A new Vantaa-based performance art platform The Other Side is collaborating with the Vantaa Art Museum Artsi to create The Sidewalk, a performance art project, that engages audiences through performance art. The artworks created in the collaborative project using performance art practices will be exhibited at Gallery K in Tikkurila in October 2024.
The Sidewalk art project aims to encourage participants from Vantaa to explore and reflect on how performance art can serve as a tool for self-expression and to explore experiences and interactions in Vantaa. Participation in the project does not require previous experience in art making and performance art.
The art project consists of eight workshops during which participants will be introduced to performance art and its’s practices under the mentorship and guidance of performance artist Tomasz Szraman. In addition, performance art practices will be opened up from different perspectives by guest lecturers from the field of performance art. The project will culminate in the co-created video performances, which will be on display at Gallery K in Tikkurila in an exhibition to be held from October 11th to December 29th, 2024.
The Other Side working group includes artists and curators Aman Askarizad and Parsa Kamehkhosh. The Sidewalk art project is mentored and taught by performance artist Tomasz Szrama. In addition, performance artists Roi Vaara, Tero Nauha, Kira O’Reilly, John Court, Irma Optimisti, Anguezomo Mba (Nathalie) Bikoro and Vishnu Vardhani RAJAN will be guest lecturers at the workshops.
The collaboration and the exhibition are part of the City of Vantaa’s 50th anniversary programme. The theme of the city’s anniversary is “At home in Vantaa”.
