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Kuraattoriyhdistyksen hallituksen jäsenet osallistuvat tällä viikolla PUBLICSin järjestämään Positioning-symposiumiin. @publicsfi

📍24. syyskuuta, Arkkitehtuuri- ja designmuseo – Farbod Fakharzadeh ja Remi Vesala (15.00–16.00 – For the Record 1)
📍25. syyskuuta, EMMA – Espoon modernin taiteen museo – Micol Curatolo ja Orlan Ohtonen (13.30–14.30 – For The Record 2).

Lisää tapahtumasta: https://positioningsymposium.com

Katso hallituksen jäsenten esittelyt karusellista (englanniksi)! ➡️

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Board members of the Curators Association are participating this week with in Positioning Symposium organised by PUBLICS:

📍24 September, Architecture & Design Museum Helsinki – Farbod Fakharzadeh and Remi Vesala (15:00 – 16:00 – For the Record 1)
📍25 September, EMMA – Espoo Museum of Modern Art – Micol Curatolo and Orlan Ohtonen (13.30 – 14.30 – For The Record 2)

More information about the event: https://positioningsymposium.com

See the carousel for board members’ presentations! ➡️

𝗙𝗮𝗿𝗯𝗼𝗱 𝗙𝗮𝗸𝗵𝗮𝗿𝘇𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗵 @farbodfakharzadeh

Talk: 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙪𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙖𝙡 𝙞𝙢𝙖𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙧𝙮 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙪𝙞𝙣𝙨

Farbod Fakharzadeh (he/him) is an artworker and curator based in Finland. He is interested in art’s potential in shaping what is yet to come and his work deals with notions of work, curatorial hospitality, regenerative agency, collective dreaming and political imaginaries. Farbod currently works as the director at Arte ry and Titanik gallery in Turku Finland @titanikgalleria . In addition to working as a freelance curator and cultural worker, he has previously worked as co-artistic director for Catalysti ry, a lecturer and curriculum advisor at Node Center for curatorial studies and a co-curator for Rehearsing Hospitalities by Frame Contemporary Art Finland among others roles.

📸 Jaime Culebro

𝗥𝗲𝗺𝗶 𝗩𝗲𝘀𝗮𝗹𝗮 @remivesala

Talk: 𝙢𝙮 𝙤𝙥𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙙 𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙧𝙩 𝙗𝙡𝙚𝙬 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙣𝙙 – 𝙇𝙤𝙪 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙗𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙮

Remi Vesala is a Helsinki-based curator working across visual art, performance, and film. His practice is informed by perspectives emerging from trans philosophy, as well

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Mikä on Kuraattoriyhdistys? (in English below)

Kuraattoriyhdistys toimii Suomessa taiteen ja kulttuurin kentällä niin instituutioissa kuin itsenäisesti työskentelevien kuraattorien ja kulttuurialan toimijoiden etujärjestönä. Kuraattoriyhdistys oli aiemmin nimettynä Suomen Kuraattorien Yhdistys [SKY ry] joka syntyi vuonna 2008 tarpeesta vahvistaa kuraattorien asemaa Suomessa. Kuraattoriyhdistys pyrkii tekemään kuraattorien työtä ja työnkuvaa tunnetuksi sekä parantamaan heidän työmahdollisuuksiaan taiteen kentällä. Näin se pyrkii myös vahvistamaan kuraattoreiden ammatillisia, koulutuksellisia ja oikeudellisia etuja, esimerkiksi kehittämällä ja yhdenmukaistamalla palkkaus- ja apurahajärjestelmää. Kuraattoriyhdistys haluaa tuoda näkyville kuraatoriaalisen työn moninaisuutta ja tukea erilaisia tapoja toimia alalla.

Haluatko jäseneksi? Linkki profiilissa ⬆️

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What is the Curators Association Finland?

The Association operates in the field of art and culture in Finland as an advocacy organisation for curators working in institutions and independently. The Curators Association Finland was previously named as SKY ry [Suomen Kuraattorien Yhdistys] and was founded in 2008 out of the need to strengthen the position of curators in Finland. The Association’s goal is to raise awareness of the curatorial work and role of curators while improving employment opportunities within the art sector. It doing so, it also seeks to strengthen curators’ professional, educational, and legal interests – for instance, by advocating for fair remuneration and funding opportunities for curators. The Association strives to highlight the diversity of curatorial work and to support various ways of operating.

