Swap / Vaihto

Barbro Björkfelt and Riikka Innanen, Performance

2008-08-18T09:26:00.000-07:00

18 August 2008.

SWAP/VAIHTO, PURISTAMO 15.8.2008

2008-08-16T08:49:00.000-07:00

Namastic Art Collective, Suite Studio Group, Bureau + guests

Janet Griffiths. Installation. 2008

Jaana Kokko: Portraits of Solidarism. Drawings. 2008

Tom Watson. Series 1 of 3. 2008

Jonathan Carson & Rosie Miller: A Game We Made Up, Stories We Have Been Told. Sound installations. 2008

Sophia Crilly. Note. Pencil on paper. 2008

Sophia Crilly. Elaintarha #01. Filmed on location in Helsinki. 2008

Mark Kennard. Everything is a Knock on Effect. Drawing Installation. 2008

Eeva-Mari Hikala. Hand up - sit down- shame. Sketch for a project. 2008

Ima Pico. Stickers. 2008

Egle Oddo. Islington Mill. Frotagge on paper. 2008

Mikko Oravainen. Oravainen feat. Wendy. Photo documentation with Janet Griffiths/Wendy. 2008

Samantha Donnelly. Work in progress. 2008

Hannu Karjalainen. Woman in Pink Dress, work in progress. 2008

Andrew Bracey: Karhu Karaoke. Animation made in Helsinki. 2008

Fiona Curran, Marko Timlin, Egle Oddo. Colours in Sonic Space. Mixed media installation. 2008

Egle Oddo, Marko Timlin. Neon. Video performance. 2008

Tim Machin. Unititled (Cable Factory) Wallpainting. 2008

Tim Machin. Unititled (Cable Factory) Cut out papel model. 2008

Jonne Pitkänen: Kuusankoski. Installation

Janet Griffiths, Hannu Karjalainen, Juhana Moisander. Percy + Wendy. Video piece filmed on location in Manchester. 2008

Janet Griffiths, Juhana Moisander. Ghosts. Video installation filmed on location at Villa Eläintarha, Helsinki. 2008

+ Ossi Kajas: SWAP in progress. Documentation of Swap/Vaihto in Helsinki

PERFORMANCE
Sound piece: Anne Charnock & Mikko Oravainen. Uncertainity Series No.1
Music: Oravainen featuring Jahvice, Mikey Mike + guests
DJ: Rootzilla

Performance, "Held der Arbeit", Relativity Group, Oddo/Convertito/Timlin.

2008-08-16T08:45:00.000-07:00

Puristamo, 15 August 8:00pm

Tea Performance, "Tea was bitter", Juan Luis Moreno and Ying-Yi Wu

2008-08-16T00:31:00.001-07:00

Puristamo. 15 August. 4:30pm

2008-08-14T10:41:00.000-07:00

SWAP/VAIHTO is pleased to invite you to:
CABLE FACTORY
PURISTAMO
15 of August
From 16:30pm till late

16:30 Tea Performance, "Tea was bitter", Juan Luis Moreno and Ying-Yi WU:

*blood*: fevers, sweat, tears, wars, opium, destruction, renewed life and health

*sand*: way, presence, time, present, nudity, solitude, simplicity, nothingness

*sugar*: energy, industrial revolution, break, hospitality, motherhood

*tea*: bitterness, astringency, sweetness, awakening, rituals

20:00 Performance, "Held der Arbeit", Relativity Group, Oddo/Convertito/Timlin.
*In memory of Unknown Poets*

20:30 Introduction: Suite Studio Group artists, Ima Picó, Sophia Crilly, Mark Kennard, and Namastic artists.

23:00 Live performance / Jam: Oravainen, Jahvice, Mikey Mike & guests

FREE ENTRANCE

CABLE FACTORY
Tallberginkatu 1 C 15
FI-00180 Helsinki

Andrew Bracey - Karhu Cash and Karhu Cave

2008-08-12T07:06:00.000-07:00

A new video animation made in Helsinki in responce to aspects of Finnish culture observed during my short time here; the old god bears which are everywhere, the karaoke and of course the drinking culture, among other things....

