio Helsinki )
7.11. DJ MIA DARLING ( Poko-recordsille levyttänyt indie pop-laulaja )
14.11. DJ SLIM MIKE ( Rytmi , Club Skene )
21.11. DJ LORD FATTY ( Fatty Sounds )
28.11. DJ SÄRMÄ ( Kevin )
Kiasma in Kivikko23.09.2008 - 31.12.2008
Fluid Street Event WeekendKiasma19.09.2008 - 21.09.2008 Preliminary programme:
Steam sauna
Performance at the skating ramp
City tours
Kiasma outdoor lighting
Uuno Turhabuto on Saturday 20.9. at 11 am - 5 pm (free work shop, more info: jonna.strandberg@kiasma.fi)
Anniversary weekend31.05.2008 - 01.06.2008 Kiasma’s tenth anniversary culminates in a summer weekend of free entry, when everyone can enjoy art inside and outside Kiasma. > Read more
Grassroots conference16.04.2008 - 17.04.2008 GRASSROOTS is a 2-day conference, a public forum for discovering and debating the wide field art and ecology today. > Read more