Avantgarde Vekkula at #3
Oranssi, Suvilahti, Helsinki 28.8.-8.9.2019



Avantgarde Vekkula at Oranssi Klubi
Announcing the grand opening on Wednesday 28th of August starting at 6 PM. Open hours mon-fri 17-20, sat-sun 12-18. Collaborating artists: Pekka & Teija Isorättyä, Jyrki Nissinen, Jarno Latva-Nikkola, Aapo Rapi, Julia Jäntti, Risto Puurunen, Maippi Ketola & Harri Vähänissi, Juhani Marjanen and Tuomo Vuoteenoma.

Avantgarde Vekkula is a concept exhibition operating on level of its own. The exhibition transcents playfully in between naivistic installations, kinetic sculptures, dreamy aural ambiences and live performances. The common feature of the artworks is handmade, hilarius grip on subject. Free entrance to the exhibition, live evenings 5€. Up to date schedules may be seen at fb-event>>

The exhibition is organized by Kinobox ry, an association based in Helsinki, Finland. Its repertoire includes various aural and visual arts and is organising performance happenings and tours in Finland and all over the world. The exhibition is curated by Tuomo Vuoteenoma. More information: vuoteenoma@gmail.com




Avantgarde Obscura presents
Avantgarde Vekkula 8.5. - 7.6.2019

Kanneltalo, Helsinki, Finland
Avantgarde Vekkula: Askeettien kadonneet aarteet ja muita mysteereitä
More info in Facebook >>





Avantgarde Obscura presents
Avantgarde Vekkula 25.8. - 3.9.2018

Avantgarde Vekkula is an exhibition combining visual installations and experimental live ambient sounds
More info in Facebook >>

Saturday 25 Aug
Opening Party – 7-11 PM
Live music by
Gunk & Eero Savela & Karvarusina.

Sunday 26 Aug
The Execution of Music Movie Premiere
Special Guest: Director Valeriy Pereverzev
Showtime announced later. Exhibition opens at 2 PM.

The exhibition is closed on Monday & Tuesday

29 Wednesday 6-9 PM
30 Thursday 6-9 PM
31 Friday 6-11 PM - LIVE (TBA)
01 Saturday 7-11 PM - LIVE (TBA)
02 Sunday 2-6 PM - LIVE (TBA)
03 Monday 3-9 PM
Avantgarde Vekkula is an exhibition combining visual installations and experimental live sound ambiences.

Participants in the exhibition:
Risto Puurunen * Tuomo Vuoteenoma * KOELSE * Raine Sahrman * Jyrki Nissinen * Ninni Luhtasaari * Karvarusina * Ninni Wager & Kristin Wiking * Abandoned House Gallery  (Juho Poesiloe Pöysti & Panu Ollikainen) * Vilunki 3000 * Eero Savela * Hot Visions * Veijo Peso * Gunk * Eilisen Lounas
Additional Artists TBA!

Free entrance – Welcome!





May 27 2018 - Avantgarde Obscura
Diverse Universe Performance Festival

@ Mäkelänrinne Railway Tunnel, Helsinki – May 27 2018 - 6-9PM



Avantgarde Obscura
Diverse Universe Performance Festival

Eye at the End of the Tunnel
@ Mäkelänrinne Railway Tunnel, Helsinki – May 27 2018 - 6-9PM

The No Grata - performance group, Diverse Universe tour will stop in Helsinki on Sunday 27.5. A disused train tunnel in Vallila valley. You can jump off tram number 7 at the Mäkelänrinne swimming hall stop and walk among the valley of the Vallila in the direction of the creek about 300m. After that, you have to turn right along the path to the woods and tunnel at the bottom of the hill right below the swimming center. At the route, you can find the pending hop on hop off Kinobox Obscura 3D camera obscura bike "Silver Shadow Mk 2" between the stop and event location.

6 PM >>> Sound Art by
Risto Puurunen
Disco Tiger (aka Junnu Savolainen)
Drone Forrester
Steve Vanoni (California)

8 PM >>> Non Grata performance
Nina Yhared (Mexico)
Mina Büker (Turkey)
Maija Kivi
Anonymus Boh
Devil Girl
Jussi Suomalainen
Juho Poesiloe Pöysti

Facebook event >>







3FREE – Lithuania and Estonia Performance Tour 2018
KCCC, Klaipeda and Endla Teater, Pärnu



Silver Moon Ping Pong – A performance in 3D and Ultraviolet
18 May 2018 Klaipeda Culture Communication Center (KCCC)


Silver Moon Ping Pong performance by
Juho Poesiloe Pöysti
Maija Kivi
Panu Ollikainen
Jussi Suomalainen

3FREE Exhibition opening in Facebook >>
Freedom: Estonia-Latvia-Lithuania 100! Event in Facebook >>
In the Press:
Pealinn newspaper, Estonia
Lithuanian TV


KOntainer Klaipeda – A performance in 3D and Ultraviolet
The Night of Museums, 19 May 2018
Klaipeda Culture Communication Center (KCCC)


KOntainer Klaipeda performance in 3D shadows and UV light by
Juho Poesiloe Pöysti
Maija Kivi
Panu Ollikainen
Jussi Suomalainen



On the Other Side of Picture Frames
– a performance inspired by Edgar Valter's paintings
21 May 2018 Endla Theatre Pärnu

Endla teater Edgar Valter Performance performance by
Juho Poesiloe Pöysti
Maija Kivi
Panu Ollikainen
Jussi Suomalainen
and
Steve Vanoni (USA)
Nina Yhared (Mexiko)
Sandra Tereza Ruul (Estonia)
Facebook event >>

In the Press:
Estonian TV

The project was granted funding from the Nordic-Baltic Mobility Programme for Culture. Thanks!




