Pilvi Takala: The Trainee18.11.2009 - 17.01.2010 Studio K
Ars Fennica 200909.10.2009 - 10.01.20104th floor, KonttiFive Finnish artists have been nominated for the Ars Fennica award in 2009. The winner will be picked by Vicente Todoli, the director of Tate Modern. The winner will be announced on 19 November 2009. Viewers of the exhibition at Kiasma also have the chance to vote for their favourite artist.
Ars Fennica is the biggest visual arts award in Finland. Given out annually by the Henna and Pertti Niemistö Art Foundation Ars Fennica, it is a recognition of original, high-quality artistic work. > Read more
Pipilotti Rist05.09.2009 - 06.12.20095th floorThe international artist guest of the main exhibition in the autumn is the Swiss superstar of video art Pipilotti Rist. 5 Sep - 6 Dec, 5th floor > Read more
Leena Saarto05.09.2009 - 01.11.2009 Studio K
(UN)NATURALLY15.05.2009 - 30.08.20094th floorA perspective on what it means to be a man in the 2000s through contemporary art. What do men who are not content to stick with standard assumptions present in their art? Marja-Terttu Kivirinta and Leena-Maija Rossi have chosen nine artists for the exhibition: Jan-Erik Andersson, Kalle Hamm & Dzamil Kamanger, Jukka Korkeila, Jouni Kujansuu, Pekka Niskanen, Harri Pälviranta, Kari Soinio and Viggo Wallenskiöld. > Read more
HORROR VACUI15.05.2009 - 09.08.2009Fifth floor, Kontti and Studio KThree major Finnish artists, Markus Copper, Jari Haanperä and Kimmo Schroderus, concentrate on spatial issues in the Kiasma summer exhibition. > Read more
TRACKING TRACES… collection exhibition27.03.2009 - 14.02.20102nd and 3rd floorsThe exhibition Tracking Traces… examines people, nature and culture through a variety of traces. Metaphorically, it studies tracking and positioning as a kind of expedition. Traces can be found near and far, from the human body to imagery of advertising and urban space. Traces may be deliberately or accidentally created marks or imprints that we leave and meet every day. Tracking Traces… comprises three sections: smudge, barcode and imprint. > Read more
OLA KOLEHMAINEN: A Building is not a Building4th floor26.02.2009 - 26.04.2009Architecture is the subject matter of Berlin-based photographer Ola Kolehmainen’s art. Instead of merely documenting it, he crops and brings forth interesting and surprising details. The name of the exhibition implies that in Kolehmainen’s photographs a building is not primarily a building but a fabric of colour, light, shapes, surfaces and depth, repetition and composition, an expedition to the image. Later in the year, the exhibition will travel to Denmark and England. > Read more
MARITA LIULIA: Choosing My Religion5th floor13.02.2009 - 19.04.2009Marita Liulia’s most recent multimedia project views the major religions of the world from multiple perspectives, particularly the female one. Liulia’s work juxtaposes Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Sikhism, Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism, and Shinto. The exhibition is a visual and experiential whole comprising photographs, paintings, objects and media works. The exhibition will premiere at Kiasma, then it travels to Tampere, Turku and Vaasa. > Read more
Loop: Marja KanervoMediateekki, Kiasma16.01.2009 - 01.03.2009Marja Kanervo's works, which strongly appeal to a sense of presence and space, are frequently open events in their nature. The viewer is continuously able to perceive parts of a whole or the installation's form at a certain moment. The video projection documenting the creation process, Untitled, 2007 offers a new, more comprehensive perspective into Kanervo's art. > Read more
Image and After2nd and 3rd floors11.01.2008 - 01.03.2009The Image and After exhibition is about internal movements of art, which travel back and forth in the history of contemporary art and its living practices. > Read more
Theatre
Entertainment Island 2Oblivia18.11.2009 - 28.11.2009Kiasma-theatreTickets 12/8 eurMulti-disciplined and international performing art group Oblivia’s three year project looks at popular culture and entertainment from various angles: a performance trilogy, a short film, a photography exhibition, a book, workshops, discussions and seminars. > Read more
Lens Politica -Opening11.11.2009Kiasma-TheatreTickets 8 eurLens Politica offers a stage for film, art, and most importantly, discussion. > Read more
Antonia Baehr: LAUGH Moving in November07.11.2009 - 08.11.2009Kiasma-theatreTickets 20/15 eur”I like to lau gh. I laugh often. I am often seen laughing.” says Antonia Baehr. Laugh is a piece about laughing as laughing. > Read more
Ivo Dimchev: Lili HandelMoving in November04.11.2009 - 05.11.2009Kiasma-theatreTickets 20/15 eurLili Handel by Ivo Dimchev is a last cry of a grand diva of variety. A talk-show from the end of the world, complete with broken down show numbers, a tour de force of a performance which crosses borders becoming a buto performance, a striking falsetto concert or live art practice. Lili Handel is not seeking rest, but travelling through all his/her pains in an effort to express our existence. This performance is shocking in it's intensity, truly a roller-coaster ride without safety belts.