How to join? See link in bio ⬆️

Hallitus | Board 2026

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SUBMISSION: IDENTIFYING OBJECTS

#lougalleria / #ForumBox, Helsinki 
July 24 — 25, 2026

Artists: Romeo Roxman Gatt, Alexa Illi, Calvin Z Laing, Teo Paaer, Pauliina Sjöberg

Concept: Teo Paaer & Remi Vesala

Curation: Remi Vesala

Sound Technician: Miša Skalskis

Production: Lou

Photography: Inari Sandell

Full documentation available on ofluxo.net web platform:
➔ ofluxo.net/identifying-objects-group-exhibition-forum-box-helsinki/

@lougalleria
@forumbox
@romeoroxmangatt
@teo_paaer
@pauliinasjoberg
@calvin.z.laing
@alexailli
@remivesala
@inarisandell

#ofluxoplatform
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For the Record; a direct and energetic positioning of curatorial learning as part of 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗔 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘂𝗺 𝗼𝗻 𝗖𝘂𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗡𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗰-𝗕𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗼𝗻 & 𝗕𝗲𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗱. Day One is co-organised by PUBLICS with the Architecture & Design Museum Helsinki on September 24, 2026 and starts at 2.30pm!

An excerpt of speaker abstracts of the symposium can be found in the following slides. For the full abstract please visit the website under the programme.

Day one schedule

14.30 – Welcome notes Paul O’Neill, Pilvi Kalhama & Carson Chan

15:00 – 16:00 – For the Record presentations

Marika Agu
Daniele Belleri-Jaforte
Farbod Fakharzadeh
Tuomas Toivonen
Remi Vesala

16:00 – 16:20 – Moderator, Antra Priede Respondent with Final Word Işın Önol

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Coffee break
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16:30 – 17:00 – Position Paper by Inga Lace
17:00 – 17:30 – Position Paper by Sepake Angiama
17:30 – 18:00 – Position Paper by Beatrice Leanza
18:00 – 18:30 – Moderator, Paul O’Neill, Respondent with Final Word by Carson Chan

18.30 – Closing comments

18.30-19.30 –Drinks Reception

Registration is now full for these days.

PUBLICS partners with Saastamoinen Foundation 2023-2028

𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗸𝗮 𝗔𝗴𝘂 @marika.agu
𝗖𝘂𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿 & 𝗔𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗱, 𝗘𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗔𝗿𝘁

𝘗𝘪𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘊𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯

Rather than understanding an archive solely through ownership, legal authority, or preservation, I propose to think of it through its capacity to generate new relationships. By looking at examples of exhibitions, screenings, publications, and research emerging from the archive of Estonian Centre for Contemporary Art, I will discuss how an institution without the mandate of a memory institution and often without the rights to disseminate its own holdings, can nevertheless become an active agent in shaping art history. In this sense, the archive operates less as a repository than as an ecosystem: a collection whose value lies not in possession, but in its ability to continuously produce new encounters, narratives, and forms of kn

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For the Record; a short, direct and energetic positioning of curatorial learning as part of 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗔 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘂𝗺 𝗼𝗻 𝗖𝘂𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗡𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗰-𝗕𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗼𝗻 & 𝗕𝗲𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗱. Day One is co-organised by PUBLICS with the Architecture & Design Museum Helsinki on September 24, 2026 and starts at 14.30!

Free & open for All. Register now and more info at: www.positioningsymposium.com

Marika Agu – curator and archive lead at the Estonian Centre for Contemporary Art and associate lecturer at the Estonian Academy of Arts. Trained in semiotics, art theory, and librarianship, her curatorial practice uses generative methods that expand the discourse around archives in contemporary art. @marika.agu

Daniele Belleri-Jaforte – Helsinki-based editor, curator, and strategist, interested in the links between architecture, urbanism, geopolitics, and technology. He led the curatorial team for the main exhibition at the 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale. @danielebellerijaforte

Farbod Fakharzadeh – artworker and curator, and director of Arte ry and Titanik gallery in Turku. His work explores art’s potential in shaping what is yet to come, engaging notions of work, curatorial hospitality, regenerative agency, collective dreaming, and political imaginaries. @farbodfakharzadeh

Tuomas Toivonen – Helsinki-based architect, musician, and artist. Co-founded Kulttuurisauna—Helsinki’s well-known public sauna and cultural space—and New Academy; founded NOW for Architecture and Urbanism. His musical work explores sound’s capacity to transform how we perceive time, space, and context. @__.t_t.__

Remi Vesala – Helsinki-based curator working across visual art, performance, and film, informed by trans philosophy and collaborative relationships with artists. Founded Lou, a curator-run exhibition space in Helsinki. @remivesala

