Kalevi Helvetti: Dead Elvis – Always on my mind!
Kalevi Helvetti’s new body of work explores the great names of popular music through his own unique and twisted perspective, through death. The original subjects of all the works in the exhibition are stars who have already passed on to the afterlife. Kalevi Helvetti commented on the exhibition, “The music plays and the songs live […]
“Hei muuten” live drawing performance
In connection with the “Hei muuten” comic book exhibition, a live drawing performance will take place in the House of Text’s Permantosali on Tuesday 20.8. from 17:00 to 18:00. The event will feature two of the artists of the “Hei muuten” project, Joannis Klementides and Riina Noro, as well as Miissa Rantanen, a comic artist […]
Hei muuten Comic Book Exhibition
“Hei muuten” comic book exhibition showcases the work of eight up-and-coming cartoonists with special needs. “Hei muuten” is a series of comic books that brings together the debut albums of eight artists. The books have been made in supported art studios all over Finland: Studio Aula and the Vallila Art Studio of the Autism Foundation […]
OAF Workshop: Cat’s House (Kanimaattorit)
Cat’s House -workshop on Sunday 18.8. klo 12:00-13:00 In the Cat’s House workshop, Lasse Lumijärvi and Mika Hagman from the Kanimaattorit group will guide how to make a cat character from the film “Two silly rabbits and a ball” and how to build furniture for the cat from recycled materials. In the workshop you can […]
OAF X Nihil Interit: Asemic Poetry Workshop
Asemic Poetry Workshop 17.8. at 12pm – 15pm Place: Permantosali, House of Text 1st floor Welcome to the asemic poetry workshop at the House of Text! Outsider Art Festival and Nihil Interit co-organize a workshop to make asemic and visual poems using different methods. Asemic writing is a form of visual poetry that emphasises the […]
OAF X Bar tÿpo: DJ sets
As a cherry on top for the OAF opening weekend on 15.-17.8.2024 we are hosting three spectacular DJ sets in the atmospheric Bar tÿpo at the House of Text! Schedule: Thursday 15.8. from 18.00 onwards: Rakettiryhmä 10 000 DJ/VJ set Friday 16.8. from 18:00 onwards: DJ Salmelan muovisorvaamo ja DJ Toimi Tytti Saturday 17.8. from […]
OAF X Espoo: Valtteri’s Worlds
Valtteri Kleemola’s digital exhibition Valtteri’s Worlds at Länsimetro (Western metro) stations 16.-18.8.2024 during metro opening hours 06:00-00:00 Valtteri Kleemola’s digital exhibition will be spread along Länsimetro between Ruoholahti and Kivenlahti stations. At each station, a series of five photographs by Kleemola will be displayed. Valtteri Kleemola (b. 1989) is a Helsinki-based artist working with photography. […]
OAF Talks: Music and Mental Health
OAF Talks: Music and mental health – How is the musician’s mind? Time: 21.8.2024 at 17.30-18.30 Location: Caisa Auditorium, Cultural Centre Caisa, Helsinki, Finland Why are so many musicians in the creative sector so vulnerable to mental health problems? Are sensitive people attracted to the creative sector or are the working conditions and culture more […]
OAF Talks: Power
How are issues of power reflected in the field of art? Who gets to decide? How are decisions made? What are the OAF’s tools for a more equal distribution of power? The theme of power emerges in the curation of the OAF’s programme and in the OAF Academy. A key issue in curating is the […]
OAF X WeeGee
An immersive Inside Outside Finland IOF cultural travel experience will be on display at the WeeGee exhibition centre. In the work, the visitor travels with VR glasses to Finnish outsider art sites: the Parikkala statue park, Enni Id’s home in Padasjoki, Kalevi Helvetti’s gig and the Autism Foundation art studio. The exhibition is open 15.8.-25.8.2024. […]
