Notes on Power and Hope
Event information
The seminar will discuss how art can serve as a resource for social change and promote environmental justice and climate responsibility. The event will cover topics such as:
- How can artists contribute to environmental work?
- Who shapes the climate discussion? How is Indigenous knowledge considered?
- How can economic goals be aligned with environmental sustainability?
- How do we confront and address the emotions triggered by climate change?
The event's speakers will share perspectives on work where hope is not a feeling, but a strategy.
Programme
15:00 Welcome words
Hanna Parry, Artistic Director, Baltic Circle
In Our Future(s)
Farah Ahmed, Climate Justice Lead, Julie’s Bicycle (UK)
From Despair to a Story of Survival
Sini Harkki, Executive Director, Greenpeace Norden
Combatting Despair: Concrete Restoration of Peatlands as a Climate Action
Tero Mustonen, Researcher, Fisherman, and Chair of the Snowchange Cooperative
Hate is the disease, and culture is the cure?
Kaisa Rönkkö, Director, Arts Promotion Centre Finland
16:15–16:40 Break
coffee and tea
Panel of Power and Hope
Moe Mustafa, sound/visual artist and theatre maker
Tero Mustonen
Kaisa Rönkkö
Moderator: Director, Sámi activist Pauliina Feodoroff
Performance: Anna Morottaja (Karhu-Pekan Anna)
18:00 Event Concludes
The seminar is organized by Baltic Circle festival and the Arts Promotion Centre Finland's Creative Net project. It is part of Baltic Circle festival.
The seminar language is English.
Registration
Participation in the event and refreshments are free of charge. The event has a capacity of 200 participants. Registration is open until the start of the seminar or until all spots are filled.
Further information
Accessibility
The seminar will be held at Kiasma Theatre, located on the first floor of the Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, at the opposite end from the main entrance. The theatre has unreserved seating. Cloakroom service for coats and large bags is free of charge.
There is accessible access to the upper level of the theatre. If a wheelchair space is needed, please contact Kiasma's information desk ([email protected]) in advance. The theatre is equipped with an induction loop.
Organizers
Baltic Circle festival
Arts Promotion Centre Finland's Creative Net project (ESF+)
Contact information
Hanna Parry, Artistic Director, Baltic Circle
[email protected]
Pia Repo, Advisor, Creative Net, Arts Promotion Centre Finland
[email protected]
Baltic Circle is an international festival for contemporary theatre and performance organised annually in November in Helsinki. The festival brings intensities into the city, takes stands on current questions, and ignites dialogue. Baltic Circle believes in the aesthetic and affective powers of the arts, and in the potential of social and political agency of performance.
Next edition is the 21st and it takes place in Helsinki from 22 to 30 November 2024.
Creative Net is the coordination project for the national Creative and Cultural Innovation Expertise ESF+ theme under the Arts Promotion Centre Finland (Taike). The project assists and encourages professionals in the creative industries to apply for ESF+ funding and supports the practical work of funded projects.
The seminar is part of the Creative Net’s Future Trilogy in 2024. The Future Trilogy includes three seminars that explore the future, art, and culture from different perspectives. The seminars will be held in the autumn in Hämeenlinna, Kuopio, and Helsinki.
Illustration: Katri Astala & Iisa Pappi