Wendy and her friends play Honky Tonk Women

2008-08-11T03:46:00.000-07:00

Wendy gets her friends to form an air guitar band one evening before they go out for the night.

Filmed at Islington Mill, Salford

The Band: Moe Gavin, Janet Griffiths, Adele Myers, Egle Oddo, Virva Sointu

Filmed by: Hannu Karjalainen

Art/Musical

Direction: Spider Mike King

Edited by: Egle Oddo

Production: Janet Griffiths

SWAP/VAIHTO, PURISTAMO 9.8.2008

2008-08-09T13:32:00.000-07:00

Namastic Art Collective, Suite Studio Group, Bureau + guests

ARTISTS:

Ima Picó: ”Stickers”
Manchester 2008.

Mikko Oravainen: ”Oravainen feat. Wendy”
Photo documentation with Janet Griffiths/Wendy. Salford, Manchester 2008.

Egle Oddo: ”Islington Mill”
Frottage on paper, July 2008.

Jonathan Carson & Rosie Miller: ”A Game We Made Up” Installation. Sound recorded in Manchester, July 2008.

Andrew Bracey: ”Bear/Karhu”
Video-installation, created in Helsinki, August 2008.

Jonne Pitkänen: Installation: ”Make It Your Own”
Audience can freely play and replace the objects, but don’t touch the TV. Have fun!

Jaana Kokko: ”At the first sight”
Photography series. Berlin 2005

Ossi Kajas: ”SWAP in process”
Photoshow of making the SWAP/VAIHTO in Helsinki.

Egle Oddo & Marko Timlin: ”Neon”
Video-performance. Helsinki 2008.

VIDEO:

Jaana Kokko: ”In the forest there is a path of Martin Heidegger”. Video 12 min. Berlin 2008.

Juhana Moisander: ”Percy”
Video-installation, created at Islington Mill, Manchester, July 2008. Percy has no Mercy.

+ A wall by Vadelma ry. Free painting.

PERFORMERS 9.8.2008

Dancers: Giorgio Convertito and Terhi Vaimala, present: ”Things Left Unsaid”

DJ’s: Oravainen, Mise, Aleksi Perälä (aka Astrobotnia aka Ovuca, Rephlex Records), Physics, Tomplex, Senqi + guests.

Visuals by VJFinland (www.vjfinland.fi)

Timlin live @ Islington Mill videoclip

2008-08-08T03:25:00.000-07:00

As part of Swap/Vaihto Marko Timlin performed with his
"solar panel sound machine" at the Islington Mill, Salford.
The concert took place on Wednesday 16th of July.
Here a short video clip of the performance.
Thanks to Jonne for filming.
For more information please check:

www.timlin.de

2008-08-06T01:54:00.000-07:00

SWAP/VAIHTO is pleased to invite you to:
CABLE FACTORY
PURISTAMO
9 of August
From 8:00pm till late

PERFORMANCES BY:
ALEKSI PERÄLÄ (AKA OVUCA, ASTROBOTNIA) (REPHLEX RECORDS)
(http://www.myspace.com/aleksiperala http://www.ovuca.com)

PHYSICS (METALHEADZ, MAC II RECORDINGS)
(http://www.myspace.com/physicsmsr)

TOMPLEX
(http://www.tomplex.com)

ORAVAINEN (Live Set)
(http://www.myspace.com/oravainen)

MISE

+

GUESTS

VISUALS HOSTED BY RANDOM DOCTORS / VJFINLAND
OPEN CALL FOR ALL THE VJ´S TO PARTICIPATE!

Organized by Namastic Art Collective / SWAP / VAIHTO

Check out VJFinland forum: http://www.vjfinland.fi/forum/viewtopic.php?t=493

FREE ENTRANCE

CABLE FACTORY
Tallberginkatu 1 C 15
FI-00180 Helsinki

2008-08-05T06:47:00.001-07:00

Article Metro.co.uk

2008-08-04T09:27:00.000-07:00

Monday Metro.co.uk
Metrolife. Exhibitions | Manchester

Collaboration the key
to Swap/Vaihto
by RICHARD SMIRKE - Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Born out of an intense two-week collaboration between 11 Manchester-based artists and the same number from Helsinki, Swap/Vaihto is an exhibition that aims to explore ideas of cultural identity and the collaborative process.

