The Invisible City

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The Invisible City project explores the city not just as formed by physical space, but also as a collective construction, made up of the memories, desires and experiences of its inhabitants.

The city should not be conceived as a unit but rather as the sum of its inhabitants’ multiple points of views which, all combined, create a multi-faceted perspective. Thus, the city is an aggregation of public and private spaces, from which emerges a shared identity allowing us to live in it.

This project consists of a series of events, including a film screening accompanied by a live soundtrack, a workshop in public space, and an exhibition featuring work by visual artists from Barcelona (some of them artist residents or former residents from HANGAR visual arts production centre).

These events will explore different forms of exchange and interaction between the city and its inhabitants. We will look into the perception and identity of contemporary cities, and at how art can influence their transformation, asking: Do we live in a real city or in the mirage of what it should be?

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“Cities are a collection of many things: memories, desires, signs of a language, are places of exchange, as explaining all the history books of the economy, but these trade-offs are not only of goods, are also traded their words , desires, memories. “

Invisible Cities. Italo Calvino.

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Initiator/Organiser/Curator: Jon Irigoyen (ES/FI)

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PROGRAMME OF EVENTS

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THE INVISIBLE CITY EXHIBITION / 25.3.2010 – 8.4.2010

Opening / Wednesday 24th March 2010  17:00h

An exhibition featuring different artworks (video, photographies, ..) in relation to the perception and experiences of the artists over the city.

Located in the gallery Myymälä2, Uudenmaankatu 23 00100 Helsinki Finland

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Artists involved:

Antoni Abad

Domenec

Rotorrr

Sitesize

Curated by Jon Irigoyen

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THE INVISIBLE CITY WORKSHOP

Action at the Public/Urban Space

Date: Thursday 25 and Saturday 27 of March

Location: KIASMA Seminar Room, G18 Cultural Center and somewhere at the Urban/Public Space of Helsinki

Max. number of participants: 15

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Schedules:

Thursday 25th   11 – 14h

Saturday 27th   11 – 16h

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Open workshop whose objective is the achievement of an intervention at the public space of Helsinki

Workshop led by: Rotor and Pekko Koskinen – Reality Research Center/Todellisuuden Tutkimuskeskus

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OPEN CALL!! If you are interested to participate in the workshop send an email to: jon.irigoyen@pixelache.ac

There is a limited amount of people that can participate,  contact as soon as possible!

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VLADISLAV DELAY & AKI KAURISMAKI / KIASMA EXPERIMENTAL SCREENING

VLADISLAV DELAY will create the live soundtrack for the film “I hired a contract killer”, from finnish film director AKI KAURISMAKI. In this movie the city and the relation between the public and private space have a special importance in the development and plot of the film.

Date: Sunday 28.3.2010

Time: 18-19h

Location Kiasma Theatre

Vladislav Delay will perform a live soundtrack to the film “I hired a contract killer” by cult Finnish director Aki Kaurismäki, also known for his morbid comedy hits Leningrad Cowboys Go America (1994) and The Match Factory Girl (1990). The marriage of Ripatti’s music with Kaurismäki’s images promises to be an intriguing mix, not least since both are Finnish artists, but also as to the guise that Ripatti might take. Ripatti is billed as ‘Vladislav Delay aka Luomo’ which could mean anything given his distinct creative approach for each identity.

http://www.vladislavdelay.com

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GALLERY TOUR

Artists talk

27.3.2010 Saturday, 16-18h, Myymala2 and MUU galleries

A tour through these 2 galleries with the possibility of speak and chat with the artists about their work.

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Support

The general production and all events are supported by The Spanish Embassy and Institut Ramon Llul

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