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Catalysti X Art School Maa Lecture Series, Autumn 2026

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Welcome to the fifth lecture of the Autumn 2026 series!

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29.10.2026
10–11.30 on Zoom (request link via info@taidekoulumaa.fi)
Jay Mar Albaos
Anthropologist and artistic researcher
On Artist? Talk? Conversing with the Other

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Jay Albaos (1991) explores how migrants—workers, students of color, undocumented people—create place and selfhood in foreign environments. His method, artistic immersion, uses collaboration, participation, and dialogue to foster artistic creation and engage in migration (policy) contexts.

For more details on Jay Mar’s talk and bio, please visit the link in bio.

Jay Mar is invited to the lecture series by Olga Spyropoulou.

Photo taken by Awa Gaye during the public performance piece Paningkamot Pagpadayon ang Paglupad (PPaP) // An Attempt to not Lose Flight: Segment 1

W: https://jayalbaos.com/

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Art School Maa follows ethical guidelines against any form of discrimination. Please read the guidelines for working together sent as attachment before attending the event. Equity guidelines can be found on the website as well.

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Updated weekly, SHAPE introduces and highlights a variety of current public events and exhibitions throughout the city.

This week's highlights include two exhibitions and two events.

On display at @gallerialoisti is the group exhibition 'a site of repetition', with Shaghayegh Ansari, Zara Asgher, Laura Hasanen, Mreethmandir, and Vishnu Vardhani Rajan. The exhibition explores the relationship between body and place. Through video and installation works, the artists give attention to how bodies are shaped by the familial, social, and political contexts they inhabit. The artworks look to memory, gesture, and repetition as ways of examining subjectivities.

Helsinki Poetry Connection @hpc_ry in collaboration with @kinokonepaja and @catalysti_finland present Konepaja Spoken Word #10: SYMBOLS on 24.10. Konepaja Spoken Word is an English-language open stage and international community for spoken word, poetry, and performance. This open stage welcomes poets, performers, storytellers, and experimental voices working with text, voice, movement, sound, and presence.

At @forumbox Mediabox, Alisa Javits' 'On Fear and Evil' can be viewed till 25.10. The 25-minutes short film examines fear, evil, and the relationship between them. The work approaches the subject through people's personal experiences and considers how fear can influence human actions and perceptions of good and evil.

'Circles in Time' is an interdisciplinary monologue and a performance piece about the metaphysical structure of time, taking place at @vapaantaiteentila on 27.10. The 35-minutes piece intertwines text, choreography, silence, and medieval chant into a whole in which time, perception, and one’s subjective experience of life come together to gently unveil the fundamental core of the nature of time. The language of the piece is English. Directing, text, choreography, performing: E. L. Lyra.

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Last weekend, Cinemaissí Film Festival joined forces with Helsinki Poetry Connection ry and Catalysti Association in a special edition of Konepaja Spoken Word: MIC ABIERTO, a night of poetry, storytelling and song in various Latin American languages: Spanish, Portuguese, Guaraní and French. At the after party, we saw a selection of poetry short films curated by the The Poetic Phonotheque @poeticphonotheque and heard a thematically curated DJ set by @jeanphilippepayette
Konepaja mic abierto was produced and hosted by Daniel Malpikka from Cinemaissi & Vinski Valos from HPC ry

The next regular Konepaja Spoken Word in English (with the theme “Symbols”) will be happening next week, October 24! @cinemaissi festival is on this week, so go check out their fantastic movie selection!   @hpc_ry @cinemaissi @catalysti_finland @kinokonepaja

Thank you Roberto Puentes @robertopuentess for the beautiful photos!

@a11tana @Rob.Pics @adan.aka.nada @pancakesinpijamas @lisvila @aj540 @der_kaiser_returns

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Konepaja Spoken Word #10 (October 24) GUEST HOST AND FEATURED PERFORMER:
Kasper Salonen (b. 1987) is a bilingual spoken word poet, translator, educator, and visual artist. He has performed his highly rhythmic metaphysical poems, translated actively, and hosted cultural events in both English and Finnish for over 15 years.

Kasper has also released two spoken word albums and three poetry collections, the most recent being a world first in poetry translation, ”Unspoken Words: Selected Poems of Arto Melleri” (Enostone, 2025). His coming publications include first-time Finnish translations from Welsh poet Dylan Thomas (Parkko Publishing, TBA). He is also working on collections and EPs of original spoken word and spell-poetry, an anthology of communal surrealist ”cadavre exquis” poems, and a book of original Finnish haiku.

