11.10.2022 – 12.10.2022

10:00 – 19:00

Kiasma & EMMA

Free entry

The ARS22 Gathering is an organic extension of ARS22 – Living Encounters exhibition on display at Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma. The meeting invites our audiences to come together and discuss with key agents producing critical thinking about today’s world. Guided by anthropological, artistic, sociological and philosophical positions, the event is organized around four main themes: gender and identity, decolonial narratives and positions, technology and the digital turn and ecology and more-than-human agencies.

The speakers of the seminar include: Elizabeth Povinelli, Christina Sharpe, Mel Y Chen, Achille Mbembe, Slavs and Tatars, Agnieszka Kurant, Petra Laiti, Pirjo Virtanen and Nitin Sawhney.

The Gathering brings together contemporary art institutions and organizations from the Helsinki region: EMMA – Espoo Museum of Modern Art, Frame Contemporary Art Finland, Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma and Uniarts Helsinki, highlighting our common goal to deepen the understanding of contemporary art’s social agency.

The event takes place at Kiasma on Tuesday Oct 11 and at EMMA on Wednesday Oct 12. Please see the program below. The event is fully booked.

The Gathering is generously funded by Saastamoinen Foundation.

11.10.2022 Day 1 at Kiasma

10.00–10.15
Walk-in

10.15–10.20
Welcoming words by Museum Director Leevi Haapala

10.20–10.30
Introduction by Chief-Curator of Exhibitions João Laia

10.30–11.15
First speaker on Gender and Identity Mel Y. Chen

11.15–12.00
Second speaker on Gender and Identity Christina Sharpe

12.00–12.15
Q&A

12.15–13.30
Break

13.30–14.15
First speaker on Decolonial Narratives and Positions Alemanji Aminkeng Atabong

14.15–15.00
Second speaker on Decolonial Narratives and Positions Slavs and Tatars

15.00–15.15
Q&A

15.15–15.30
Coffee break (coffee provided by Kiasma)

15.30–16.30
Keynote speaker Elizabeth A. Povinelli

16.30–16.45
Q&A

16.45–18.00
Possibility to visit the exhibition ARS22

12.10.2022 Day 2 at EMMA

11.15–11.30
Walk-in

11.35–11.40
Welcoming words by Museum Director Pilvi Kalhama

11.40–11.45
Introduction by Chief-Curator Arja Miller

11.45–12.30
First speaker on Digital Turn & More-than-human Agencies Agnieszka Kurant

12.30–13.15
Second speaker Digital Turn & More-than-human Agencies Nitin Sawhney

13.15–13.30
Q&A

13.30–14.45
Break

14.45–15.30
First speaker Ecology & Indigenous knowledge Petra Laiti

15.30–16.15
Second speaker Ecology & Indigenous knowledge Pirjo Virtanen

16.15–16.30
Q&A

16.30–19.00
Possibility to visit the exhibition In Search of the Present