All of the work on display was created in residence at Bureau gallery prior to the exhibition's opening and the wide variety of artistic practices present reflects the different artists taking part, with video and audio works, sculpture and drawing all included.

Taking centre stage is Turbo Folk, a beautifully beguiling 3D installation by Jonne Pitkänen and Tom Watson. Made entirely from found objects, the sculpture adopts the form of an abstract recycled robot, brimming with personality and complete with antlers and a Dalek-like plunger.

Reflecting his interest in drama, Juhana Moisander contributes a spooky hypnotic wall projection, which sees the artist wearing a face mask and slowly drawing a gun ad infinitum. Another standout exhibit is a series of exquisitely crafted small-scale card creatures from Samantha Donnelly.

Surprisingly, all of the works fit together well, with the organic nature of the project apparent in every piece. Due to the collaborations that inform each work any comment on the issue of cultural identity is largely absent, but this is still a strong group exhibition that successfully explores migratory art practice.

Until Aug 9, Bureau, Islington Mill, James Street, Salford, Wed to Sat noon to 5pm, free. Tel: 07757 956555. www.bureaugallery.com

Jonne Pitkänen & Tom Watson

2008-08-04T08:30:00.000-07:00

Title: Turbo Folk
sculpture/installation (at Bureau)

SWAP / VAIHTO - Cable Factory, Puristamo, Helsinki

2008-07-31T23:36:00.000-07:00

Event: August 9 – 19, 2008
daily from 12 pm till late
Open sessions: August 9 and 15, 2008
from 8 pm till late

Location:

Puristamo
Cable Factory
Tallberginkatu 1
Helsinki, Finland

Participants:
Barbro Björkfelt, Andrew Bracey, Jonathan Carson, Anne Charnock, Fiona Curran, Sophia Crilly, Samantha Donnelly, Janet Griffiths, Eeva-Mari Haikala, Hannu Häkkinen, Hannu Karjalainen, Mark Kennard, Jaana Kokko, Tim Machin, Rosie Miller, Juhana Moisander, Egle Oddo, Mikko Oravainen, Ima Picó, Jonne Pitkänen, Virva Sointu, Marko Timlin, Tom Watson.

Namastic Art Collective is pleased to announce Swap/Vaihto, an international residency, exchange programme in collaboration with Ima Picó, Suite Studios, Salford/Manchester, UK, Bureau, UK, HIAP and The Cable Factory in Helsinki, Finland.

Swap/Vaihto is an exchange programme between UK and Finland-based artists to explore ideas around collaboration and working methodologies, alongside current issues of cultural identity and migratory art practice. The project provides a unique opportunity for artists to spend time in residence in each country and engage in a period of research and production, culminating in exhibition at Bureau and event in The Cable Factory, Helsinki. The project is based on the idea of Ima Picó, who is a Spanish artist living in Manchester.

The UK and Finland-based artists were in residence at Bureau the 7th-19th of July, collaborating to develop new works and an exhibition, which took/takes place from 19th July to 9th August 2008. The residencies provide artists with an environment that encourages the exchange of ideas and instigates experimentation with new concepts and materials. The predominant focus of the Swap/Vaihto programme is as a means of establishing a mutual exchange of ideas.

The artists will travel to Helsinki on 7th August for the second part of the project; to further develop their collaborative practice and explore the aspects of 'exchange' they have engaged with. This second part of the project will include a residency, open sessions and events at The Cable Factory, Helsinki. Doors of Puristamo space will be open to audience all the time artists are working, giving the Helsinki audience a unique possibility to observe the whole working process and meet artists at their work. A related publication will be launched in Autumn 2008.

SUITE STUDIO GROUP

Suite is a long established artists' studio located in Salford. The studio comprises a broad range of practices and members meet on a regular basis. Many of the artists in Suite have emerged from the various MA courses in the region and the aim of the studio group is to create the conditions where artists can work in an atmosphere of critical debate around their practices.

www.suite-studiogroup.co.uk

NAMASTIC ART COLLECTIVE

Namastic Art Collective is an artistic collective founded in Helsinki in 2006. The collective is based on a wide network of contacts and collaborations between artists and other professionals of art and related fields. They are interested in the different approaches to the combination of electronic music and visual art in a live situation, in other words, the co-operation and interaction between visual arts and music. Swap/Vaihto is organised by Namastic Art Collective, Bureau, Suite Studio Group and Ima Picó.

