Where

Culture Workshop Konepaja
Pohjolankatu 1, 70500 Kuopio
See location on map.
See accessibility information.

Participation

Age limit 18 years.

Yalla Collective

Yalla Collective is a DJ ensemble founded in 2022 that showcases the music and culture of the SWANA region and its diasporas in Finland.*

*SWANA is an anti-colonial term referring to the regions of Southwest Asia and North Africa.

Instagram: @theyalla.co
Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/theyallacollective

Moe Mustafa

Moe Mustafa is a visual and sound artist, performer, and writer with an MA in Art and Media from Aalto University. His work spans text, sound, and performance, often focusing into themes of identity, memory, sexuality, and diaspora. Moe’s recent projects include: A performance titled Mascu-Fuck comissioned by Kiasma in 2023; A Floating Body of Cloud, an audio essay exploring environmental sound and diasporic identity, commissioned by YLE and set for release in Spring 2025. His work investigates intersections of sound, politics, and emotion, with a focus on queer Arab experiences. Moe’s practice often questions the dynamics of belonging and desire, creating evoking narratives that challenge societal norms.

Festival Club

Sat 13.9.

At 21:00-01:00

Where

Culture Workshop Konepaja
Pohjolankatu 1, 70500 Kuopio
See location on map.
See accessibility information.

Participation

Age limit 18 years.

The Saturday night club, in the unique environment of the Culture Workshop Konepaja, tops off the festival week! We will enjoy rousing DJ music and get together at the dance floor!

The space will be hosted by the A Piece of Space project.

We will also announce the 2025 Winner of the ANTI Festival International Prize for Live Art!

Programme

20.30 Doors open

21.00 Tea Andreoletti & the Konepaja community will close the A Piece of Space: 106 Hours Assembly

21.30 A word of thanks from the festival curators Elisa Itkonen and Season Butler

21.35 Announcement of the ANTI Live Art Prize Winner

21.45 Moe Mustafa: Fragmented Geography

22.45 Yalla Collective

01.30 Doors close

The event is supported by the Saastamoinen Foundation and the Future DiverCities 2 project, co-funded by the Creative Europe programme of the European Union, the Finnish National Agency of Education and the City of Kuopio.

Sat 13.9.

At 21:00-01:00

Where

Culture Workshop Konepaja
Pohjolankatu 1, 70500 Kuopio
See location on map.
See accessibility information.

Participation

Age limit 18 years.

Yalla Collective

Yalla Collective is a DJ ensemble founded in 2022 that showcases the music and culture of the SWANA region and its diasporas in Finland.*

*SWANA is an anti-colonial term referring to the regions of Southwest Asia and North Africa.

Instagram: @theyalla.co
Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/theyallacollective