Utopias Lahti 11.5.–28.5.2023

Participants:

Bokeh, Bored Wolves, Khaos Publishing, Kontur, LAB institute of design students, Lugemik, Anni-Anett Liik, Krasimir Jovanovič Hyvärinen, Luukas Pollari, Tuulia Kivistö, Ulriika Hyry, Photobooks From Finland, EiM,K!, Rab-Rab Press, UTU Press, Dániel Szalai, TEXST Press, Tutkijaliitto.

!MORE BOOKS/ don’t miss the Seasonal Book Launches too!

Celebrate with us more than 14 new releases: hot off the press 

-Bourgeois with a Heart: The Class Suicide of Hjalmar Linder, Rab-rab Press.
-Everything Is a Projection, Sheung Yiu, published by Eriskay Connection.
-Hem, Misa Asanuma, published by Bored Wolves.
-Hardtail Harvest, Sara Dian, published by Bored Wolves.
-Bedhead, Eleonora Marton, published by Bored Wolves.
-Tapetointi, Mikko Lehtonen, published by Bokeh editions.
-Duh nuh huh, Pentti Otto Koskinen, published by Bokeh editions.
-Dies Irae, Ilkka Sariola, published published by Bokeh editions.
-Grey Mélange, Aura Saarikoski, published by Khaos Publishing.
-Saint Blanc, Natalia Kopkina, published by I am not Publishing.
-The weekend shall be warm and sunny, Ulla Kokki.
-Multipöly, Arja Karhumaa and Maarit Mustonen.
-DIM, Tanja Koljonen.
-Elämä ei ole sarja kohtauksia, sitä ei voi leikata niin kuin elokuvaa, Ilmari Pylvänäinen, published by UTU Press.

On Saturday 20th, 18.00->20/22:00
With special food delivery by @k0ira1

!TALKS ABOUT BOOKS/ Panels of discussion
Join us for the 4 panel of discussions related to publishing and its practices:

Saturday 20th of May
13:00-13:30

Rab-Rab Press, ”Bourgeois with a Heart: The Class Suicide of Hjalmar Linder”. – a talk about Rab-Rab Press newest release.

Minna Henriksson and Helen Korpak will be presenting Rab-Rab Press newest release ”Bourgeois with a Heart: The Class Suicide of Hjalmar Linder”.

”Bourgeois With a Heart” is a book about once Finland’s richest person Hjalmar Linder’s text ”Enough with Bloodbaths” written in 1918, opposing the inhuman White Terror after the Civil War.

The book presents an English language translation of ”Enough with Bloodbaths”, along with additions of other literature dating from the same period that mirror the text. In addition, the book is further contextualised by Minna Henriksson, who wrote an introduction and a glossary of terms that resuscitate this forgotten historical moment of class confrontation. Illustrated with paper cuttings, the story of Linder is effectively echoed in the afterword written by Helen Korpak.

The book is designed by Ott Kagovere.

Bourgeois with a Heart: The Class Suicide of Hjalmar Linder, Rab-Rab Press, is part of The Temporary Bookshelf Seasonal Book Launches event.

14:00-14:30

Translating the everyday to the medium of a photobook – a panel of discussion with Sheung Yiu, Sari Soininen, Daniel Szalai

In a panel discussion the artists Sari Soininen, Daniel Szalai and Sheung Yiu will discuss different forms of artistic research in relation to the book form. All of the artists have recently published books together with the Dutch publishing house Eriskay Connection. The talk will touch on themes of translating material to the medium of the photobook and the potential impact of the book form. The talk is moderated by the artistic director of Utopias Lahti Henri Airo.

Daniel Szalai’s work ”Novogen” is also a part of the festivals ”Pako/Getaway” exhibition.

Sunday 21st of May
13:00-13:30

Publishing support – a panel discussion on publishing in Finland

Photobooks From Finland (PBFF) invites guests Paola Jalili (Ei Mainoksia, Kiitos!), Ilmari Pylvänäinen (guest artist) and Ninni West (Photobook Club Helsinki) to discuss the practice of small-scale publishing in Finland, related support structures, opportunities as well as needs for further improving artists’ and cultural workers’ standard of living/working. The discussion is moderated by Tuure Leppänen (PBFF) and will feature a short Q&A session in the end.

14:00-14:30

Anya Tsaruk and Katya Lesiv

“Mother Land” – a talk about Anya Tsaruk’s upcoming photobook “Mother Land”, in collaboration with Katya Lesiv.

Ukrainian artists Anya Tsaruk and Katya Lesiv have worked together on the photobook dummy for Tsaruk’s “Mother Land”’s project. Together they will present the newly finished dummy and discuss the role of the artist book in their practices. The talk is moderated by Henri Airo, the artistic director of Utopias Lahti.

”Mother Land” is part of the festivals ”Pako/Getaway” exhibition.

This event is free of charge.

FI

Imagined Realities -näyttelykokonaisuus on rakentunut osana Utopias Lahti 2023 –festivaalin työpajayhteistyötä kolmen lahtelaisen kuvataideoppilaitoksen kanssa: kuvataidelukio Gaudia, Vapaan akatemia ja kuvataidekoulu Taika.

