Public Stage
The public stage stands in Kuopio Market Square. The square is the centre of the city, surrounded by shops and restaurants. The square hosts a daily morning market from Monday to Saturday and bus stops line its edge. The square is active both day and night with kiosks selling fast food until the early hours. The public stage is a permanent construction and stands in the square around the year. Various events, cultural and civic, take place on the stage. Electricity can be supplied to the stage. The stage is available 24 hours a day.
Sports Stadium
A seated sports stadium with a 400-metre running track and full stadium lighting. Due to potential weather conditions during the festival the stadium’s grass field will not be accessible, however projects can utilise the entire location, the seating banks, running track, changing rooms and surrounds. The stadium is located in a recreational area of the city and is a short walk from the city centre. The stadium is used regularly by local sports clubs for training sessions and competitions.
The stadium was opened in 1923 and renovated in 1980. It is owned by the City of Kuopio council. The stadium’s seating capacity is 9800, of which 2700 are decked. The stadium was home to Kuopio’s football team, Kuopion palloseura, between 1930 to 2005 when they moved to another location. The runner Paavo Nurmi set a world record in this stadium.
The Rönö Bridge
The Rönö Bridge connects the recreational area of Väinölänniemi with the small island of Rönö. The island of Rönö is home to one of Kuopio’s suburbs. The bridge was built in the late 1980’s making the island accessible to cars and busses. The bridge is 152 meters long, 9,5 meters wide and 5,5 meters above the water, it runs over the Kallavesi lake.
Children’s Project
ANTI has a special interest in presenting works that children and their families can respond to. This project is open-ended as the festival would like to invite artists to propose their own site for the work or works. The site can be in either public or private space but must be able to be visited by a mixed-age audience. The type, length and scale of the work is entirely open to the artist however in keeping with the nature of the festival the project must be site-related in some sense. Artists are encouraged to think about the spaces and places where such a project could be located and are discouraged from locating the work in playgrounds and other play related environments. Artists are also encouraged to consider a broad range of ages for the work, from very young children through to teenagers. Projects may offer an experience for the children or be a process or collaboration with the children themselves.
Private Home(s)
For artists working with domestic and private space we invite proposals for projects to take place in one, two, or three private homes.
For the first time ANTI festival is to run three projects in three private homes. How the projects would use the house or apartment is open to the artist – projects may use the entire property or a single room etc. A range of projects will be considered for the homes, from live performance, installation to sound and text work. Artists are asked to consider if and how they would involve those living in the property. Artists are encouraged to think about the wide social sweep of those living in urban areas and to outline where their project would be located in those terms – for example is the project to take place in a traditional Finnish family home, the one bedroom apartment of a temporary visitor to the city or the home of a second-generation migrant family? The festival will find the homes in collaboration with the artists once the projects have been agreed. The festival staff will make initial approaches to the residents/landlords unless the artist feels this is a necessary part of their own process.
Photographs: Pekka Mäkinen