30.05.2023
Live and Joy in cooperation in cooperation with Art Pilots in the Municipalities of Northern Ostrobothnia
‘Where do I come from? What kind of landscape has your life path twisted? What are your swaying memories and where do they relate?’ These issues, among other things, are being worked on through art together in cooperation in cooperation with local residents in the art pilots carried out in the project of the Cultural Cell of the Regional Assembly of Oulu Region at the end of the year.
There are six art pilots in total. They will be implemented in the municipalities of Northern Ostrobothnia, in cooperation in cooperation with 3-6 municipalities participating in one pilot. All pilots have in common inclusiveness, experientialism and experimentality. The themes to be discussed include nature and sustainability, everyday environments and the home region. Various art methods and different art practices are used. Each pilot results in a concrete work or experience. All pilots are community-based.
The effectiveness of the pilots extends to many levels. Local residents get art as part of their everyday life and environment, as well as the opportunity to participate in art activities themselves. Cooperation between municipalities is intensified in the production of cultural services and the acquisition of art, and expertise is strengthened in the utilisation of art as part of development work. For artists, the pilots offer new job opportunities and experience.
All art pilots and the works created in them will be carried out during this year.
Art documentation: Swinging culture in the Oulujoki valley before and now
Time: June-August 2023
Place: Vaala, Utajärvi, Muhos
Where are the important old-fashioned and today's swinging places in the municipalities of Oulujokilaakso? How did it feel to fall in love and what memories have been left of it? What was it like before and what is it like now? In the art pilot created by artist and photographer Martu Väisänen, the participants get to remember their own swinging history and relive what it felt like to fall in love and fall in love. Portraits of the participants will be taken at the swinging places that are important to them. The pictures are displayed in authentic places and galleries. The images will allow the pilot participants and the general public to experience Vaala, Utajärvi and Muhos in a new way. Martu can be met at UntoRock in Utajärvi on 17 June and at LempiFest in Muhos on 21 June.
Ookkonaa where do you come from? Welcome to the Art Lab!
Time: June-August 2023
Place: Siikalatva, Haapavesi, Haapajärvi, Kärsämäki, Nivala, Oulainen
Through community art, the art pilot explores the relationship between the everyday environment and the home region, its places, culture and people. The municipalities act as laboratories to test if you are at home: living art, the art of the moment, art as part of everyday life on the principle. The art laboratory is implemented by artists Elina Stoor and Talvikki Pisilä. The method is an art canon, where different groups and people work on the resulting work in turn. There is a wide range of different art forms. The art laboratory will be organised at major municipal events during the summer. In the first phase, the residents' ideas about art experiences and opportunities are collected. Based on this, a plan for a series of works reflecting the identity of the municipality and its citizens will be created.
Sum of parts – a site-specific series of wall mosaics
Time: July-September 2023
Place: Siikajoki, Pyhätä, Raahe, Ylivieska, Reisjärvi, Pyhäjärvi
Artist Jenny Grönholm and sculptor Jass Kaselaan create site-specific wall mosaics for the pilot municipalities. They are located in public places for everyone to see and form a coherent whole – the sum of their parts. The artists design the works and prepare the bases of the works. Municipalities will be invited to participate in community events to prepare works and to lay the pieces of the mosaic in place. The pilot tour starts in Siikajoki, Raahe and Ylivieska.
Generations along the River Iijoki – treating the relationship between the environment and nature through art
Time: August-September 2023
Place: Kuusamo, Taivalkoski, Pudasjärvi, Ii, Oulu
What does nature, landscape in life mean? What kind of life has Iijoki seen and maintained? What kind of life flows have our own lives followed? Artists Niina Aho and Satu Suvanto explore their relationship in cooperation in cooperation with nature through the concept of place feeling. The workshops will use environmental art, creative writing, video and photography, as well as sound art. The result is concrete works of art for every municipality and destination. An example of this is the Jokiranta elderly service centre in Yli-Ii, Oulu, where residents and their relatives participate in the work, as well as staff.
Around the Bucket - Art in the courtyards and on the paths
Time: August-October 2023
Place: Alavieska, Hailuoto, Kalajoki, Pyhäjoki and Sievi
The pilot is a participatory art project for parks, paths and yards, resulting in a community-based environmental artwork. The themes to be taken into account are communality, everyday culture, the environment, sustainable development and a change in attitude towards bolder making and experiencing of art and culture. The pilot will be confirmed later.
Marble fires
Time: November 2023
Place: Liminka, Lumijoki, Tyrnävä, Kempele
The Northern Opera Company carries out a light art tour in the pilot municipalities, whose immersive works, i.e. experiential events, are inspired by local legends and stories, among other things. The work, which combines light, installation and music, gives each municipality a new look to its chosen everyday location. Events can be experienced in every municipality one night.
Additional information:
Pilots, artists, artists contact information the Regional Assembly of Oulu Region.
Cultural Census on the project Cultural Cell project - (pohjois-pohjanmaa.fi)
Auli Suorsa, Senior Specialist and Project Manager, +358 50 386 8443
Cultural producer Anni-Stiina Hujala, +358 40 685 4043
e-mail: firstname.lastname@pohjois-pohjanmaa.fi
The Cultural Cell – Cooperation and impact on cultural services project promotes the cultural activities of municipalities, the realisation of the objectives of the Act on Cultural Activities of Municipalities and, in particular, the regional development task of the Act in the region. The project is funded by the Ministry of Education and Culture.
