Eco-seminar on Nov 19
The environmental crisis is also a crisis of the artworld, requiring concrete action instead of mere words. The contemporary art organisations Frame Contemporary Art Finland, IHME Helsinki, Mustarinda and HIAP – Helsinki International Artist Programme are holding an open, free, one-day webinar Environmental Crisis – From Words to Deeds in the Field of Art on 19 November 2020.
The seminar languages were Finnish and English. Documentations and summaries in Finnish and English on IHME Helsinki’s YouTube channel.
Speakers >>
Programme
9:00 Opening remarks (in Finnish)
Paula Toppila, Executive Director, IHME Helsinki
Raija Koli, CEO, Frame Contemporary Art Finland
9:15 Greeting by the Minister of Environment (in Finnish, summary in Finnish and in English >>)
Krista Mikkonen, Minister of the Environment and Climate Change
9:35 Why is it necessary to take climate action? (in Finnish, summary in Finnish and English >>)
Mari Pantsar, Director, Carbon Neutral Circular Economy, Sitra
9:50 Discussion and questions
9:55 Break
10:00 Towards a new cultural ecology (in English, summary in Finnish and English >>)
Graciela Melitsko Thornton, Leader of Creative Green Programme, Julie’s Bicycle (in English)
10:30 Discussion and questions
11:00 Do we need explorers?
Jana Winderen, sound artist, IHME Helsinki commission 2020
11:10 – 11:20 Discussion and questions
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11:30-12:30 Lunch break
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12:30 Ecologically sustainable curation and production (in Finnish, summary in English >>)
Paula Toppila, Executive Director and Curator, IHME Helsinki
12:45 Slow and ecological travel (in Finnish)
Juha Huuskonen, Director, HIAP – Helsinki International Artist Programme
13:00 Together on the hill – care and hospitality as a tool for more ecological residency practice (in Finnish , summary in English >>)
Sanna Ritvanen, Active member, Mustarinda
13:15 Environmental actions of an art museum (in Finnish, summary in English >>)
Jonna Hurskainen, Head of Helsinki Biennial, HAM Helsinki Art Museum, and Kiira Kivisaari, environmental coordinator, Helsinki Biennial, HAM Helsinki Art Museum
13:30 Internationality, funding and the environment (in Finnish, summary in Finnish and English >>)
Raija Koli, CEO, Frame Contemporary Art Finland
13:45 Discussion and questions
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14:00 – 14:30 Coffee break
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14:30 Artist’s practice and opportunities to choose (in Finnish, summary in Finnish and English >>)
Alma Heikkilä, visual artist and Antti Majava, visual artist
14:50 The carbon footprint of an art organization (in Finnish, summary in Finnish and English >>)
Saara Korpela, Eco-Coordinator, IHME, Frame, HIAP and Mustarinda
15:05 Discussion and questions
15:15 Summary and instructions for the group discussions
15:20 Break
15:25 Group discussions (preliminary registration has ended, the groups are full)
16:25 The way forward. Summary of working-group discussions
16:45 Closing remarks
The documentations of the speeches on IHME’s YouTube channel.