Ivo Dimchev is a choreographer and performer from Bulgaria, who now resides and works in Holland. 2008 The Award of the French Critics for best performance of the year for "Lili Handel" 2005 The Award of the International Jury of the Critics for Best Actor in "Lili Handel" at the MASK festival Duration: 50 min Language: English
/theatre.nowKiasma-theatreTheatre.now is an event that strives to break the boundaries of performing arts and offer different perspectives to contemporary performances. > Read more
SELLAINEN KUIN23.09.2009 - 30.09.2009ArrayTickets 12/8 eurSELLAINEN KUIN is an independent sequel to the Pimeä project witch was seen at /theatre.now in 2006 > Read more
Demo Wednesdays02.09.2009 - 02.12.2009Kiasma-seminarFreeKiasma Theatre ’s Demo Wednesdays feature artist lectures. The ideologies of creating art and the ideas behind different art forms are explored. Practical examples are included.
VIRVA TALONENPoikkeustapauksia – Special Cases26.08.2009 - 30.08.2009Special Cases investigates normality and the boundaries between peculiarity and usualness.
Helsinki Poetics Conference 23.08.2009 Kiasma-TheatreArrayFor the fifth time running, the Helsinki Poetics Conference brings together poetry amateurs: researchers, writers and readers. . > Read more
URB 09urban art festival 10 years30.07.2009 - 09.08.2009URB - urban art festival 10 years 30 July - 9 August http://www.urb.fi will be opened before 20 June. > Read more
Openings of Kiasma Mini Ramp05.06.2009Arrayat 2 pm ES Game of Skate at 4 pm ES Game of Skate Final at 6-8 pm Opening of Kiasma Mini Ramp: Best tricks! BASSO DJs
EERO-TAPIO VUORI / HELENA RATINENWalking on the Water 31.05.2009 - 06.06.2009Free entranceWalking on the Water is an environmental butôh performance/ bodily installation. > Read more
ERVI SIRENRuusuikkuna - The Rose Window14.05.2009 - 24.05.2009Tickets 12/8eThe most important aspect of my work is the essence and quality of movement. Movement, breath, sound and dance open up an awareness beyond the bodily memory in the muscles. > Read more
Cirko-FestivalCirko Aereo & Rinneradio: Fritt Fall08.05.2009 - 09.05.2009 Tickets 12/8 eCirko-Festival Presents a comprehensive selection of international and Finnish contemporary circus premieres and top performances.
Celebrated work Fritt Fall by Circo Aereo and RinneRadio makes a comeback from the first Cirko Festival (2006). > Read more
UND ER LIBETBakkantit 322.04.2009 - 30.04.2009Tickets 12/8 eBakkantit 3 is the final part of Bakkantit (The Bacchantes) series by the theatre group Und er libet.
Pikseliähky // Pixelache 200902.04.2009 - 05.04.2009 Tickets 10 ePixelache is a festival of electronic art that started in 2002. Kiasma Theatre and Seminar Room > Read more
AUNE KALLINEN25.03.2009 - 29.03.2009Tickets 12/8 eHow do I encounter The Other without possession? How do I respect something I don't know? How, and when, will we learn to treat Each Other and The Other in us with kindness? Should we?
Edge of EuropeYlva Gislén's Presentation A Disturbing Practice21.03.2009Free EntranceEdge of Europe, a project in the areas of performance and writing, will organize Ylva Gislén's presentation, an open writing circle and an artists' laboratory this spring. Seminar room > Read more
The Best of Tampere14.03.2009Tickets 7/5eA Kiasma Theatre tradition, the Best of Tampere screening collects together awarded international and Finnish short films from the Tampere Film Festival. Subtitles in English. > Read more
Secret Re-Programmin Camp, Recruiting Event28.02.2009 - 01.03.2009Free EntranceWelcome to be transformed! In Alternate Spaces -group (Hunger Theatre) has practiced together since 2004, in search of an experiential connection to alternative forms of being. Seminar room > Read more
SANNA KEKÄLÄINENOnni-Bonheur-Happiness22.02.2009 - 15.03.2009 Tickets 12/8eLuck has to be somewhere.
26.2 Post-performance discussion> Read more
Musica novaOut of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking07.02.2009 - 08.02.2009Tickets 10/5 e. On sale at the door one hour before perfomanceNew York is Now is the theme of this year's Musica nova.
Demo Wednesdays04.02.2009 - 06.05.2009Free EntranceDemo Wednesdays are events of unfinished ideas, works in-progress and rehearsals. On the first Wednesday of each month between February-May. Kiasma, 1st floor
DocPoint21.01.2009 - 25.01.2009 Tickects 6,5 eThe eight DocPoint - Helsinki Documentary Film Festival is larger than ever. Kiasma Theatre and Seminar Room> Read more
