Newsletter 9/2017

Thank you for ANTI Festival 2017!

ANTI – Contemporary Art Festival took place between 19th and 24th September 2017 in Kuopio, Finland. The festival brought together artists and audience from across Finland and almost 10 different countries.

13 000 participants attended festival events in Kuopio and over 30 000 people followed us on social media.

Thank you to the festival artists, staff members, volunteers, partners, audience members –
everyone who was involved!

In the image: River Lin (TW): Cleansing Service

Return to the festival through images!

Videographer Kim Saarinen and photographer Pekka Mäkinen documented the festival events
during the festival week.

See the best video clips on our Vimeo page!
More amazing images below and on our Facebook page!

Many festival guests posted images and videos of the festival with #antifestival2017 !

Gwendoline Robin (BE): Cratère n°6899 - Photo: Pekka Mäkinen
Gwendoline Robin (BE): Cratère n°6899

 

French & Mottershead (UK): Waterborne - Photo: Pekka Mäkinen
French & Mottershead (UK): Waterborne

 

Instant Dissidence (UK): Dancing With Strangers: From Calais to Finland
Instant Dissidence (UK): Dancing With Strangers: From Calais to Finland

 

Terike Haapoja (FI): Luonnoksia vapaudesta I - Photo: Pekka Mäkinen
Terike Haapoja (FI): Luonnoksia vapaudesta I

 

Terike Haapoja (FI): Gravitation
Terike Haapoja (FI): Gravitation

 

Ernest Truely (US) & New Start Finland: Kuopio Encounters
Ernest Truely (US) & New Start Finland: Kuopio Encounters

 

Anouska Samms & Sofia Pancucci-McQueen (UK): The Baths
Anouska Samms & Sofia Pancucci-McQueen (UK): The Baths

 

Mark Požlep (SI): Saari
Mark Požlep (SI): Saari

 

Kaaos Company: Pond
Kaaos Company: Pond

 

Joseph O’Farrell / JOF (AU): 10 Minute Dance Parties!
Joseph O’Farrell / JOF (AU): 10 Minute Dance Parties!

 

Minty Donald & Nick Millar (UK): Watermeets Kuopio
Minty Donald & Nick Millar (UK): Watermeets Kuopio

 

Milla & Pertti Martikainen (FI): Global Flood
Milla & Pertti Martikainen (FI): Global Flood

 

Alan Dunn & Jeff Young (UK): Music for the Williamson Tunnels: a collection of the sound of dripping water
Alan Dunn & Jeff Young (UK): Music for the Williamson Tunnels: a collection of the sound of dripping water – Photo: Piia Jokivarsi

 

A rare double CD curated in 2008 by artists Alan Dunn and Jeff Young distributed around the festival events! Piia Jokivarsi and Emmi Tuppurainen photographer each recipient!

ANTI Prize Party & ANTI-humu - River Lin & Tania El Khoury
ANTI Prize Party & ANTI-humu – River Lin & Tania El Khoury

Tania El Khoury is the 2017 winner of ANTI Festival International Prize for Live Art!

Willoh S. Weiland & JR Brennan (AU) & työryhmä: Artefact (elokuva) & Festivaalin avajaiset
Willoh S. Weiland & JR Brennan (AU) & crew: Artefact (film) & Festival Opening

 

Future DiverCities Lab #2
Future DiverCities Lab #2

 

Future DiverCities Lab #2 with the artists Joseph O’Farrel (AU), Nastja Säde Rönkkö (FI), Davor Sanvincenti (HR), Anne Roquigny (FR), Anniina Aunola (FI), Emma Fält (FI), Eerika Jalasaho (FI) and Ilkka Kivelä (FI).

Photos above, unless otherwise mentioned, by Pekka Mäkinen.

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