Supported by the Arts Council of England, Arts Council of Finland, British Council, Bureau, The Cable Factory, HIAP, Laitilan Panimo Finland, Genelec, The Finnish Embassy, The Finnish Institute, Salford City Council and Fatboy.

For further information & images please contact Namastic Art Collective at the virva.sointu@gmail.com or at egodit@gmx.net.

Ima Picó

2008-07-31T13:21:00.000-07:00

Title: Stickers
Installation at Bureau.

'A Game We Made Up' - Carson & Miller

2008-07-31T10:08:00.000-07:00

Above is an installation view of Carson & Miller's work A Game We Made Up (at Bureau).

Anne Charnock

2008-07-31T08:28:00.000-07:00

Title: "Untitled Series No.1"

'A Game We Made Up' - Carson & Miller

2008-07-31T08:20:00.001-07:00

Jonathan Carson & Rosie Miller's collaborative practice investigates their shared interest in narrative. Their recent work has explored the principle of game-playing as a device to exchange stories and to generate new narratives.

In A Game We Made Up (the new work they have completed during the first half of the Swap/Vaihto project) Carson & Miller have created a series of bespoke narrative games, designed to be played in specific locations matched to particular players (drawn from the people taking part in the exchange). The resulting work - on show at Bureau until 9 August, 2008 - documents the playing of the games in audio and text format.

Presented here are a series of documents which detail the questions asked and the rules they played by. Also available are short audio files from each of the games played - to hear these excerpts click on http://www.box.net/shared/33egf5wso0

Carson & Miller are currently completing a new work, which draws on A Game We Made Up, for the second half of Swap/Vaihto. Both works will be shown at the Cable Factory.

Carson & Miller thank all of their fellow players - they know who they are!

Egle Oddo and Anne Charnock

2008-07-31T08:20:00.000-07:00

Title: "The Woman Steps Out"

Egle Oddo and Anne Charnock have collaborated to produce a piece of text that transplants a story from Berlin to Salford. Egle told the story from memory to Anne, who then re-wrote the tale with a local setting. In fact, the true origin of the story is a poem by Bertolt Brecht and is set in Berlin during World War II (The Shopper, 1938).
The new text is ‘misplaced’ in several ways. Not only is the setting different to the original, but the story changes in shape and emphasis because it is based on a telling of the story rather than the reading of the poem.
When the new text was complete, Egle recited the Bertolt Brecht poem in English, reading from the Italian translation in her possession.

Juhana Moisander

2008-07-29T02:30:00.000-07:00

Title: P.W.
Loopvideo projection on darkned space.

Fhoto: Juhana Moisander

'Swap/Vaihto' Preview at Bureau, Salford/Manchester, UK.

2008-07-19T00:33:00.000-07:00

Bureau
Ground Floor, Islington Mill,
James Street, Salford, M3 5HW
www.bureaugallery.com
19 July 2008 to 09 August 2008 (12:00 - 17:00)

SWAP / VAIHTO - Bureau, Salford, UK.

2008-07-18T01:03:00.000-07:00

WENDY AND FRIENDS
Janet Griffiths - Performance

TIMLIN LIVE
As part of Swap/Vaihto Bureau presents Timlin Live.
Bureau, Salford, UK.
www.bureaugallery.com
Wednesday 16th July at 10pm

Neon - photos taken from same-named video by Egle Oddo March 2008

File under: improvisation, experimental music, Pure data, sensors, listening experience

…the beauty of drones accompanied by hums, creaks, and rattling ::: colourful postcards on the white doors of my wardrobe ::: the liberating experience of loosing the sense of time ::: offering alternatives ::: things have to be experienced, not learned ::: escaping your own mind ::: how much does 157 grams of happiness weigh? ::: cleaning one’s ears is like cleaning one’s mind ::: the non-contradiction between order and chaos…

MARKO TIMLIN is a sound artist and performer from Helsinki, Finland. As part of Swap/Vaihto, Timlin invites you to a unique listening experience in Islington Mill on Wednesday 16th July at 10pm.

