Newsletter 1/2017
Newsletter 2.2.2017
Future DiverCities was celebrated in Marseille
The Launch of the Future DiverCities project took place in Marseille, France between 29th and 30th January. Kuopio and ANTI Festival was represented by the artistic director Johanna Tuukkanen and festival manager Elisa Itkonen and Kirsi Soininen, the marketing director of the City of Kuopio. In the year 2017, the Future DiverCities project in Kuopio is supported by the City of Kuopio.
The project partners from 8 different European countries continued
in a partners’ meeting in Marseille till 1st February.
Future DiverCities is an initiative of 10 cultural partners in Europe and Canada funded by Creative Europe (European Union programme for the cultural and creative sectors). From the summer 2016, this 4 years experimentation will aim at exploring new models of creation and dissemination that support, for the future, cultural diversity and alternative ecosystems.
New Start Finland! with Ernest Truely
Ernest Truely has been chosen to work with the New Start Finland! research project and ANTI Festival in a community arts project for asylum seekers.
The Open Call for Artists closed on 15th January 2017.
Ernest Truely is an artist, researcher and educator from the United States, based in Helsinki. He is experienced in working with various communities in Finland, Estonia and the U.S, among others. In the collaboration project of the artist and ANTI Festival, the participants will gain awareness of strategies in
using social media to develop characters, narratives, performance for the camera, digital imaging, video editing and production.
The project is a part of the New Start Finland! research project at the University of Eastern Finland. New Start Finland! is researching ways to promote health, wellbeing and integration of adult asylum seekers.
Water inspires – 350 proposals to ANTI Festival 2017
The 16th edition of ANTI Festival will take place between 18th and 24th September 2017. The festival will partner with a number of local partners to produce a programme of projects that respond to the theme of water. We invited proposals from artists working in any medium. We also invited proposals of talks, presentations or papers on preexisting projects that connect with the theme.
The Open Call for Projects, Papers and Presentations closed on 22nd January 2017.
In total, we received 350 proposals from 50 different countries.
Thank you to all the applicants! The festival programme will be released during the spring and summer 2017.
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