Monday February 26, 2024 | 1:00 – 2:00pm
Location: Residency Unlimited
360 Court Street (main green church doors), Brooklyn NY 11231 (map)
Helsinki-based curators Anna Jensen and Eliisa Suvanto talk about their site-specific and research-oriented curatorial practice. In addition to mainly working in urban and public spaces, their work as curators have focused on natural environments and the potential of protected areas in contexts of art and tourism. They will introduce their award-winning collective Porin kulttuurisäätö and a decade long series of exhibitions and projects, including a site specific nomadic biennale.
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About
Anna Jensen and Eliisa Suvanto are pioneers of collective, site-specific and non-institutional contemporary art in Finland. Together, the curatorial duo have carried out more than 20 public space projects that have addressed issues of resources, social structures, accessibility and exhibiting practices. Suvanto and Jensen are founding and active members of Porin kulttuurisäätö collective. The collective combines artistic, research, production and curatorial work, and in addition to exhibitions, it produces public talks, consultancy, studio visits and political advocacy work.
This program benefits from the support of the Finnish Cultural Institute in New York (FCINY).
This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.
