We’re happy to announce the launch of the new Catalysti website, on Friday 31.1.2020!
Let’s meet to celebrate and have a talk about the program for 2020.
All Catalysti members are invited to vote for the best date, in February, through this Doodle poll: https://doodle.com/poll/ba3xeaqixmbshf8w
The get-together will take place in Caisa or Globe Art Point, Helsinki.
See you there!
We welcome our new curators for Diversity in Art: Art in Diversity 2020 !
James Lórien MacDonald Week Against Racism 21.3.2020
Sergio Castrillón Interdisciplinary Performance art and Sound event in Vapaan taiteen tila, May-June 2020
Tatiana Solovieva, Pablo Alvarez World Village Festival May 2020 (to be confirmed)
And here are the results of the survey for the exhibition theme:
The chosen theme is POWER (50%). Inclusion and Environment got 20% each, other/your own 5 % , write your own theme 5 % . The exhibition will take place in Cable Factory, Valssaamo on 29.9.-13.10.2020. An Open call for a curator will be launched soon. See more details in Program 2020.
You are invited to vote to choose the theme of the upcoming group exhibition in autumn 2020, in Cable Factory, Valssaamo!
You can vote through the following link before 15.12.2019: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdTC_uul4dEDomtyD5BkOvKPMOW8HCnNgyDtNGtXzSJ-UUVyg/viewform
You can choose among the following themes, or propose your own!
1. POWER
“Power is the ability to do things.” – Doreen Massey
Power exists through many modes. These can be political, financial, cultural etc. Power can be coercive when distributed unequally, which may manifest itself through injustice and inequality. However, the equal distribution of power is about sharing ideas and can lead to real progress in overcoming many of the issues that the world faces today. This theme asks artists some critical questions: How does power manifest itself in our everyday lives? What problems does it cause, issues can it resolve, and how does it work through our relations with one another? These relationships may concern, but are not restricted to, personal or occupational work, as well as to the relationships we have with public and private institutions that form part of our social reality.
2. INCLUSION
Ranging from minority indigenous communities to immigrants settling in Finland, we observe and face the problematic encounter of different classes, societies, ethnicities, and backgrounds. Regardless of the kind of diversity encountered, discrimination arises. Our society needs new awareness to be inclusive of the different communities of which it is composed.
Can art become a passe-partout to overcome the friction between different cultures? Can artists open up dialogues that are not language-based and through which go beyond the competition and clash of cultures that unavoidably favour the larger and dominant ones?
3. ENVIRONMENT
What is the future you imagine, and how will it look? How will environmental issues influence artistic life or your personal world view? What are your demands regarding power and mobility?
4. PROPOSE YOUR OWN THEME
Please write a short description of your idea.
There are many good reasons to join GAP, many of us pointed out that our association needs to be more connected and less isolated. In Catalysti survey, 70% of the members said they are interested in joining umbrella associations, and 25% in joining Globe Art Point.
There will be an Open meeting to further discuss the matter and vote about it, on Tuesday 3.9. in Caisa Cultural Centre, Helsinki at 5-7 pm, room Ohra.
Vote results: the assembly voted unanimously to join Globe Art Point ry on 3.9.2019.
We wish to start a fruitful collaboration!
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING MINUTES
Tuesday 28th of May, 17.00-19.00. at Caisa Cultural Centre, Helsinki
Minutes signed by: David and Nadja
Secretary for the minutes: Roberto Pugliese
Paola Livorsi opened the meeting at 17.20.
Present: Nana Kim Hwanhee, Roberto Fusco, Giorgio Convertito, Nadja Pärssinen, Marek Pluciennik, Oliver Whitehead, Erich Weidle, Tanya Tyniälä, Paola Livorsi.
Delegate votes: Yasushi Koyama, David Flood, Erika De Martino, Britt Al-Busultan, Tatiana Solovieva.
1. Presentation and discussion of the members’ survey results.
Paola presented the results of the survey and addressed the different concerns emerging from the responses. One of the main outcomes is that many respondents feel a need for improving the communications within Catalysti. Among the several actions to be put in place, Giorgio invited us to stop for a moment to organize events, and think more strategically about the mission of the association. Other suggestions from the presents were to make more explicit the need/wish for participation on the website and Facebook and avoid replicating what other associations already do (see for instance GAP, btw. infos about grants).
2. Paola introduced and the board approved the audited accounts of the previous operational year (2018) and the annual report.
3. Paola introduced and the board approved the action plan and budget for 2019.
4. Nomination of candidates for the new board: chairperson, vice chairperson, secretary, treasurer. Nomination of two other members and two reserve board members.
Candidates:
Paola explains how the vote procedure should proceed. The presents approve her as chairperson.
There are 9 present voters (David leaves before the vote begins, he delegated his vote). The results of the board election are:
Roberto Fusco 12
David Flood 11
Tatiana Solovieva 11
Nadja Pärssinen 10
Tanya Tyniälä 9
Walter Fondo 4
The number of voters was 14, 9 present, 5 delegate votes.
The limit to be elected to the board is to get at least 50% votes plus 1, so the minimum number of votes in this case is of 8 votes. As Walter Fondo got only 4 votes, he was not elected. All the others are.
Tatiana Solovieva is confirmed as treasurer.
5. The board approved the candidates for an auditor and a reserve auditor(s):
Anne-Maj Väre, Leena Kähkönen.
6. New members applications are in consideration, there was no time to go through them. Alise Polacenko (dance, film), Bambù Xavier Locquet (circus, film, performance art, photography), Livia Schweizer (music, performanceart).
Paola Livorsi closed the meeting at 18.55.