From Caring to Provocation – Paijauksesta provokaatioon 14.1.2025 klo 12:00–13:30
The webinar is in English.
Topic of the webinar: The significance of sustainable development for one’s artistic work. Understanding the topic in the context of employment. The perspective of other-than-human species, posthumanism.
About the Speakers
Maria Huhmarniemi is a Vice Dean and Associate Professor at the Faculty of Arts and Design, University of Lapland. She is dedicated to art and research that enhances sustainability transformations through art. She has created socially and environmentally engaged art and pioneered arts-based methods to address local and political issues.
In her talk, Huhmarniemi will shed light on the role of art and artists in initiating value change and levering sustainability – which is urgently needed.
Plan B is a Finland-based street artist who has been working anonymously under their artistic pseudonym for decades. Renowned for creating thought-provoking, politically charged works, the artist utilises public spaces (often without authorisation) as their canvas, operating outside the context of traditional art venues. Plan B’s art confronts global injustices, exposes the brutal realities of war, and satirises the excesses of consumerism and capitalism, leaving a lasting impression on audiences and passers-by alike.
In his talk, Plan B will be exploring the transformative power of street art as a tool for advocacy, information, and connection. His presentation will look into the role of public art in amplifying marginalized voices, fostering dialogue, and challenging societal norms, drawing on compelling examples from Plan B’s own impactful work.
Visual artist Nina Rantala is an soil activist and a leader of the multidisciplinary Apart We Shall Perish -team together with visual artist Visa Suonpää. Apart We Shall perish is a project about restoring connection to the land and with ourselves, learning subtle coexistence and understanding the importance of soil. Their practice is to create dialogues and find concrete ways to work together with the living, active entity, soil. In her presentation, she will open their artistic practice and their current project, the Concealed Forest, a micro-forest, to the new psychiatric hospital in Turku.
Information about the Project: Kuvata is implemented by Tampere University of Applied Sciences, the University of Lapland, and Globe Art Point ry. The Häme Centre for Economic Development, Transport, and the Environment has granted partial funding from the European Union’s ESR+ program for the Kuvata Project.