Kasper lives by the northern shore of lake Lippajärvi in Espoo, Southern Finland, where the forest and the city both breathe. Kasper opposes ecocide, imperialism, and techno-feudalism. He stands in solidarity with the people of Palestine, and extends his love to all oppressed and Indigenous communities.

See more:
www.kaspersalonen.com
www.soundcloud.com/kasper_salonen
www.kaspersalonen.com

Kuva: Kevin Stewart

Konepaja Spoken Word is Helsinki’s English-language open stage for spoken word, poetry, and performance. It is organized by Helsinki Poetry Connection in collaboration with Kino Konepaja and Catalysti Association of Transcultural Artists, and produced by Vinski Valos.

Sign up for the open mic or just come and listen and be part of the community. The evenings are open to both first-time performers and experienced artists. The focus is on sharing, experimentation, risk-taking, and live encounters. We would love to hear your words, whether carefully crafted or spontaneous. To reserve a performance slot, please sign up by commenting ”Symbols” below.

This open stage welcomes poets, performers, storytellers, and experimental voices working with text, voice, movement, sound, and presence. Whether your work leans toward poetry, performance art, short fiction, monologue, or something in between and beyond, this is a space to try out material, sh

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Catalysti X Art School Maa Lecture Series, Autumn 2026

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Welcome to the fourth lecture of the Autumn 2026 series!

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22.10.2026
10–11.30 on Zoom (request link via info@taidekoulumaa.fi)
Julia Fidder
Writer and curator
On methodologies fostering collectivity and connectedness, both in grief and within institutional and artistic practice.

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Julia Fidder is a writer and curator based in The Netherlands. Within her practice she focuses on themes regarding grief, rituals, (institutional) healing and collective structures of living and working together.

For more details on Julia’s talk and bio, please visit the link in bio.

Julia Fidder is invited to the lecture series by Olga Spyropoulou.

Image credits: Len Creutzburg

W: https://juliafidder.com/

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Art School Maa follows ethical guidelines against any form of discrimination. Please read the guidelines for working together sent as attachment before attending the event. Equity guidelines can be found on the website as well.

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Konepaja Spoken Word is Helsinki’s English-language open stage for spoken word, poetry, and performance. It is organized by Helsinki Poetry Connection in collaboration with Kino Konepaja and Catalysti Association of Transcultural Artists, and produced by Vinski Valos. @hpc_ry @catalysti_finland @kinokonepaja

This open stage welcomes poets, performers, storytellers, and experimental voices working with text, voice, movement, sound, and presence. Whether your work leans toward poetry, performance art, short fiction, monologue, or something in between and beyond, this is a space to try out material, share ongoing processes, and meet others working with language and performance in Helsinki.

Save the dates and get the sign up link by commenting ”SYMBOLS” below! (Or just come and enjoy the vibe!)

October 24: ”Symbols”, hosted by bilingual poet & translator Kasper Salonen @kjasalonen
November 21: THEME TBA
December 12: THEME TBA

You don’t necessarily have to follow the theme, it’s to provide a prompt for those who choose.

The evenings are open to both first-time performers and experienced artists. Come perform or just listen, and be part of the community. The focus is on sharing, experimentation, risk-taking, and live encounters. We would love to hear your words, whether carefully crafted or spontaneous.

5 minutes per performance

The events are held in English, but all languages are welcome on stage.

Free admission
Location: Kino Konepaja, Konepajanpasaasi, Vallila, Helsinki

Arrival 7 PM
Open mic showtime 7:30 PM
Afterparty 10 PM to midnight

Our events follow HPC’s safer space guidelines as found on HPC’s website. We want this event to be safe and welcoming for everyone. By attending, you agree to respect people’s boundaries. If you feel unsafe or witness something concerning, please speak to the organizers.

Slide 3 photo by Aman Askarizad @aman.askarizad

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Vielä muutama kuva lauantailta Cine Permanencia Voluntaria -tapahtumasta Train Factory Market Hallissa sekä lavarunousillasta Kino Konepajalla.

Paukkumaissikone oli pieni hitti, ja popparia on myynnissä myös festivaalinäytösten yhteydessä. 😉🍿

📷 Roberto Puentes / @robertopuentess

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Tania El Khoury – As Far As My Fingertips Take Me

🫧As Far As My Fingertips Take Me is an intimate one-to-one encounter through a gallery wall between an audience member and a refugee. Without seeing each other, their arms touch. While the audience member listens to stories of those who have recently challenged border discrimination, the refugee marks the stories on the audience member’s arm by drawing.

The work is created by artist Tania El Khoury and performed by musician and artist Basel Zaraa.

