Author Archives: Seelan Palay
PRESS: Vuosaaren tyhjilleen jääneeseen kouluun kohosi karu neuvostoliittolainen maisema – mistä on kyse?
Source: Helsingin Sanomat Laura Kytölä 14.09.2023 PRESS TEXT: Vuosaaren tyhjilleen jääneeseen kouluun kohosi karu neuvostoliittolainen maisema – mistä on kyse? Uusi teatteriryhmä tekee Suomen ensimmäistä Svetlana Aleksijevitš -tulkintaa Vuosaareen. Mukana on Venäjältä paenneita taiteilijoita. Nimettömänä pysyttelevä Ohjaaja näytelmän harjoituksissa. Neuvostoihmisen … Continue reading
PRESS: ‘My Mama and the Full-Scale Invasion’ premieres at Woolly Mammoth Theatre
Source: NBC Washington 19.09.2023 PRESS TEXT: ‘My Mama and the Full-Scale Invasion’ premieres at Woolly Mammoth Theatre The show tells the story of the playwright’s mother, who stayed in Kyiv during the Russian invasion. Watch a video on the website
PRESS: Suomalaiset rynnivät katsomaan Neuvostoliitosta kertovaa näytelmää: Esityksiä piti olla kymmenen, nyt niitä on takana jo 39
Source: Helsingin Sanomat Jasmin Vahtera HS 23.11.2023 PRESS TEXT: Suomalaiset rynnivät katsomaan Neuvostoliitosta kertovaa näytelmää: Esityksiä piti olla kymmenen, nyt niitä on takana jo 39 Venäjän nykyhallinnon historiaa ja tarinaa käsittelevä näytelmä Neuvostoihmisen loppu on saavuttanut suuren suosion. Samalta työryhmältä … Continue reading
PRESS: ‘An active social act’: the Ukrainian playwright paying tribute to her mother on stage
Source: The Guardian David Smith 18.09.2023 PRESS TEXT: ‘An active social act’: the Ukrainian playwright paying tribute to her mother on stage In her new play, based on WhatsApp correspondence, Sasha Denisova uses her 82-year-old mother Olga to tell a … Continue reading
Mohammad and Mahera Foundation for Art and Culture (MMAG Foundation)
Founded in 2017, the Mohammad and Mahera Foundation for Art and Culture (MMAG Foundation) strives to contribute to the future of art practice and pedagogy by drawing on historical encounters and contemporary issues alike. Through art, it works to facilitate … Continue reading
Ostriv Platform
Artists at Risk (AR)-Ostriv is an artistic residency for internally displaced Ukrainian artists who had to flee from their permanent or temporary places of residence previously situated in the regions of Ukraine that suffered from Russian aggression.
Creative Residence MC6
It’s a space in the mountains (art, curatorial and architectural space), where artists can stay and work. Creative Residence MC6 is a part of the Artists at Risk (AR) Ukraine-Internal Residency Network. This programme is organised by Perpetuum Mobile (PM) … Continue reading
Retreat Art House
Retreat Art House is a unique musical art residence in which in wartime artists affected by the war will be able to temporarily live and work. It is in the territory of the sports and health centre “Hutsulka” in Skole, … Continue reading
NVAIR (Nazar Voitovich Art Residence)
Residency programs are mainly aimed at revealing the social aspects of the local context. NVAIR aims to create projects collaboratively and cooperatively, as the accumulation of shared memory and finding ways to de-isolate the countryside. The organization prefers to collaborate … Continue reading
Urban culture institute (Art-Cluster “Na Poshti”)
Urban culture institute (Art-Cluster “Na Poshti”) is the creative cluster with a residency in Ternopil. “Na Poshti” – opened in 2021–is the only gallery of contemporary art in Ternopil, it has a bar and a concert hall for 300 people. … Continue reading