Marko Timlin’s main musical and artistic objective is an intuitive improvisation and interaction with electronic media, to create his own unconventional sound adventures and contemporary electronica that challenges the ears and the mind. His music demonstrates a perfect balance between order and chaos. Timlin freely breaks the boundaries of composition and improvisation in his non-contradicting mix of organised parts and completely messed up blasts of sound. While playing live in concert the creation of his music happens in real-time and, therefore, is as surprising for the audience as it is for the performing artist himself. He allows the audience to witness a dialogue between man and machine.

Timlin improvises with self-made interfaces using, amongst other things, solar panels, torches, ultra sonic sensors, neon bulbs and ready-made objects. The basic concepts of his sonic works take information from the physical world either to control computer programmes or to convert computer data into physical motion.

For more information visit: www.timlin.de

ARTISTS’ TALK: HANNU KARJALAINEN AND JAANA KOKKO
CORNERHOUSE, Manchester. UK
www.cornerhouse.co.uk
Tue 15 July 2008 18:00

As part of SWAP / VAIHTO, Hannu Karjalainen and Jaana Kokko, visiting artists from Finland, will discuss and present examples of their respective practices.

Image: Jaana Kokko.

OPEN STUDIO EVENT: ARTISTS' WORK IN PROGRESS
Bureau, Salford, UK.
www.bureaugallery.com
Tue 15 July 2008 (14:00 - 17:00)

As part of Swap/Vaihto Bureau opens to the public for an afternoon, providing an opportunity to meet the artists taking part in the residency, exhibition and exchange project, and to discuss their work in progress for the forthcoming exhibition.

SWAP / VAIHTO

2008-07-18T00:21:00.000-07:00

Barbro Björkfelt, Andrew Bracey, Jonathan Carson, Anne Charnock, Fiona Curran, Sophia Crilly, Samantha Donnelly, Janet Griffiths, Eeva-Mari Haikala, Hannu Häkkinen, Hannu Karjalainen, Mark Kennard, Jaana Kokko, Tim Machin, Rosie Miller, Juhana Moisander, Egle Oddo, Mikko Oravainen, Ima Picó, Jonne Pitkänen, Virva Sointu, Marko Timlin, Tom Watson.

Swap/Vaihto is an exchange programme between UK and Finland-based artists to explore ideas around collaboration and working methodologies, alongside current issues of cultural identity and migratory art practice.

The project provides a unique opportunity for artists to spend time in residence in each country and engage in a period of research and production, culminating in exhibitions at Bureau and The Cable Factory, Helsinki. A related publication will be launched in Autumn 2008.

The UK and Finland-based artists are currently in residence at Bureau, collaborating to develop new works and an exhibition, which will take place from 19th July to 9th August. The artists will travel to Helsinki on 7th August for the second part of the project, to further develop their collaborative practice and explore the aspects of 'exchange' which they have been engaging with. This second part of the project will also include a residency and exhibition at The Cable Factory, Helsinki.

Swap/Vaihto was initiated by the Artist and Curator Ima Picó in 2007.
Organisation in Salford/Manchester, UK: Bureau (Sophia Crilly and Mark Kennard), Rosie Miller, Ima Picó.
Organisation in Helsinki, Finland: Namastic Art Collective, Virva Sointu.
Fundraising: Sophia Crilly, Ima Picó, Virva Sointu.

Exhibition of new works from residency at Bureau curated by Sophia Crilly and Mark Kennard.

Residency and exhibition forthcoming in Helsinki at Cable Factory. The idea of Swap/Vaihto is to establish the base for the British and Finnish artists to share their creative methodologies. Namastic Art Collective believes that this particular process of collaboration between artists cannot be curated without interrupting or interfering the development of the artworks. In Cable Factory the artists will show the vibrant dynamic of their work at different stages. The entire project represents the plurality of curatorial and artistic practice involved.

Swap/Vaihto is supported by the Arts Council of England, Arts Council of Finland, British Council, Bureau, The Cable Factory, HIAP, Laitilan Panimo Finland, Genelec, The Finnish Embassy, The Finnish Institute, Salford City Council and Fatboy.