La Biennale di Venezia Research Pavilion Opening Week Event

The University of the Arts Helsinki (Uniarts Helsinki) is happy to invite you to celebrate the opening of the Research Pavilion and its inaugural exhibition You Gotta Say Yes to Another Access.

The opening week kicks off with a party Wed 10 May at 6pm with a word from the Finnish Minister of Education Sanni Grahn-Laasonen. The evening?s programme also includes music by Rinneradio and performances by artists of the inaugural exhibition.

The opening week continues with the Pavilion’s inaugural exhibition, as well as a series of cross-artistic events (Camino Events) that are organised by Uniarts Helsinki and its partners. The exhibition, You Gotta Say Yes to Another Access, is a Nordic collaboration, and presents a multiplicity of interpretations and approaches to the Pavilion’s overall theme the Utopia of Access from artists doing research in northern Europe. It is open 11 May - 2 July.

Please note that event details are subject to change.

PROGRAM OF THE OPENING WEEK

10.5. at 6pm-9pm
Opening of the Research Pavilion and the inaugural exhibition You Gotta Say Yes to Another Access. Speech by the Finnish Minister of Education Sanni Grahn-Laasonen. Performances by the artists of inaugural exhibition, music by Rinneradio.

11.5.2017 at 2pm-4.30pm
Microhistories
Organised by Konstfack.

12.5.2017 at 11am-1.15pm
Encounters in Virtual (Display) Environments
Organised by Uniarts Helsinki?s Academy of Fine Arts

12.5.2017 at 1.30pm-4pm
Future Stages/Stage Futures
Organised by Uniarts Helsinki?s Theatre Academy.

12.5.2017 at 4pm-6pm
Book Launch: “The Wind Tunnel Model” and “Too Big To Scale”
Organised by Zurich University of the Arts/Florian Dombois.

13.5.2017 at 1pm-3pm (ongoing videoloop)
The Pen is mightier than the Word
Organised by Norwegian Academy of Music.

13.5.2017 at 9pm
Conception by Sami van Ingen
Organised by Uniarts Helsinki?s Academy of Fine Arts.

14.5.2017 at 12pm-1pm and 3pm-5.30pm
Organised by Royal Institute of Art, Stockholm.

Find out more about all events and exhibitions at: www.researchpavilion.com.

Research Pavilion, Sala del Camino Campo s. Cosmo 621, Giudecca, Venice – vaporetto Palanca. For the opening party a Pavilion boat will take guests from Giardini to Giudecca at 5.30 pm.

We look forward to seeing you at the Research Pavilion!

Research Pavilion: Utopia of Access 11 May - 15 October 2017

The Research Pavilion hosts three international exhibitions and nearly 50 cross-artistic Camino Events by artists from European art universities. Under the title The Utopia of Access, the Research Pavilion wants to give room for a variety of artistic interpretations and viewpoints involving access-oriented thought, in particular by connecting it with aesthetic, scientific and political perspectives.

EXHIBITIONS
You Gotta Say Yes to Another Access 11 May - 2 July (Uniarts Helsinki)

Florian Dombois: Galleria del Vento 8 July – 13 August (Zürich University of the Arts)

Hauntopia/what if 8 September – 15 October (the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna)

CAMINO EVENTS
Screenings, music, seminars, artist talks, performances and interventions from over 100 artists and artistic-researchers from art universities of Europe.

The Research Pavilion is created and hosted by Uniarts Helsinki, and realized together with the Norwegian Artistic Research Programme (NARP) and the Swedish Art Universities? collaboration KONSTEX, in co-operation with the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna and Zurich University of the Arts.

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