Varjakka, the sweet home of “Keho on Dacha”, has won the status of the best village in Northern Finland! We’ve been most lucky to celebrate it with the beautiful local community. The news of the victory came right ahead of the traditional local harvest festival. The people of Varjakka have been warmly greeting artists fromContinue reading “Varjakka, The Best Village of Northern Finland”
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Mosquitos as an Inspiration
Today we are sharing a mosquito ritual our dear friend, a collaborator in “Keho on Dacha” and original creator of Warjakka Art Path Mirjami Mäkelä has developed, inviting to see mosquitos as triggers for art making. Pictured here by Lölä are some outside, inside and arty mosquitos that were taken as an inspiration, which broughtContinue reading “Mosquitos as an Inspiration”
Brought By the Wind
Toni Rissanen, one of the visitors of the Kalamaja Art Hub – a community art space we were hosting in Varjakka this Summer – wrote this poem inspired by the sites and sounds of Warjakka. Pictured here is the poem in Finnish and English written in our guest book and also subtitling John Collingswood‘s videoContinue reading “Brought By the Wind”
Curls, Textures and Colours of Varjakka
Paying the tribute to the beautiful celebration of community-based art we were most lucky to have last week in Kalamaja Art Hub in the Varjakka bay, Oulu, Northern Finland, we are publishing the images of the exhibition we held there for two happy and inspiring weeks. The abstract images of the textures, objects and natureContinue reading “Curls, Textures and Colours of Varjakka”
Flying Boat in Varjakka Bay
View from our Kalamaja Art Hub!
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”
Таня Роман и Джон Коллингсвуд: “Нужно перестать бояться, что подумают другие”
Проект “Дача — это тело” завершает серию публикаций интервью с художниками, его воплощающими, по итогам этого — первого для проекта — лета. Сусанна Воюшина, Елена Гуткина, Дмитрий Мельников, Таня Роман, Джон Коллингсвуд и Лёля Власенко исследовали и объединяли пространства Варьякки в окрестностях Оулу на севере Финляндии и Калинушки, расположенной под Архангельском. Они делали это с помощью современного искусства, технологий и традиционного садоводства. Лёля Власенко журналист и авторContinue reading “Таня Роман и Джон Коллингсвуд: “Нужно перестать бояться, что подумают другие””
Не забывать — это уже любовь
Вряд ли, конечно, могли они думать, что когда-нибудь к ним так кто-нибудь сможет зайти в гости, когда ни домов уже их нет, ни их самих. Рабочие лесопилки в Варьякке, что на юго-западе от Оулу, давно умерли, и их домов уже почти век как нет. А мы рассматриваем картины внутри их жилищ, и болтаем о том,Continue reading “Не забывать — это уже любовь”
“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”
Initial choreographic seedlings
It is raining very heavily in Varjakka right now. It has been for the past few days. It is giving me a natural break from physical labour. Prior to the rain we had an amazing warm and sunny spell that melted the last bit of snow and uncovered all the existing gardening projects in progress.Continue reading “Initial choreographic seedlings”
Keho on Dacha 