dacha – Keho on Dacha

EXHIBITION in Arkhangelsk

A vegetable bed in the gallery. Audience were planting radishes and watering them during the exhibition. Our fist summer in the project ended up with the exhibition “Дача – это тело” in the Museum of Artistic Exploration of the Arctic and held by the Center for Social Innovations: CSI Arkhangelsk.It started on August,20th and dueContinue reading “EXHIBITION in Arkhangelsk”

“Keho On Dacha” Zine

From 3 to 30 July, an exhibition of artistic samizdat (self-publications) is open in the gallery of the Center for Social Innovations in Arkhangelsk. It presents a collection of zines from various creative projects and artists based in Arkhangelsk. This event was an excellent occasion for the creation of the first issue of our zineContinue reading ““Keho On Dacha” Zine”

This is Dima

“Keho on Dacha” is a research art project by artists in the North of Finland and Russia exploring site-specific performance and community-based art-making. We are gladly continuing to feature our team members. (Please, scroll down for the Russian version) This is Dmitry (Dima) Melnikov, a dance artist and choreographer based in Arkhangelsk, Russia. Dima hasContinue reading “This is Dima”

This is Susanna

“Keho on Dacha” – a research art project on site-specific performance and community-based art-making by contemporary artists in the North of Finland and Russia – continues to joyfully introduce itself. (Welcome to scroll down for the Russian version) Please, meet Susanna Voiushina, a dance artist and performer based in Arkhangelsk, Russia. Here is what SusannaContinue reading “This is Susanna”

Varjakka: Remembering the Forgotten

Keho on Dacha – the research project by contemporary artists in the North of Finland and Russia – is gladly introducing its team and the sites we explore. Please, welcome to Varjakka, a village in the suburbs of Oulu, Northern Finland, the one with a dramatic past and an inspiring present. Keho on Dacha initiatorsContinue reading “Varjakka: Remembering the Forgotten”

Could community-based arts create new ways to connect and heal?

We – a team of contemporary artists from the North of Finland and Russia – are welcoming you to follow our research project on the community-based art making and site-specific performance through dance, technology, text, film-making and media art. “Keho on Dacha” has been funded by the Finnish-based KONE foundation as a long-term project toContinue reading “Could community-based arts create new ways to connect and heal?”