Veikko Pohjalainen
Veikko Pohjalainen describes himself as an “art eccentric” who began practicing living art as soon as he learned to walk. Over the years, he has gathered experience in acting, spoken word poetry, rap, dance, writing, and spontaneous performances. Pohjalainen resonates with both suburban streets and universal citizenship. At the Outsider Art Festival, Pohjalainen takes the […]
Hanna Heino & Nilas Lindell
Artists Nilas Lindell and Hanna Heino are professionally trained dancers who are currently working with literary arts. They previously collaborated on Nunatak – kokemuksellinen installaatio (OAF and Cultural Center Caisa 2024). Heino and Lindell create art so that someone else might feel less like an outsider. Lindell has a strong background in circus and is […]
Satu Kankaanpää
Satu Kankaanpää is a sign language poet from Seinäjoki. In recent years, she has performed at numerous poetry and culture festivals as well as sign-language poetry clubs. Her poems have been published in the Finnish Sign Language Library, and she won the grand prize for her “Kapinaruno” (“Rebellion Poem”) at the Deaf Culture Days in […]
Elisa Poutanen
Elisa Poutanen (b. 1989) has been writing since childhood, but has focused more intensively on writing over the past ten years. Apart from her blog Saa tuijottaa (2014–2018), Poutanen has never before published her texts. Some of the pieces presented at the festival date back about nine years, when Poutanen struggled for years with chronic […]
Suvi Miettinen
Suvi Miettinen is a self-taught visual and literary artist whose artistic awakening came in adulthood. In her art, Miettinen portrays the landscapes of her mind through both poetry and visual art. When she creates visual art, a poem is born — and vice versa: “When words fail to convey the message, the image continues the […]
Ksenia Voy Kheninen & Zherbin
Ksenia Voy Kheninen and Zherbin are marginalized artists without formal training in arts coming from two different fields and skillsets united by background, trash enthusiasm, and shared interest in cultural anthropology, pop-culture phenomena, and humanism. Zherbin is a Karelian noise artist, musician, builder of electronic and acoustic instruments, and a figure in the margins of […]
Haus & Nipsu
Haus & Nipsu is a creative collaboration between Nipsu Kaipainen and Haus Kulju. Haus is a second-year visual communication student at the Lahti Institute of Design. Nipsu has been independently making films since 2022. Together, Haus and Nipsu have been creating queer-themed films since 2024. The duo’s films Silvanus (2024) and Diergaardesingle (2024) have been […]
Synergy Films
Synergy Films is an inclusive filmmaking collective fighting for empathy and against oppressive ableism. Seventy percent of the group’s members are disabled or individuals classified under ICD diagnoses. At the Outsider Art Festival, the group presents their film Litterator. The word ‘litterator’ is Latin and means ‘one who teaches letters’. In Litterator, the fiercest opponents […]
Folk Extreme & Teatteri NEO
Teatteri NEO is an actor ensemble founded in Tampere in 2020, currently consisting of ten actors with disabilities and two mentors. Teatteri NEO is developing a novel model of supported artistic practice. Folk Extreme is a Tampere-based organization focused on experimental folk music. Folk Extreme’s artists are creative, open-minded, and internationally engaging, spreading music, dance, […]
Hannes Renvall
Hannes Renvall is a filmmaker and multidisciplinary artist who has created dance films, short films, experimental films and music videos. He navigates the no-man’s-water between cinematic storytelling and experimental cinema, observing the corals that appear and disappear. Renvall has won numerous awards both in Finland and internationally; for instance, his dance film Joitain tapoja hävittää […]