Todellisuuden tutkimuskeskus / Pilvi Porkola: SOFA – Conversations on Utopias

PLACE: Pedestrian street, Yliopistonkatu 20

DATE & TIME: Biennale pre-program Fri 22.8 at 13–15 and Sat 23.8. at 13–15
and at the biennial on Sat 6.9. at 11-13.

DURATION: 2 h. No pre-registration needed.

LANGUAGE: Finnish

PARTICIPANTS: 
Fri 22.8. Suvi Salmenniemi, professor in sociology
Sat 23.8. aktivisti Vilka Tosuni 
Sat 6.9.  Jouni Teittinen, poet and researcher

Information about accecibility here 

During the biennale week, documentation of the Sofa conversations (Helsinki 2024) will be featured as a video exhibition at the basement of Taiteen talo. Opening hours: Wed–Fri 12–18, Sat-Sun 12-16.

SOFA – Conversations on Utopias brings current and political discussions into the hustle and bustle of the city. In the series, Porkola invites special guests to sit with her on the sofa and consider social change and utopias. Passersby in public space can hear what artist, activist and academic think on the matters and are invited to dwell, look at the world and the future together, sit nearby and listen, and eventually take a place on the sofa too. The performance discussion invites everyone to contemplate what kind of future we want to build.

Pilvi Porkola (she/her) is a Helsinki-based performance artist, writer, and researcher. She works extensively in performance art, artistic research, and public engagement projects. Pilvi is a member of Todellisuuden tutkimuskeskus (Reality Research Center), a group dedicated to exploring the performative nature of reality and creating site-sensitive, participatory works.

www.pilviporkola.com  https://todellisuus.fi/sohva/ 

Yhteistyössä: Taideakatemia