In September we hosted Steven Kurtz, Steven Barnes, and Lucia Somer of Critical Art Ensemble, as they participated to the finissage of Helsinki Biennial and launched their new book 𝙐𝙣𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙄𝙩𝙨 𝘿𝙞𝙨𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨: 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙎𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙜𝙜𝙡𝙚 𝘼𝙜𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙨𝙩 𝘾𝙝𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙖𝙣 𝙉𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙢.
The Villa’s salon held an audience who came to listen to Steven Kurtz and Tapio Mäkelä of the Finnish Art Society, in discussion on some of the topics raised in the book, whilst the talk was live-streamed to a youtube audience. For those of you that missed the stream, the talk is now available to watch in full on the Myymälä2 youtube channel.
“𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘴𝘰 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘥, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘶𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘐’𝘷𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘈 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘴𝘮𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯!” – Matthew Fuller, Professor, Goldsmiths
Thank you to everyone who joined us, whether in person or remotely, and especially to the speakers.
Myymälä2 and Villa Eläintarha residency partnered with Critical Art Ensemble and Finnish Art Society to host this event.
Photo Joshua Cockroft