Current Events 17 Aug 2026
Events
Bark! (Vol. 3): The Animal That Therefore You Made Me (Follow)
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The Animal That Therefore You Made Me (Follow) - Stanislava Ovchinnikova / Photo by Eero Yli-Vakkuri
6 September 2026
15:00 – 19:00
Location: HIAP Community Room
Schedule: Doors open 15:00 / Screening 15:30 – 17:00 / Reading 17:00-17:30 / Event ends 19:00
An animal traversing the city, an animal on its knees. Railway station grounds, pedestrian crossings, jagged concrete, pillowy-soft fresh grass beneath the palms of its hands. A public space intervention, The Animal That Therefore You Made Me (Follow), was performed by Stanislava Ovchinnikova in Helsinki in early June, assisted and documented by Eero Yli-Vakkuri.
Join us at HIAP on the sixth of September for a screening of performance documentation. This will be followed up by a reading of Stanislava’s new text on the roots, influences, and ideas behind the performance, with time for informal discussion afterwards.
Coffee & Tea will be provided, feel free to bring your own snacks and drinks!
With gratitude to Eero Yli-Vakkuri for documenting and assisting the performance, to Kone Foundation for financial support toward its realization, and to Maria Batchenko & Los’ (Collective Bark!) for conversations that aided the development of the work.
Location
GETTING HERE
This event is located at HIAP Gallery Augusta – please do not go to HIAP Suomenlinna Studios.
Routes to the event location on Google Maps:
Suomenlinna ferry platform to HIAP Gallery Augusta
ACCESSIBILITY / HIAP Suomenlinna
You can find detailed accessibility information here.
Accessing part of the HIAP studios, office, Gallery Augusta & Project Space by wheelchair is possible but we recommend to be accompanied by a person assisting because the entrance doors are not step-free. The HIAP toilets are not wheelchair-accessible but you can find accessible toilets on five different locations on the island indicated on this map. The closest one to the HIAP Studios is located in the Summer Theatre (building nr 36 on the Suomenlinna visitors’ map). We are happy to help you plan your visit. Please contact us for additional information!
A map indicating more accessible routes on the island can be found here. Please note that no signposts designate the accessible route in the terrain.