This session will be moderated by Antra Priede, respondent with final word by Işın Önol. @antra.priede @isinonol

Publics partners with @saastamoinenfoundation 2023-2025

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It’s a wrap

New work born from a beyond great Helsinki July residency

Thank you @teo_paaer @pauliinasjoberg @remivesala @lougalleria

Identifying objects 25/25 • 07 • 2026 — triple bill performances by @calvin.z.laing @pauliinasjoberg and myself with visual artist @alexaillli hosted by @lougalleria
Concept and working group @remivesala @teo_paaer

Documentation to come soon but until then some cute phone pics
👨🏻‍🏭🏡🧖🏻‍♂️🏎️⛓️🌳🦷🪾🔩🛒🗜️🪓🛠️🪢

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Very soon
Looking forward to this !!

Info

Triple Bill — performances by Romeo Roxman Gatt (@romeoroxmangatt), Calvin Z Laing (@calvin.z.laing) and Pauliina Sjöberg (@pauliinasjoberg)

with visual artists Alexa Illi (@alexaillli) & Teo Paaer (@teo_paaer)

Lou hosts an evening of three commissioned performances at Forum Box. The performances and the artworks in the space take as their starting point the relationship between performance, objects, and material reality. Through objects, the works explore the performativity of identity, masculinity, and parenthood. Everyday observations intertwine with emotionally charged storytelling—humour, anxiety, and the alter egos that emerge from them.

Forum Box, Ruoholahdenranta 3A, Helsinki
Friday 24 July, 19:00
Saturday 25 July, 17:00
Duration approx. 2h
Suggested donation: 10 € (at the door)

𝘈𝘭𝘭 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴!

Concept & working group @teo_paaer & @remivesala
Poster @manner________laatta

Supported by the Finnish Institute in the UK and Ireland @fininst_uk_ireland

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Lou is a community of independent curators working with contemporary art and performance, committed to fostering open-ended artistic and curatorial thinking. Initially founded as a temporary curatorial project, Lou continues to take on various forms of organising and making itself public with varying intensities. Its activities are currently divided between Lou Vaasankatu, a curator-run exhibition space in Helsinki, and off-site and co-hosted projects.

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𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐛𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬
𝟐𝟒. & 𝟐𝟓.𝟕.

Triple Bill — performances by Romeo Roxman Gatt (@romeoroxmangatt), Calvin Z Laing (@calvin.z.laing) and Pauliina Sjöberg (@pauliinasjoberg)

with visual artists Alexa Illi (@alexaillli) & Teo Paaer (@teo_paaer)

Lou hosts an evening of three commissioned performances at Forum Box. The performances and the artworks in the space take as their starting point the relationship between performance, objects, and material reality. Through objects, the works explore the performativity of identity, masculinity, and parenthood. Everyday observations intertwine with emotionally charged storytelling—humour, anxiety, and the alter egos that emerge from them.

Forum Box, Ruoholahdenranta 3A, Helsinki
Friday 24 July, 19:00
Saturday 25 July, 17:00
Duration approx. 2h
Suggested donation: 10 € (at the door)

𝘈𝘭𝘭 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴!

Concept & working group @teo_paaer & @remivesala
Poster @manner________laatta

Supported by the Finnish Institute in the UK and Ireland @fininst_uk_ireland

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Lou is a community of independent curators working with contemporary art and performance, committed to fostering open-ended artistic and curatorial thinking. Initially founded as a temporary curatorial project, Lou continues to take on various forms of organising and making itself public with varying intensities. Its activities are currently divided between Lou Vaasankatu, a curator-run exhibition space in Helsinki, and off-site and co-hosted projects.

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Thank you posts continue ✨

We would like to thank the curator of showroom 3: rules of reality, Remi Vesala, and all the artists: Matti Harju, Sini Henttu, Cassie Augusta Jørgensen, Randa Maroufi, Jaakko Pietiläinen, Teemu Ruissalo, P. Staff, Deborah Stratman, and Taneli Leonora Viljanen, as well as everyone who participated in the event 💛

showroom 3: rules of reality was part of the joint spring program of Mad House and Reality Research Center.

