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
                                                                                              Unique notification