6.11.2025 18:00, Forum Box Gallery (Ruoholahdenranta 3 A, Helsinki)

Welcome to a unique evening of live improvised performances at Forum Box Gallery as the Helsinki Experimental Series (HES) continues with its final event of 2025.

Free admission.

For this occasion, our grande finale, we will have three sets of solo performances and one duo performance by our main guests: Arnas Mikalkenas, Livia Schweizer, Juho Tuomainen, liris Raipala & Nadja Parssinen. Note that this event starts 30min earlier then the previous events.

After showcasing these outstanding performances, the stage will be open for the “Blind dates for improvisers”: A first-time encounter among members of the audience and our main guests. Bring along your instruments, get inspired by the art works at Forumbox, and perform with the main guests!

Schedule:
18:00 Doors open
18:30 Guest Artists Performances
20:00 Blind dates for improvises

HELSINKI EXPERIMENTAL SERIES 2024/2025 is a Community Engagement/Action Research/Artistic Research project, that intends to establish an interaction space for members of the different communities of improvisers based or working in Helsinki.

The HES 2024/2025 series is developed and funded in collaboration with: Forum Box Gallery, The Global Music Department of the Sibelius Academy, Interkult (Kassandra ry), and the KONE Foundation. The research, curatorial, and artistic direction component of this project is run by Sergio Castrillón.