One week to ANTI Festival 2018 – welcome to play with us!
Media release 18.9.2018
ANTI – Contemporary Art Festival starts in Kuopio, Finland on Tuesday 25th September. The festival programme is responding to the themes of play, playfulness, games and gaming. Experience live art with all your senses!
All festival events are free to attend but we require seat reservations to some performances. Read more below and book now!
In addition to the artistic programme, welcome to the Festival Opening, Future DiverCities Lab sharing event and ANTI Prize Party where we announce the 2018 winner of ANTI Live Art Prize. ANTI Prize Party features an amazing gig by the New York based signer-songwriter Joseph Keckler, performing in Finland for the first time ever.
Join our 2018 Facebook event to follow the festival news!
For more information, contact Elisa Itkonen, +358 50 305 2005, elisa@antifestival.com.
Festival Opening
Tuesday 25.9. 12.00
ANTI pop-up play space, Hallikatu 14
The festival opening will be held in ANTI pop-up play space, full of innovative and exciting games and artworks during the festival week. Welcome to meet with the festival team, artists and pick up your copy of the festival programme and ANTIZINE magazine!
Future DiverCities Lab – Public sharing
Wednesday 26.9. 17.00
Community centre Pinari, Pyörönkaari 19
ANTI Festival will host the third Future DiverCities Lab in Kuopio before and during the festival! In the Lab, artists from different artistic backgrounds and around the globe work together in the frame work of the Future DiverCities project, in relation to each other, the local environment and community, sharing practices and engaging members of the community in artistic interventions.
The 2018 Lab artists are Sanna From (FI), Riina Hannuksela (FI), Joseph Keckler (US) and Bart Witte (NL).
In the end of the working period, the Lab artists share the outcomes of their collective process in an open event.
ANTI Prize Party
Saturday 29.9. 21.00
Restaurant Panza, Ajurinkatu 26
We announce the 2018 winner of ANTI Festival International Prize for Live Art in a video event that will be screened in a live event in Kuopio. ANTI Prize Party is also the festival club you don’t want to miss!
Featuring a show by the New York based singer and musician Joseph Keckler, hailed by the New York Times as ”major vocal talent whose range shatters the conventional boundaries”. Calling on a powerful and versatile voice, Keckler shares highlights of his work: humorous vignettes, haunting ballads, and wild arias about contemporary life that spiral out towards the mythic.
Book now!
Anna Maria Häkkinen, Lotta Suomi & Emil Uuttu (FI): Wrestling Club workshops
The Wrestling Club workshop aims at preparing participants’ bodies for the performances seen in the festival programme. Anyone, regardless of age, size and gender may participate in the workshop!
Schedule
Wed 26.9. 16.30 – 19.30 – workshop
Thu 27.9. 16.30 – 19.30 – workshop
Fri 28.9. 19.00 – 21.00 – performance
Sat 29.9. 18.00 – 20.00 – performance
Locations and more information on our website. You may sing up by sending email to booking@antifestival.com or calling to +358 50 305 2005!
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Tania El Khoury (LB): As Far As My Fingertips Take Me
One audience member every 10 minute! Free slots to book:
Wednesday 26.9. 15.00 – 17.00 & 18.00 – 20.00
Thursday 27.9. 18.00 – 20.00
M/S Queen R | Kuopio Harbour | Kauppakatu Street 1
An encounter through a gallery wall between an audience member and a refugee.
Tania El Khoury (LB): The Search for Power
Friday 28.9. 19.00
Saturday 29.9. 19.00
Railway workshop | Pohjolankatu Street 1
Tania El Khoury, the 2017 winner of ANTI Festival International Prize for Live Art returns to Kuopio with a new commissioned work!
Book seats by emailing to booking@antifestival.com ! Please tell your full name, name of the work, date and time.
