about
ArtContact started in 2005 with monthly events presenting experimental live artists from all disciplines and countries.
The events took first place in gallery Forum Box with minimal financial resources. Year by year we were taken more serious by grant giving institutions. A typical growth story... Then suddenly the turnaround. ArtContact had to stop in the beginning of 2009 for lack of funding.
We had to rethink.
New Art Contact continued on the ruins of ArtContact.
The creation of residencies for performance artists from the Nordic countries in collaboration with HIAP gave a new input. New funding allowed a resurrection. New Art Contact events became an integral part of the residency program. They give the visiting artists a chance to contact local live artists in the best possible way: by showing and sharing their work.
New Art Contact is flexible in space. It can take place anywhere. We organize events in Cable Factory's Gallery, Galleria Augusta on Suomenlinna, Tobias' workshop on Suomenlinna, we are open for further suggestions.
New Art Contact is also new in that sense that we want to see only new works presented. It is not a place to show off fantastic skills or perfect repetitions. We want to offer the artists the chance to take a risk. The risk to maybe show their best work ever. We want to offer the audience the chance to participate in a unique event.
Unchanged is the high level of the presented art. We look forward to attract even more of these gifted professionals that you can find on the list below.
Be welcome on our website, even more so on our events!
who
New Art Contact team members (of year 2013):
Willem Wilhelmus initiated ArtContact events that later became New Art Contact
he is the main organizer and artistic director of the events
Tomasz Szrama who is co-organizing the events since 2006
contributing his graphic talent in the famous posters, unique for each event
and responsible for technics and video documentation
and a lot more
Katri Kainulainen who just joined the team
but immediately took charge of creating a warm and cooperative atmosphere
and is responsible for photo documentation
and taking care of the material needs of the artists
Not officially in the team but nevertheless almost always supportive:
Eleni Tsitsirikou
Egle Oddo
Former team members:
Päivi Maunu
Leena Kela
Liisa Haverila (aka Akashapushpa and a fantastic partner for three years)
Mimosa Pale
The events took first place in gallery Forum Box with minimal financial resources. Year by year we were taken more serious by grant giving institutions. A typical growth story... Then suddenly the turnaround. ArtContact had to stop in the beginning of 2009 for lack of funding.
We had to rethink.
New Art Contact continued on the ruins of ArtContact.
The creation of residencies for performance artists from the Nordic countries in collaboration with HIAP gave a new input. New funding allowed a resurrection. New Art Contact events became an integral part of the residency program. They give the visiting artists a chance to contact local live artists in the best possible way: by showing and sharing their work.
New Art Contact is flexible in space. It can take place anywhere. We organize events in Cable Factory's Gallery, Galleria Augusta on Suomenlinna, Tobias' workshop on Suomenlinna, we are open for further suggestions.
New Art Contact is also new in that sense that we want to see only new works presented. It is not a place to show off fantastic skills or perfect repetitions. We want to offer the artists the chance to take a risk. The risk to maybe show their best work ever. We want to offer the audience the chance to participate in a unique event.
Unchanged is the high level of the presented art. We look forward to attract even more of these gifted professionals that you can find on the list below.
Be welcome on our website, even more so on our events!
who
New Art Contact team members (of year 2013):
Willem Wilhelmus initiated ArtContact events that later became New Art Contact
he is the main organizer and artistic director of the events
Tomasz Szrama who is co-organizing the events since 2006
contributing his graphic talent in the famous posters, unique for each event
and responsible for technics and video documentation
and a lot more
Katri Kainulainen who just joined the team
but immediately took charge of creating a warm and cooperative atmosphere
and is responsible for photo documentation
and taking care of the material needs of the artists
Not officially in the team but nevertheless almost always supportive:
Eleni Tsitsirikou
Egle Oddo
Former team members:
Päivi Maunu
Leena Kela
Liisa Haverila (aka Akashapushpa and a fantastic partner for three years)
Mimosa Pale