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 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 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 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. […]
OAF X Pertti’s Choice Gallery: Wonderland
What does the world look like from the perspective of an outsider artist? And what could it look like? OAF’s visual arts programme will answer these questions by spreading out to Pertti’s Choice Gallery, the gallery of the Cultural Centre Caisa and the virtual gallery from 15 to 25 August 2024. The group exhibitions will […]
OAF X Caisa Gallery: Reality
What does the world look like from the perspective of an outsider artist? And what could it look like? OAF’s visual arts programme will answer these questions by spreading out to Pertti’s Choice Gallery, the gallery of the Cultural Centre Caisa and the virtual gallery from 15 to 25 August 2024. The group exhibitions will […]
OAF X Caisa: Film screenings
OAF film screenings present a wide-ranging selection of Finnish outsider cinema. The film screenings present short films Pixel Party Extravaganza (Petri Keckman), Two Silly Rabbits And a Ball (Kanimaattorit), Breathing reef (Satu & Maima Tani), Into (Aleksi Leskinen) FUR FUR (Kardo Shiwan) and Shadows (Vahid Goodarzpour). The Cultural Centre Caisa’s Kino Caisa is hosting the film […]
OAF X Mad House Helsinki: Fri Nilas Lindell
Mad House, Tekstin talo’s Parvisali 17.8. at 17:00: Fri Nilas Lindell & työryhmä – Tutkimusasema Nunatak For Outsider Art Festival, Fri Nilas Lindell brings “Research Station Nunatak”, which he describes as an experiential and participatory installation. The work is based on Lindell’s dance solo “Nunatak – Liikkeellinen Runo Tiloista” (2022). The word ‘nunatak’ comes from Inuit […]
