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2 Oct 2023

Open Calls for Finland-based Artists and Curators for 2024 / Helsinki, Frankfurt, Dublin

We are happy to announce several open calls for Finnish and Finland-based artists and curators! Open calls for the HIAP…

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2 Oct 2023

International Open Calls for the HIAP Residency Programme 2024

We are happy to announce international open calls for the HIAP Residency Programme for the year 2024! 3-month residencies for…

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15 Aug 2023

EMILIA UKKONEN: LOOKING FOR SPIRITS IN TOKYO

Emilia Ukkonen spent a few months at the Arts Initiative Tokyo Residency in Japan, a whole two years after she…

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1 Aug 2023

Tommi Parkko, 2022, Buenos Aires

Tommi Parkko used his time in Filba residency in Buenos Aires to promote the cause of poetry, his own as…

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26 Jun 2023

IONA ROISIN: BETWEEN TIMES, PLACES, PEOPLE

Iona Roisin (b. 1989) is a British artist and poet based in Helsinki, who spent a few months in 2022…

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13 Jun 2023

ASPIRATIONS ARE THERE – LONG DISTANCE RESIDENCY PROJECT

In mid-June 2020 HIAP launched an Open Call for Trans-Siberian Land-based Long-distance trip where we asked people to join a…

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12 Jun 2023

Art Archipelago Helsinki

(In Finnish below) AAH – ART ARCHIPELAGO HELSINKI is a new network bringing together independent art initiatives, artists, and other…

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31 May 2023

PARSA KAMEHKHOSH: A SENSE OF PRESENCE AND JOY

Parsa Kamehkhosh is an artist whose practice deals with actively being present, everyday interactions, and “being in the world”. Parsa…

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23 Jan 2023

HANNA RÅST REMEMBERS FABRIKKEN: GIVING MEMORIES A PHYSICAL FORM

My call finds Hanna Råst at her flat, where she spends a lot of her time reading and researching. A lovely…

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3 Oct 2022

International Open Calls for the HIAP Residency Programme

We are happy to announce international open calls for the HIAP Residency Programme for the years 2023-2024! HIAP is a…

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26 Apr 2022

FAN CHON HOO: FISHING LURES

Upon arrival to Suomenlinna, Fan Chon Hoo was intrigued by the salmon pink building by the main pier of Iso Mustasaari….

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1 Mar 2022

Support for Ukrainians

A statement from Miina Hujala & Arttu Merimaa: We have been curating the Finnish and Russian artistic exchange programme Connecting…

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23 Feb 2022

Supporting Curators 2022

We are happy to introduce the Supporting Curators of the year 2022! The curators meet up with the HIAP Suomenlinna…

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9 Dec 2021

TIMO VIIALAINEN: MEANINGFUL DETAILS IN SOUND, MERGING THE PRESENT WITH PERMANENCE

Timo Viialainen is an artist working with sound, performance, as well as visual art. His, often sculptural, works habitually engage…

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23 Nov 2021

SARAH HILLEBRECHT: THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE AND EXISTENCE

Sarah Hillebrecht is a sculptor living and working in Bremen, Germany, who works mainly with wood. Her works are often…

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22 Nov 2021

HIAP is hiring: Residency Assistant + Communications Assistant

HIAP is looking to hire two part-time assistants for the years 2022-2023: a Residency Assistant for HIAP Suomenlinna & Cable…

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17 Nov 2021

Environmental situation in Russia: problems, activist strategies, changes

A new three year research project Reside / Sustain: Finnish & Russian experiences/initiatives/practices supported by the Kone Foundation focusing on…

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1 Nov 2021

JESSIE BULLIVANT: FINDING COMMUNITY AND STRUCTURE

“Best thing ever!” exclaims Jessie Bullivant, when asked to describe their time at HIAP. Their unusually long, by HIAP standards,…

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12 Oct 2021

NOORA LEHTOVUORI: ACCEPTING TRANSIENCE AND IMPERFECTION

Two main concepts intertwine in Noora Lehtovuori’s artistic and curatorial work: that of wabi-sabi, or the Japanese notion of incompleteness…

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5 Oct 2021

LINDA AND AURA: LIKE BEING IN A BAND

My Skype call found performance art duo Linda Granfors and Aura Hakuri in Paris, where they spent two weeks working on a…

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