Detail of a large-scale collaborative drawing made with the group in 2024
In the workshops aimed at adults, we explore the world by drawing and through various listening and sensing exercises. We reflect on physicality, diversity, being in different spaces and how we perceive ourselves in them. This spring, we will work on various listening exercises and think about the interaction between humans and non-humans. Let’s start the year by going through together what kind of workshops are coming up.
The key to working is interaction and the opportunity to create a space where those who perceive themselves as queer* can express themselves and get to know each other through making, as well as searching and finding suitable forms of artistic expression. Come along and bring your friends!
The workshops are free of charge for the participants. Previous knowledge or experience in artistic work, neither tools arent required. The age limit for the workshops is 18 years.
Wednesday evenings at the Kuopio Museum, the following days: 12.2. / 25.2. / 12.3. / 26.3. / 9.4. / 23.4. / 7.5 and 14.5 at 5 -7 PM (we start cleaning up the space at 6:30)
Register on 12.2. by at: emmavilina@gmail.com
Kind regards, Artist and teacher, Emma Fält (They / Them)
Tervetuloa kuuntelemaan ja piirtämään lapsille ja lapsenmielisille tarkoitettuun työpajaan Annantalolla Helsingissä.
Koskettavia keskusteluja
Koskettavia keskusteluja on tila, jossa perheet ja ystävät voivat kohdata ja luoda yhdessä äänimaiseman ja piirroksen. Teoksen äänimaisema syntyy piirtäen erilaisilla arkisilla materiaaleilla/esineillä, jotka ovat tuttuja kotiympäristöstä ja puistoista. Materiaaleista jää jälki paperiin ja mikrofoni tallentaa äänimaiseman, jota voi kuunnella kuulokkeiden kautta.
Teokseen voi osallistua 15–20 minuutin ajan. Kerralla mukaan mahtuu 1–4 osallistujaa. Tilassa toimintaa on ohjaamassa taiteilija Emma Fält.
As part of Äänen äärellä – exhibition there is one more workshop for kids and their close ones:
Touchscapes
Touchscapes is a space where families and friends can collaborate to create soundscapes and drawings. The soundscape is created by drawing with various everyday materials/objects familiar from homes and parks. The materials leave a mark on the paper, and a microphone records the soundscape, which you can listen to through headphones. The simple tools are suitable for everyone.
You can participate in the artwork for 15–20 minutes. Each session can accommodate 1–4 participants. The activities in the space will be guided by artist Emma Fält.
Shared Futures – Listening exercises to imagine the impossible
Studium 1, Helsingin yliopiston päärakennus, Fabianinkatu 33
Saturday 11.1. // 15.45 – 17.00
Description:
How do you imagine the impossible and share it with others? In this workshop, participants will work on multisensory listening exercises to delve deeper into thinking about radical imagination. We will listen, draw and walk together.
You can participate in English or Finnish. The exercises are done independently and in groups, and no experience in the arts is necessary.
The workshop is based on a long-term art project Shared Futures that was initiated by Fält, implemented by artists Fält, Anna Maria Väisänen and Roberto Fusco and supported by ANTI Contemporary Art Festival, Kuopio City and Arts Promotion Center Finland as a Project for cultural well-being for the elderly people. The project was invited to be presented as part of POLIMA seminars and workshops at Turku University between 2022-23. POLIMA is an ethnographic research project that addresses the timely question of political alienation and the dissipation of political imagination, as well as the need for fundamental social change. Last year, I wrote an article that collects and suggests alternative thinking tools for sociologists and other scientists who work on the topic of future research.
Drawing Out Loud – Art workshops for gender and sexual minorities
In these art workshops for adults, we explore the world through various listening and sensing exercises and by drawing. We reflect on physicality, diversity, being in different spaces and how we perceive ourselves in them. During the workshops, everyone can create a small sketchbook of tasks that we have done independently and together.
The focus of the workshop is to create a space where those who perceive themselves as queer* can encounter, get to know each other and find new forms of artistic expression.
The workshops are free for participants. Previous artistic skills are not required. The age limit for the workshops is 18 and you can participate in both Finnish and English (knowledge of both languages is not required). Art supplies can be found on-site in the learning space of the Kuopio Museum.
Wednesday evenings from 17:00 to 19:00 in the spring season 2024:
13.3. / 20.3. / 10.4. / 17.4. / 24.4. / 8.5. (not in the museum premises) / 15.5. / 22.5.
Organized by the City of Kuopio, Civic Services, in cooperation with the Kuopio Museum.
*Queer – an umbrella term used to describe both sexual and gender minorities. Queer was originally a derogatory and insulting word for rainbow minorities, but over the years it has been appropriated for use by rainbow communities. Source: https://kehraaja.com/opas-sateenkaarisanastoon/
Drawing Out Loud – Taidetyöpajat sukupuoli- ja seksuaalivähemmistöön kuuluville
Aikuisille suunnatuissa työpajoissa tutkimme maailmaa piirtäen, sekä erilaisten kuuntelu- ja aistimisharjoitteiden kautta. Pohdimme kehollisuutta, monimuotoisuutta, erilaisissa tiloissa olemista ja sitä, miten koemme itsemme niissä. Jokainen voi toteuttaa työpajojen aikana pienen luonnoskirjan tehtävistä, joita olemme itsenäisesti ja yhdessä tehneet.
Keskeistä työskentelyssä on vuorovaikutteisuus ja mahdollisuus luoda tila, jossa queeriksi* itsensä kokevat, voivat tutustua toisiinsa, sekä etsiä ja löytää itselle sopivia taiteellisen ilmaisun muotoja. Työpajat ovat osallistujille maksuttomia. Aiempaa osaamista tai kokemusta taiteellisesta työskentelystä ei tarvita. Työpajojen ikäraja on 18 vuotta ja voit osallistua, sekä suomen- että englanninkielisenä. Taidetarvikkeet löytyvät paikan päältä Kuopion museon oppimistilasta.
Ystävällisin terveisin työpajojen ohjaaja Emma Fält
*Queer – kattokäsite, jolla kuvaillaan sekä seksuaali- että sukupuolivähemmistöjä. Queer on alkuperäisesti ollut sateenkaarivähemmistöjä halveksuva ja loukkaava sana, mutta se on vuosien saatossa omittu sateenkaariyhteisöjen käyttöön. Lähde: https://kehraaja.com/opas-sateenkaarisanastoon/
Emma Fält - drawing out loud 