Sivuvalo Platform x Kiila x Museum of Impossible Forms
Writing-Bookmaking-Performing Festival
Venue: Museum of Impossible Forms, Kontula
Dates: 23, 24, 25 November, 2020
Time: 18:00 - 20:00
Sivuvalo Platform, Kiila and Museum of Impossible Forms are happy to host a three-day festival of Writing-Bookmaking-Performing between November 23-25 | 18:00-20:00.
The festival will be hosted by Roxana Crisólogo Correa and Vidha Saumya. The program is open to all individuals, especially for whom such events are difficult to attend due to various reasons.
Send an email to museumofimpossibleforms@gmail.com to register your participation, with the subject line 'Writing-Bookmaking-Performing Festival'.
Please Note: Due to the current COVID-19 regulations on gatherings, the number of participants is limited to 10.
Visual arts and poetry have been long recognized as an indispensable companion to making a book. In November, Sivuvalo Platform + Kiila + Museum of Impossible Forms will host a three-day festival to explore these artistic devices and bring them together. For this festival, we invite you.
Please feel encouraged to extend the invitation to someone you think may find this festival useful, especially if they are new to the scene/city or have difficulty attending such events due to several reasons.
All book-making materials required for this festival will be provided at the Museum of Impossible Forms. We encourage participants to bring any materials they would like to use particularly. We assume that most of us will have their mobile phones to use for photography and sound recording. We will have one extra mobile phone, in case someone may need so. The results of the festival - books, videos, images, sound belong to the participants. We would be delighted if you would give us your consent to share them on Kiila, Sivuvalo and m{if} social media platform and website.
Day 1 | Monday, November 23, 2020 | 18:00-20:00
Day one will be a hands-on quick output day to start thinking of writing, making visuals and recording sounds using prompts.
Visual Postcard from Kontula - Make a photo from the space. Share and discuss.
Sonic Postcard - using the indoor and outdoor spaces in Kontula bring a sound clip of 1-2 minutes. Share and discuss.
Text Postcard - writing with prompts. Share and discuss.
Day 2 | Tuesday, November 24, 2020 | 18:00-20:00
Using the text and visuals from the previous day we will make a book. The sound clips will define the conceptual framework of the books.
All materials and printing facilities will be available at M{if}
Day 3 | Wednesday, November 25, 2020 | 18:00-20:00
Day three will be a day of performing. Each of the members can choose how to present their book/text. Please feel encouraged to bring other texts for reading.
Please Note:
Please note that due to Covid-19 pandemic, our gathering will follow the social distancing standards and we will follow the official regulations and recommendations for gatherings. Due to the participatory nature of this event, we are currently able to accomodate 10 people physically in the space. Unfortunately, a limitation on the number of people attending may mean that even for those sessions open for public, participants who sign-up will be prioritised.
Museum of Impossible Forms is a cultural space, located in Kontula, Helsinki. It is a contested Space and it represents a contact zone, a space of unlearning, formulating identity constructs, norm-critical consciousness and critical thinking. Impossible Forms are those that erase and facilitate the process of transgressing the boundaries/borders between art, politics, practice, theory, the artist, and the spectator. For 2019-2020, Museum of Impossible Forms operates under the curatorial theme of ‘The Atlas of Lost Beliefs (For Insurgents, Citizens and Untitled Bodies)’.
Museum of Impossible Forms is a Safer Space. We follow a Safer Space Guidelines to create a welcoming, inclusive, awesome environment.
Events at the Museum of Impossible Forms are completely free and accessible without prior booking.
Museum of Impossible Forms is accessible by lift with thresholds up to 4cm on the way. The toilet has no thresholds but is not spacious enough to meet accessibility standards. The nearest accessible toilet is located at Kontula metro station.
For directions, please refer to this Map.