Newsletter 01/2022 – Open Calls for Artists – Shared Futures workshops for over 60-year-old participants
Reality Research Center is calling for an Impossible Performance – Apply by Feb 28!
The Residency Program for Impossible Performance invites applications from artists with a utopian agenda who work in performing arts in Finland and who have dreams that haven’t come true yet. The program is part of the main program of the Reality Research Center (RRC) in 2022-2023, and ANTI Festival is the main partner of the program.
One working group (1-2 persons) will be selected through an open application process.
The residency is divided into two years and it takes place in Kuopio. In 2022 the working group is working on a residency period in Kuopio for two weeks. In 2023 The artists will produce an “impossible” performance for the ANTI Festival.
In 2022, the work in Kuopio can include planning, networking and training. The work must include some sort of part that is visible to the audience. It can be for example a workshop, a demo or an artist meeting.
More information and application guidelines here (link)!
ANTI, Baltic Circle & Hangö Teaterträff are calling for performance proposals – Apply by March 1!
Kulkue, a joint project of ANTI Festival, Baltic Circle Festival and Hangö Teaterträff, will produce new works of performing arts and propose a new touring model during 2022–2024. As part of the project, the works will tour different festival cities; Kuopio, Hanko and Helsinki, always creating a relationship with the local environment.
Now the festivals call for performance proposals inspired by space, environment or community.
The artists selected for the project will be invited to a dialogue with three festivals and three different cities. ANTI Festival, Baltic Circle Festival and Hangö Teaterträff offer artists the opportunity to work long-term in the festival context and to experiment with different forms, practices and production methods.
We invite new work proposals from artists working in the independent field of performing arts in Finland. A proposal can be a raw idea, a desire to try new practices or work in interaction with a particular environment or community. Projects already underway are also welcome.
More information and application guidelines here (link)!
Shared Futures workshops for over 60-year-old participants
Welcome to reflect on and get a sense of the future. What kind of a city and world we would like to leave behind for future generations?
Anyone over 60-year-old is welcome to join the Shared Futures workshops, and the activity is free of charge. At the workshops, participants explore their home town, and the related memories and feelings it evokes.
Walking, drawing, exploring, and movement and sound will lead us to a journey into our city and our wishes for its future. In this work, we will make use of familiar and unfamiliar maps and create new ones. The workshops also include familiarisation with the opportunities brought by the latest technology for perceiving and exploring the world.
The workshops are guided by artists Emma Fält and Anna-Maria Väisänen.
Where?
Kohtaamo (Kuopio main library, Maaherrankatu 12 / Museokatu 1). This is an accessible space.
When?
On Mondays at 10:00
Next workshops:
7 February
14 February
21 February
28 February
7 March
14 March
21 March
28 March
No need to sign up in advance. Welcome!
For more information, contact Elisa Itkonen, elisa@antifestival.com / +358 50 305 2005