Festival of Positive Misunderstanding
Wednesday May 28th, 2014
From 18:00hs to 23:00hs
Gallery Augusta, HIAP
Suomenlinna B 28 / 2
Helsinki
Organised in cooperation with HIAP and Nordic Culture Point
Documentation by Pasi Autio (if not stated otherwise)
Silver brass sign on door contains an excerpt
from the journals of Danielle Collobert from October 1961
Scattered around the space
Simon Thompson
The furniture of elite perception
2014
Various pet shop materials
with variable dimensions
Jani Ruscica
Scenography (after the futurists)
2010
Quilted green chroma key curtain
261 x 191 cm
Placed in a Mariskooli glass bowl
Ola Vasiljeva
Flyer
2014
Silk screen on a paper napkin
32 x 32 cm
Karl Larsson
Blushing Carpet
2011
Handtufted carpet
120 x 170 cm
Alma Heikkilä
Chroma key (Forest)
2012
Ink, pigment and acrylic on canvas
285 x 285 cm
In a used shipping container
Ola Vasiljeva
Figure eight
2014
Flat, glazed ceramic amorphous shape
20 x 7 cm
Aeron Bergman & Alejandra Salinas
Abstract your shit is
2009-2012
Video, duration 1 min 56 sec.
Diego Bruno & Mikko Kuorinki
Bardesk
2014
Changing color LED-lights, office furniture, occasionally used as free beer bar
at 19 h
Post Brothers
Languages are a bit of salad
Skype lecture
at 19.30 h
Cia Rinne
miss understanding
2014
Audio recording
at 20 h
Simon Thompson
Skype conversation with Diego Bruno
Photo: Hanna Bruno
at 21 h
Chateaux
Pengar — Varje revolution är ett ord
2014
Video
still from the video
at 21.30 h
Amalie Smith
The Sponge Diver
2014
Video
still from the video
at 22 h
Samo Tomsic
On Positive Misunderstandings
2014
Video
still from the video
at 22.30
Jaakko Karhunen
What is dialectics
2014
Performance with songs:
- Sylvi Salonen: Laulu Moldausta / Song of River Danube (lyrics Bertolt Brecht)
- Rea Mauranen & Halkola Kristiina: Kaunis sää / Beautiful Weather (lyrics Matti Rossi)
- Mauno Blomqvist: Kun tuuli kääntyy – Kaikki muuttuu / When Wind Turns – Everything Changes
- Taistelulaulajat 70: Laulu taantumuksesta / Song About Regression (lyrics Pentti Saaritsa)
- Muksut: Historia
- Hector: Vieraantunut / Alienated
at 23
Charlemagne Palestine
Island Song
1976
Video, duration 16 min 29 sec
Photo: Mikko Kuorinki
Festival of Positive Misunderstanding
Wednesday May 28th, 2014
From 18:00hs to 23:00hs
Gallery Augusta, HIAP
Suomenlinna B 28 / 2
Helsinki
Aeron Bergman & Alejandra Salinas
Abstract Your Shit Is
Chateaux
Presenting
Danielle Collobert
October 1961
Alma Heikkilä
Not quite arebescato marble
Jaakko Karhunen
Music with
Karl Larsson
Blushing carpet
Charlemagne Palestine
Island Song
Post Brothers
Words by
Cia Rinne
Zaroum
Jani Ruscica
Scenography
(After the Futurists)
Amalie Smith
Plain Clothed
Simon Thompson
The furniture
of elite perception
Samo Tomsic
Almost live
Ola Vasiljeva
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