Image 1: Remi Vesala @remivesala
Image 2: Stand-by Office – Randa Maroufi @randa_maroufi
Image 3 & 4: Hacked Circuit – Deborah Stratman @deltaromoeosierra
Image 5: Taneli Leonora Viljanen @taneliviljanen
Image 6: Slit Your Click – Cassie Augusta Jørgensen @cassie_johnnysdaughter
Image 7: Shrouds have no pockets – Jaakko Pietiläinen @jaaakko
Image 8: Drain to – Sini Henttu @sininnokas
Image 9: EL CENTRO – Matti Harju @maattvvv
Image 11&12: HEVN – P Staff @p___staff
Image 13&14: Scenario II – Teemu Ruissalo @teemuruissalo

Documentation: Inari Sandell @inarisandell

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📝📝📝NEW INTERVIEW WITH REMI VESALA, MATTI HARJU & SINI HENTTU IS OUT📝📝📝

We interviewed the curator of the showroom 3: rules of reality event, Remi Vesala, as well as the artists Matti Harju and Sini Henttu, who will present their video works at the event. showroom 3 will be held for the third time on the Mad House stage on Friday, March 13, 2026.

During the showroom 3: rules of reality event, there will be video works by Matti Harju, Sini Henttu, Cassie, Augusta Jørgensen, Randa Maroufi, Jaakko Pietiläinen, P Staff and Deborah Stratman.

Teemu Ruissalo will present the work Scenario II for Maija, Selma, Alex, Niko, Sölvi, Aapo & Teemu (2026), and we experience Sumuhorisontti (”Fog horizon”) a reading performance by Taneli Leonora Viljanen on bodies, structures, foreignness, presence and the invisible that is yet to come.

showroom 3 is part of the spring 2026 joint programme by Mad House Helsinki and the Reality Research Center @realityrescen

You’ll find the full interview via the link in our bio @madhousehelsinki

EVENT DATE
Friday 13.3.2026 at 19.00

TICKETS
10-40€
A link to a ticket shop in our bio @madhousehelsinki

LOCATION
Mad House Helsinki, Parvisali
Lintulahdenkatu 3, 00530 Helsinki

Photo 1: Remi Vesala
Photo 2: Matti Harju
Photo 3: Sini Henttu

@remivesala
@sininnokas
@maattvvv
@randa_maroufi
@cassie_johnnysdaughter
@deltaromoeosierra
@p___staff
@teemuruissalo
@jaaakko
@taneliviljanen

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🔸showroom 3: rules of reality🔸curated event by Remi Vesala🔸

showroom 3: rules of reality is an event where moving image artworks intersect with performances and spatial interventions. Now organised for the third time, this edition explores the tensions between contemporary technology and corporeality, both allegorical and concrete liminal spaces, and staged environments where different ways of being are performed or required.

Video works by
Matti Harju @maattvvv
Sini Henttu @sininnokas
Cassie Augusta Jørgensen @cassie_johnnysdaughter
Randa Maroufi @randa_maroufi
Jaakko Pietiläinen @jaaakko
P Staff @p___staff
Deborah Stratman @deltaromoeosierra

During the evening, Teemu Ruissalo @teemuruissalo will present the work Scenario II for Maija, Selma, Alex, Niko, Sölvi, Aapo & Teemu (2026), and we experience Sumuhorisontti (”Fog horizon”) a reading performance by Taneli Leonora Viljanen @taneliviljanen on bodies, structures, foreignness, presence and the invisible that is yet to come.

showroom 3 is part of the spring 2026 joint programme by Mad House Helsinki and the Reality Research Center @realityrescen.

🔸EVENT DATE
Friday 13.3.2026 at 19.00

🔸DURATION
2h

🔸LANGUAGE
English & Finnish

🔸TICKETS
10-40€
A link to a ticket shop in our bio @madhousehelsinki

🔸LOCATION
Mad House Helsinki, Parvisali
Lintulahdenkatu 3, 00530 Helsinki

IMAGE: Poster: Remi Vesala. Artwork: Sini Henttu, Meditation, 2025.

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from the archive

Energy Scavengers
with works by @cimallecamille, @4eeeva, @jannepunkari, Mio Puttonen & @death_by_landscape live performance
Lou
7.6.–20.6.2024

Curated by @gueule2raie & @remivesala

Eeva Juuti
Sublime, 2024
life is the oxidation of light 3, 2024
dry pastel, acrylic paint, spray paint, pencil, photograph, digital image

circuit of light (series), 2024
concrete, spray paint, acrylic paint, pencil, dry pastel,resin, found objects, pigment

Mio Puttonen
Pansy land, 2024
charcoal, soft pastels

Janne Punkari
LLL lightbox bug, 2024
LYD lightbox bug, 2024
EH lightbox bug, 2024
photograph, coffee can, cardboard, tape, wheels and LED lighting strip

Camille Auer
can i dig a hole into you, 2023
window decal

full text + documentation at lou.gallery

images: Inari Sandell

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