CONTACT


kinoboxobscura@gmail.com

+358 40 772 9010 / Juho Poesiloe Pöysti


Postal address:
Kinobox Obscura
Lapinlahdenpolku 8
Helsinki 00180
Finland


Ebb, Flow, Muck & Mire – A Sea-Change in 3D
Exhibition @ Wild Embeddings, Brooklyn – March 8–18 2018



Ebb, Flow, Muck & Mire – A Sea-Change in 3D
Exhibition @ Wild Embeddings, Brooklyn – March 8–18 2018

Exhibition by Kinobox Obscura Artists
Juho Poesiloe Pöysti
Risto CW01 Puurunen
Maija Kivi

OPENING PARTY 3.8.18, 7-10 PM

Wild Embeddings Facebook event >>
Kinobox event for the whole US tour >>

Wild Embeddings
173 JEFFERSON ST, BK NYC
www.wildembeddings.com


+Performances on the USA tour:

March 09
Grace Space Brooklyn NYC
(w/ Non Grata & Wild Torus)

March 10
Last Frontier NYC (w/ Non Grata)

March 15
The Spot, Lafayette, Indiana (w/ Wild Torus)

March 16
Zhou B Art Center, 3rd Friday, Chicago
(w/ Non Grata & Wild Torus)

March 17
No Nation - Art Gallery and Tangential Unspace Lab, Chicago
(w/ Non Grata & Wild Torus)


Ebb, Flow, Muck & Mire project was granted mobility funding from the Arts Promotion Centre Finland. Thanks!
Arts Promotion Centre Finland





Avantgarde Obscura @ OranssiFest – 22 Nov 2017
@ Oranssi, Suvilahti, Helsinki



22.11.2017

OranssiFest Wednesday is curated by Avantgarde Obscura.
Facebook event >>

PERFORMANCE ARTISTS
Joulupukki
Purkka
Errortic Dancer

MUSIC BY
Varropas
Suvadeep
Destroyer 2048
Mikko&Me
Ryteikön lapset

VISUALS BY
Vaikka Tarmo

More info on this Facebook event >>





Avantgarde Obscura 12 May 2017
@ Lapinlahti Mental Hospital, Helsinki 12.5.2017

DIVERSE UNIVERSE Performance Festival –
Scandinavian Performance Summer

@ Lapinlahti Mental Hospital, Helsinki 26.5.2017

+ Anonymous Boh exhibition opening & Non Grata Book release

More info on the Galleria Kuja Facebook event >>
And on this Facebook event >>
and below.


PERFORMANCE ARTISTS


Hyunji Park (Korea) [1] [2]
Huisi He (China/USA) [1]
Non Grata (Estonia) [1]
Anonymous Boh (EST) [1]
Devil Girl (EST) [1]
Kaspar Rabbi (EST)
Oliver Rull (EST)
Ott Piibeman (EST)
Juho Poesiloe Pöysti (FIN)
Anders Bergman (SWE) & Vilunki
Risto "CW01" Puurunen (FIN) [1]
Yhtäkkiä tässä
(Maija Saksman, Ninja Sarasalo & Co, FIN)
Junnu Savolainen (FIN)
Mari Lapinsalo (FIN)
Cleaning Women (FIN)
Videos by Lina Thoroddsen (ISL), Marita Solberg (NOR), Morgan Schagerberg (SWE)

Facebook event >>

More information:
Juho Poesiloe Pöysti
poesiloe@gmail.com
+358 40 772 9010


LOCATION
Former Mental Hospital of Lapinlahti, Helsinki


Postal address:
Lapinlahdenpolku 8
Helsinki 00180
Finland








Past Avantgarde Obscura Events
2017


Avantgarde Obscura 12 May 2017
@ Lapinlahti Mental Hospital, Helsinki 12.5.2017

Happening of Experimental @ Omenapuutalo
& Workshop of Kinobox Obscura Collective. Friday 12.5 .
Facebook event >>

- Seppo Renvall: Napoli film -elokuva
+ livesäestys Jone Takamäki & Lauri Hyvärinen
- GUNK.
- Junkka-poika & Stokastinen
- Tuukka Haapakorpi
- Kristaps Krievs (Latvia)
- Pelkkä Väliviiva
- Samuli Alapuranen: Drag Me to Kempele -elokuva
- Space Hybris
- Tanja Tiekso
- Eero Savela Atmosfärgkylläinen
- KOELSE

More information:
Tuomo Vuolteenaho
tuomovuolteenaho@gmail.com
+358 50 369 3839




NEW YORK 2017
Kinobox Obscura members Risto "CW01" Puurunen & Juho Poesiloe Pöysti performing in New York


22 April 7 PM - 10 PM @ Last Frontier NYC
DIVERSE UNIVERSE Scandinavian Performance Summer 2017
+ Book release
Facebook event >>

23 April performance at Creative Chaos NYC >>





Past Avantgarde Obscura Events
2016



Kinobox Avantgarde Obscura from joha on Vimeo.
Music by Huurunen & Vuoteenoma


First Avantgarde Obscura musical extravaganza!
Saturday 24.9.2016! During the Pixelache festival.

Performers were:
- Steve Vanoni feat. Huurunen & Vuoteenoma 
- Godot , Yli-Tepsa & Luokkanen
- Kanttoripoika
- Kikka-Man (Mikko Ensio Lehtonen)

Facebook event >>