The festival-laboratory Suoja / Shelter opens the acceptance of applications for the curator’s position for the third issue, which will be held in June 2020 in an online format. Curators of any age, gender, nationality and country of residence are invited to participate. The working language is English. Deadline – May 5. For details see https://catalysti.fi/call/suoja-shelter-call-for-a-curator/
Twerking from home: BAHER OF FINLAND, AMANDA AND LYDIA of HOUSE OF GUCCI, JUSTICE BROWN, ZACH CHAMBERLAINE, LOLA VANILLA. With JAMES LORIEN MACDONALD as your MC, host, and curator!
Korvat auki / Open Ears, a society for contemporary music, will produce a performance for Musica nova Helsinki festival in February 2021 with the theme “Helsinki Polytopes”. Four composers, musicians or music creators will create new collaborative works with four other artists (e.g. architects or other collaborators) for the project. To be eligible, you need to belong to Korvat auki / Open Ears, and have paid the membership fee 2020. You’re welcome to join! See all the details here.
Catalysti is looking for an exhibition producer to help with tasks related to the upcoming exhibition “2084” taking place in Cable Factory, Valssaamo (Helsinki)on 28.9.-15.10.2020. The ideal candidate should have good knowledge and experience of event production in relation to the Finnish culture scene. The position is offered first of all to Catalysti members.
Responsibilities will include:
Working closely with and assisting the exhibition curator/participating artists
Coordination of material/technical needs of the exhibition/participating artists
Coordination of marketing/printed materials
Help with tasks related to installation/deinstallation of the exhibition
Help with tasks related to the opening and other public events
Administrative requirements: maintain schedules, reservations, budget, etc.
The position is part-time and will take place during May-June and August-October 2020. The gross wage will be 1500 €.
Please send a letter of interest and CV to by Friday, April 10 at 4 pm.
AnneKlontz, curator of Catalysti exhibition in Cable Factory, Valssaamo (autumn 2020), is currently working at the artists and artworks selection. As part of the selection process, she launches this Open Call for 5 proposals. The invited artists will be in all max. 12. With this Open Call Catalysti aims to give its members the possibility to propose their projects. Deadline 3.4.2020. See Anne’s letter with all the details here below.
Dear Catalysti members,
I have been enjoying reading about all of you and learning about your practices!
For the upcoming exhibition titled “2084”, part of the process will include an Open Call for members to submit a proposal that could fit in with the exhibition’s concept (a description is below). From this open call, I will select 5 proposals to be included in the exhibition.
The exhibition period (including installation, exhibition, de-installation) is from the 28th of September to the 15th of October (exact dates open to the public are coming soon.) There is also a weekend planned for a program of events from the 9-11 of October.
If you would like to submit a proposal, please email me the following information:
Adescription of the work you would like to present in relation to the exhibition concept
1 -2 images, link, text or other sample of the work
Send to: by Friday, April 3, 2020.
About the exhibition, “2084”
Drawing inspiration from George Orwell’s book 1984, the exhibition will aim to explore the question of how power can be explored as a future. Orwell’s novel narrates an imagined future in which society was controlled by the government leader known as Big Brother and the Thought Police. While the story was written in 1949, 35 years prior to 1984, the fictitious subject matter of the book was forward-thinking and it has, in many ways, become reality; think of today’s use of surveillance cameras, algorithms and fake news. However, despite the dire tone of the story, notions of love and activism were also present as integral forms of power.
The exhibition “2084” will explore these contrasts and be developed collectively with Catalysti artists through which we discuss, share, read, analyze and think about what power in the future could look like, sound like, and feel like together. Can we think beyond the contemporary forms of power, i.e., institutional power, physical or psychological power, to predict what the future will hold for us?