Kokonaisuus kuljettaa kävijän keskelle muutosta. Mitä muutos on? Miltä se näyttää, maistuu tai haisee? Missä muutos näkyy? Ja ketä muutokseen kuuluu? Näyttelyssä esillä olevat teokset ovat syntyneet syanotypia-työpajoissa kevään 2023 aikana.

Syanotypia on 1800-luvulta peräisin oleva valokuvan vedostustekniikka, jossa kemioiden ja UV-valon yhteisvaikutuksella kuva siirtyy valkoviivaisena siniselle taustalle. Keväällä 2023 pidetyissä työpajoissa Gaudian, Vapaa akatemian ja Taikan opiskelijat ovat pohtineet muutosta omassa lähiympäristössään. Kokeellisen vedostusprosessin myötä niin dystooppisten kuin utopististenkin tulkintojen kuvat pyrkivät rakentamään näkymää muutoksesta, sen tämänhetkisestä olemuksesta, tulevasta ja menneestä.

Työpajojen ohjaajina ovat toimineet taidekasvattaja Valtteri Heinonen ja valokuvaaja Josh Cockroft sekä luokkien omat opettajat Eeva Kirilin-Helenius, Taina Laakkonen ja Leena Valtonen. Näyttelyn teokset on vedostettu Painovoima ry:n tuottamalle kiertotalouspaperille ja kokonaisuus on toteutettu Minela Säätiön tuella.

Taiteilijat:
Jesse Hiltunen, Anna Korteniemi, Elisa Korvenoja, Terhi Liukkonen, Sana Ruohola, Martine Lammento, Marks Blagodatskis, Daria Grigorova,
Nella Halmeenmaa, Antto Hartikainen, Nea Harviainen, Venni Helin, Laura Kamotskin, Anniina Karjalainen, Neea Kauppinen, Sofia Kemppainen, Moona Koski, Inka Kyrö, Elina Kyyhkynen, Hartti Könönen, Roosa Laitinen, Teresa Leskinen, Simo Lukkarinen, Sara Mäyrä, Noora Niemelä, Aino Niinistö, Emilia Niskanen, Mikael Niukkanen, Paola Pelkonen, Pirre Ruuskanen, Ellen Salokorpi, Ella Suominen, Venla Suominen, Anni Tella, Aino Veijanen, Liinu Virolainen, Sofia Vironen, Aleksis Voskresenskiy, Emira Zhugri, Helinä Ahonen, Aurelia Enonkoski,
Niklas Hagström, Sofia Hyttinen, Maria Juutilainen, Elli Kaunissalo, Inka Kauppinen, Valtti Kivekäs, Senni Oksanen ja Pipsa Suursalmi.

EN

Imagined Realities –exhibition has been built as a part of the Utopias Lahti 2023 festival’s workshop collaboration with three visual arts schools in Lahti: Visual Art High School Gaudia, Lahti Folk High School Vapaa Akatemia and Visual Arts School Taika.

The exhibition brings the visitor to the centre of change. What is change? How does it look, taste or smell? Where can the change be seen, and who is a part of the change? The works in the exhibition were created in cyanotype workshops during the spring of 2023.

Cyanotype is a photo printing technique from the 19th century, where with the effect of UV light on chemical coated paper, an image is transferred as a white line onto a blue background. In the workshops held in the spring of 2023, the students of Gaudia, Vapaa Akatemia and Taika have considered and discussed about the change happening in their own surroundings and environment. With the experimental printing process, the images of both dystopian and utopian interpretations aim to build a view of change, its current essence, future and past.

The workshops were held by arts educator Valtteri Heinonen and photographer Joshua Cockroft with the classes own teachers Eeva Kirilin-Helenius, Taina Laakkonen and Leena Valtonen. The works in the exhibition have been printed on circular economy paper produced by Painovoima ry and the workshops were supported by Minela Foundation.

Artists:
Jesse Hiltunen, Anna Korteniemi, Elisa Korvenoja, Terhi Liukkonen, Sana Ruohola, Martine Lammento, Marks Blagodatskis, Daria Grigorova,
Nella Halmeenmaa, Antto Hartikainen, Nea Harviainen, Venni Helin, Laura Kamotskin, Anniina Karjalainen, Neea Kauppinen, Sofia Kemppainen, Moona Koski, Inka Kyrö, Elina Kyyhkynen, Hartti Könönen, Roosa Laitinen, Teresa Leskinen, Simo Lukkarinen, Sara Mäyrä, Noora Niemelä, Aino Niinistö, Emilia Niskanen, Mikael Niukkanen, Paola Pelkonen, Pirre Ruuskanen, Ellen Salokorpi, Ella Suominen, Venla Suominen, Anni Tella, Aino Veijanen, Liinu Virolainen, Sofia Vironen, Aleksis Voskresenskiy, Emira Zhugri, Helinä Ahonen, Aurelia Enonkoski, Niklas Hagström, Sofia Hyttinen, Maria Juutilainen, Elli Kaunissalo, Inka Kauppinen, Valtti Kivekäs, Senni Oksanen ja Pipsa Suursalmi.