📍Kiasma Theatre's foyer
🗓November 6th 12–16:30 & 7th 10:15–14:45 & 8th 12–16:30

The performance is for one audience member at a time. Book your own slot and arrive to the venue on time. We warmly welcome you to take part in this significant piece of work💙

@taniaelk @kiasmatheatre @catalysti_finland

Visit supported by Catalysti.

📸Sara Navarro

#movinginnovember #liikkeellämarraskuussa #festival #festivaali #esittävätaide #performingarts #helsinki

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(FI) Haluamme kutsua teidät tänä lauantaina 10. lokakuuta kahteen tapahtumaamme Konepajan huudeille.

📽️🍿 Ensimmäisenä on luvassa maksuttomia elokuvanäytöksiä Train Factory Market Hallissa aamuyhdestätoista puoli yhdeksään illalla.

✍️📹 Myöhemmin illalla Kino Konepajalla (19.00-00.00) järjestämme yhdessä Helsinki Poetry Connectionin, Catalystin ja The Poetic Phonothequen kanssa Latinalaisen Amerikan kielille omistetun lavaruno- ja avomikki-illan sekä kolme myöhäisillan videorunonäytöstä, jotka mahdollistaa Nature & Culture: Kansainvälinen runoelokuvafestivaali.

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(EN) Welcome this Saturday, 10th of October, for two special events at The Train Factory District.

📽️🍿 The first one will be free screening at Train Factory Market Hall from 11:00 AM in morning to 8:30 PM.

✍️📹 Later on at Kino Konepaja (19:00-00:00), in a collaboration event with Helsinki Poetry Connection, Catalysti, and the Poetic Phonotheque, we will have a slam poetry event for Latin American languages and free late night screenings of video poetry, as part of the Nature and Culture: International Poetry Film Festival.

Cinemaissí Latin American Film Festival

📸 Roberto Puentes - @robertopuentess
🎨 Classmate Studio - @studioclassmate

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Meet the hosts of KINO KONEPAJA MIC ABIERTO – 10 OCTOBER, 2026

Daniel Malpikka
Writer, transmedial artist, curator and artistic director, Daniel Malpikka brings a rich practice rooted in literature, cinema, sound, performance and collective creation.

Mexican-Finnish and based in Helsinki, Daniel’s work explores language, migration, oral traditions, cultural memory and the ways stories move between the page, the voice, technology and shared spaces. With experience leading international literary and multimedia festivals, and as the current artistic director of Cinemaissí, he brings both a strong international perspective and a deep, passionate commitment to Latin American artistic voices.

Vinski Valos
Vinski Valos is a lover of languages, a poet, visual artist, cultural producer, and the current chairperson of Helsinki Poetry Connection ry.

FREE ADMISSION Kino Konepaja Saturday 10. October at 19:00 – 00:00
(Konepajanpasaasi, 00510 Helsinki)
An open stage at Kino Konepaja for Latin American languages, accompanied by free poetry film screenings. The event is a collaboration between Helsinki Poetry Connection, the 21st Cinemaissí Film Festival and Catalysti association.

Sign up to perform by commenting “Abierto”, or just come and listen!

Photos: Roberto Puentes, Aman Askarizad

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How free are we really to create, share and express ourselves?

In a democratic society that values freedom of expression, artists can encounter visible and invisible boundaries. Funding, institutions, public pressure, censorship, self-censorship and cultural expectations can all shape what gets created, exhibited and discussed.

This November, we invite you to join the conversation.

SILENT BOUNDARIES: Freedom of Cultural Expression and Art as its Indicator brings together artists and cultural professionals, researchers, policymakers, curators, journalists and the wider public to explore artistic freedom and cultural expression in Finland.

📅 5 November 2026
🕑 14:00–17:00
📍 Uniarts Auditorium, Helsinki

Organised by TIAN, Catalysti, Think Africa and Globe Art Point.

🎟️ Registration is now open. Link in bio.

Come and be part of the conversation.

#SilentBoundaries #ArtisticFreedom #CulturalExpression #Finland

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Cinema and poetry share a profound bond. To celebrate that link, we’re joining forces with Helsinki Poetry Connection and Catalysti for an open stage event at Kino Konepaja. And what better day to do it than Saturday 10th October — Finnish Literature Day! 🪨✨

The programme brings together poetry in Spanish, Portuguese, French, and Indigenous languages, hosted by Daniel Malpikka & Vinski Valos.

Come spend the evening with us for poetry films, spoken word, DJ music, drinks, snacks, and — of course — wonderful poetic company. ☁️👁️

The event is free, but for the poetry video screenings we recommend you still book your seats through Fienta webshop (link in bio). We’d love to see you there!

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