02.06.2023
Do you see anything at home? Welcome to the Art Lab!
Art Pilot invites residents to participate and explore their relationship with their home region
The first of the six art pilots in Northern Ostrobothnia will be the Art Laboratory Pilot, which will ask residents: Do you see anything at home? The pilot will take place in Siikalatva, Haapavesi, Haapajärvi, Kärsämäki, Nivala and Oulainen. Municipalities operate as laboratories in which community art is used to study the relationship between residents and the everyday environment and their home region, its places, culture and people. The method is an art canon, in which the resulting work is worked on by different groups and people in turn by different means of art. The art laboratory will be organised at municipal events during the summer. In the first phase, the residents' thoughts on 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.
The art laboratory is implemented by visual artist, Designer Master's student Elina Stoor and ceramic artist Talvikki Pisilä. During the summer of 2023, the Art Laboratory will tour the municipalities of Haapavesi, Haapajärvi, Kärsämäki, Nivala, Oulainen and Siikalatva four times.
First round:
8.6. Siikalatva Art Laboratory, Pulkkila village, 10-13.30
8.6. Haapajärvi Residents' Forum at the market square at 16-20
9.6. Kärsämäki Sale yard 11-14.30
9.6. Oulainen Nuoppis Pop-up from 6 p.m. to 9.30 p.m.
10.6. Haapavesi Halpa-Halli courtyard 10-13.30
14.6. Nivala Wednesday market from 16:00 to 17:00 (not yet sure)
Follow the tour schedule Facebook and Instagram channels @Cultural sensor
The Art Laboratory Art Pilot is one of the six art pilots to be carried out in the project of the Cultural Cell of the Regional Council of Northern Ostrobothnia at the end of the year. One pilot involves three to six municipalities. 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 and will be implemented during this year.
Additional information: Elina Stoor, artist, stooriteller@gmail.com, 040-5850248 Art Laboratory conducts experimental municipal tours in six municipalities in the Southern Ostrobothnia region.
Pilots and artists 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: etunimi.sukunimi@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.
