Starting in one week on Tuesday 10th September 2019, ANTI – Contemporary Art Festival traces various iterations of death in an attempt to open-up thinking around our relationship to it and to the many sets of phenomena that surround it. The presentations and events of ANTI Festival are free for the audience, but some events […]

ANTI Festival hosts the fourth Future DiverCities Lab in Kuopio in 2-15 September 2019. The Lab will be based in an urban room – a pop-up store in the centre of town titled The End, which will act as a space for people to meet, make and discuss. It can be used and visited by […]

ANTI – Contemporary Art Festival 2019 builds up to a thrilling weekend as the nominees for The ANTI Festival International Prize for Live Art present their work in Kuopio Finland as part of the new Shortlist LIVE! programme. The new Shortlist LIVE! concept change the way the winner selection process is handled, but also provides […]

ANTI – Contemporary Art Festival, the Finnish Theatre of the Year, is proud to present the the jury for the ANTI Festival International Prize for Live Art 2019. ANTI Festival’s artistic directors Johanna Tuukkanen and Gregg Whelan expect a thrilling week as “for the first time the Shortlist LIVE! programme will bring these remarkable artists […]

Nesterval (AT): Anna-Liisa Nesterval Trailer 2 from ANTI Festival on Vimeo. ANTI – Contemporary Art Festival is rapidly approaching! The 2019 festival is in 10-15 September. Get a taste of the 2019 programme through the new Anna-Liisa Nesterval trailer. Nesterval, who have gained massive popularity in Wien, will present their immersive theatre piece three times […]

Sonya Lindfors Returns to Kuopio 1.-7.4.2019 Galleria Ars Libera | Suokatu 30, Kuopio The winner of the ANTI Festival International Prize for Live Art Award 2018, Sonya Lindfors, returns to Kuopio as she will start working on her piece for ANTI – Contemporary Art Festival 2019 with a gallery residence in Galleria Ars Libera 1.-7.4.2019. […]

ANTI Festival is the Finnish Theatre of the Year 2019 ANTI – Contemporary Art Festival has won the Theatre of the Year 2019 prize awarded by The Association of Finnish Theatres. The winner was chosen by MP Outi Alanko-Kahiluoto (Greens). Theater of the Year award is a prize awarded by The Association of Finnish Theatres […]

The Theme of ANTI Festival 2019 The 18th edition of ANTI – Contemporary Art Festival will take place between 10th and 15th September 2019. Once again ANTI is bringing internationally celebrated, award-winning artists from around the world to Kuopio Finland to present their work. The theme and the focus of this year’s festival is death. […]