SAUNA GALLERY IS MY ONGOING PROJECT I AM RUNNING SINCE 2021. DURING THAT TIME – AROUND 18 MONTH, BY MARCH 2023, I ORGANISED AS A CURATOR 15 EVENTS. THE EVENTS OF SAUNA GALLERY BROUGHT TOGETHER MORE THAN 400 ARTISTS FROM 40+ COUNTRIES. WE ARE PRESENTING NOWADAYS CONTEMPORARY ART FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD AS WELL AS THE FINNISH ART, REPRESENTED BY FINNISH ARTISTS, AND FOREIGN ARTISTS BASED IN FINLAND WITH A SPECIAL INTEREST TO PHOTO, VIDEO AND PERFORMANCE ART. AT THE MOMENT SAUNA GALLERY EXISTS ON A VOLUNTEER BASIS, ENCOURAGED BY MY ENTHUSIASM AND ACTIVITY.
THE MOTTO OF SAUNA GALLERY: SAUNA GALLERY IS ONE OF THE MOST OPEN-MINDED AND EPHEMERAL GALLERIES OF FINLAND.
FEBRUARY 2023 I ORGANISED THE FESTIVAL – HEART ATTACK – WAS THE MAIN TOPIC.
EVERY POSSIBLE INTERPRETATION WAS WELCOMED.
FESTIVAL WAS CURATED BY VISUAL AND PERFORMANCE ARTIST @JOSEFKARTIST WHO SELECTED THE BEST VIDEO, ANIMATION, DIGITAL ART FROM 20+countries. DURING THE SELECTION PERIOD I GOT MORE THAN 50 VIDEOS.
FINAL VERSION COMPRISED THE BEST ART MATCHING THE MAIN TOPIC OF THE FESTIVAL – HEART ATTACK.
THE DURATION OF THE PROGRAM WAS 90 MINUTES.
FIRST EDITION OF HEART ATTACK FESTIVAL WAS LAUNCHED 25TH OF FEBRUARY 2023 IN
@SAUNAGALLERY, HELSINKI, PULTTITIE, 17, HELSINKI.
YOU CAN FIND @SAUNAGALLERY IN INSTAGRAM
HEART ATTACK FESTIVAL WAS PRESENTED BY THE ART OF THE NEXT ARTISTS ¶FRANCISZEK ARASZKIEWICZ ¶JESPER DALMOSE ¶ROBERTO UNO ¶EGR NAGAEN ¶ALEXANDRA HOLOWNIA ¶LEV NIKITIN ¶ELIU ALMONTE ¶PAUL BEAUDOIN ¶PEKKA MYKKANEN ¶MAREK WALDEMAR PLUCIENNIK ¶LEONID KHARLAMOV ¶GLORIA DAMIJAN ¶JESSICA VAN DEURSEN ¶MONSTERFRAU AND HERBERT LACINA ¶SERGEY KATRAN ¶SEPPO RENVALL ¶WILLEM WILHELMUS ¶PAUL REGAN ¶THIBAULT DELFERIERE ¶MARTIN KRAMMER ¶ROI VAARA ¶FREDRIK WILLBERG ¶YIN ZI ¶QING CAI ¶MARK MAHER FEAT. JOSEF KA ¶JOHN GHISKES ¶CLAUDIA SCHUMANN ¶THE FLUX DUO: DARIO LO CICERO AND MILA DI ADDARIO ¶MIKHAIL ZHELEZNIKOV
THE PROMO FOR THE FESTIVAL BY EGR NAGAEN
THE ART OF THE FESTIVAL IN SCREENSHOTS
SOUND ART BY GLORIA DAMIJAN
LINK TO EVENT ON FACEBOOK
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