OAF Talks: mirrored fatality’s meet and greet
Welcome to meet and greet, discuss, to have a communal potluck and to share a collective altar building ritual with this year’s artist-in-recidency, punk duo mirrored fatality! Time: Friday, 25 August from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Place: Pertti’s Choice Gallery For the mirrored fatality potluck & Q and A there will be opportunities to […]
OAF Info
The OAF festival guides lead the audience to the festival art and to experiential city tours. The festival info is situated in the lobby of the Central Library Oodi during the festival. The festival info is open during the opening hours of Oodi. You can find festival guides at festival info during the opening day […]
OAF Talks: Vernissage at HAM
Welcome to the vernissage of the HAM exhibition to meet the artists and curators of OAF’s visual arts programme! Time: Wednesday, 23 August, from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Place: HAM lobby, Tennis Palace This year, OAF’s visual art programme will spread out to Helsinki Art Museum HAM, Pertti’s Choice Gallery, and the virtual gallery […]
OAF Talks: Vernissage at Pertti’s Choice
Welcome to Pertti’s Choice Gallery to meet the artists and curators of OAF’s visual arts programme as well as our international collaborators! Time: Friday, 18 August, from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Place: Pertti’s Choice This year, OAF’s visual art programme will spread out to Pertti’s Choice Gallery, Helsinki Art Museum HAM, and the virtual […]
OAF X HAM Talks
Inclusive curating – perspectives from the festival and gatekeepers What is inclusive curating and how is it implemented in a festival context? What does the future of outsider art in museums look like? These are some of the questions that will be addressed at the OAF X HAM Talks on Wednesday, 23 August. Warmly welcome […]
True Equality party
True Equality party: The Night of the Arts 17.8.2023, 17.00 – 18:30 The pre-party of OAF Opening, True Equality party will be held at the restaurant of The National Museum of Finland at 17.00 – 18:30. The artists and partners of the OAF Festival are invited to the party but anyone can attend the event […]
OAF OPENING
OAF X The National Museum of Finland: The Night of the Arts 17.8.2023, 19.00-22.00 OAF celebrates the start of the festival by taking over The National Museum of Finland! The opening event will bring together outsiders and insiders of the art scene and bring forth speech acts about artistic freedom, Finnishness, being an outsider and […]
KALLE SALONEN X HUVILA
OAF Academy proudly presents: The Hammond virtuoso Kalle Salonen performs with his new group Salonen-Gustavson-Gröhn at the Helsinki Festival’s Huvila venue in 20.8.2023! The legendary Tuomari Nurmio will also take over the stage with his group Dumari and Spuget & Blosarit. Salonen composes new music for three Hammond organs in the OAF Academy during the […]
OAF X SEMIFINAL
OAF serves you a musical microcosm that is explosive, original, touching, ironic and fascinating. On Thursday 24th of August you can look forward to diving deep into a rough and physical snare drum solo rhythms as well as experience healing by a noise queer punk farmer duo sharing their rituals and altars. Thursday 24.8.2023, Semifinal […]
OAF X G LIVELAB
OAF serves you a musical microcosm that is explosive, original, touching, ironic and fascinating. On Wednesday 23rd of August you can look forward to rap filled with good vibes, keyboard-driven storytelling, soft pop-rock and familiar and iconic voice of not Vesa-Matti Loiri, but Loiriplukari. Wednesday 23.8.2023, G Livelab 19:30 Grandefinale 20:30 Mika Hagman 21:15 Loiriplukari […]
