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Text: Laura IisaloPhotos: Nomin Ulziibayar Meri Toivanen, originally from Kajaani in Finland, has lived in Belgium for the past six years. Finnish cultural history is a recurring theme in Meri Toivanen's paintings. She reinterprets imagery...

Text: Laura IisaloWorking alone is Jarkko Partanen's nightmare. Having discovered the world of dance when he was a teenage, Partanen realized early on that he specifically wants to collaborate with others.He gained his bachelor's degree in London, and later completed his master's studi...

Text and photos: Laura IisaloDebut author Ivanda Jansone's creative path has been full of incidents.She felt a pull towards art already in her childhood, but the uncertainty associated with being an artist made her hesitate. Instead, she decided to be rational and study graphic design,...

A soprano voice playing from a record player fills the space. The sound is a conflicting blend of self-examination and justification of a grave robber’s remorse and shame. It belongs to Confession Piece for Voice, a sound installation created by artist Jonna Kina in collaboration with ...

The Cultural Foundation’s residency programme has expanded by three host sites from 2024 onwards, with the addition of Kanuti Gildi SAAL in Tallinn, MORPHO in Antwerp and SÍM in Reykjavík. The programme’s ten host sites are located across eight countries. “The Finnish Cultural Foundat...

Looking for spirits in Tokyo An interview by Athanasía Aarniosuo Photos provided by the artist The residency period, originally awarded for 2019, was delayed due to the Covid-19 pandemic, as many others during that time. Travelling, even two years later, was not easy and many changes...

An interview by Mauri Aarniosuo Photo provided by the artist Poet Tommi Parkko finds that working in residencies suits him well. I interviewed poet Tommi Parkko, born in 1969, in Finnish, through a remote connection. When he is not working ...

Between times, places, people An interview by Athanasía Aarniosuo Photos provided by the artist AA: You spent several months at Triangle in New York. Had you immersed yourself in New York before or was it a new environment for you? Was it easy to form a relationship with the city? I...

The Cultural Foundation’s residency programme has been operating in its current form since 2017. For the year 2024, residency positions will be offered in nine destinations around the world. One of these is specifically intended for writers and one for performing arts working groups, a...

Parsa Kamehkhosh: A sense of presence and joy An interview by Athanasía Aarniosuo AA: You spent a few months in 2022 at Tokyo Arts and Space Residency. As your artistic practice involves incorporating your daily life, routines, and observations into your work, did the change of scene...