 English translation below Taiteilija ja kouluttaja Arlene Tucker on huomannut, että solmut voivat tarkoittaa hyvin monia eri asioita eri ihmisille. Monelle solmu kuvastaa sykkyräistä ongelmaa, mutta Tuckerille solmut symboloivat jotain isompaa. Iso solmu voi kuvastaa koko elämää. – Joskus tuntuu, että jokin aika tai hetki on tiukempi kuin muu. Silti elämä jatkuu, se alkaa jostain ja se menee eteenpäin, Tucker huomauttaa. Solmut ovat Tuckerin mukaan erittäin henkilökohtaisia, subjektiivisia ja samalla hyvin konkreettisia, mutta abstrakteja. Intuitiolle kannattaa antaa tilaa niitä luodessa tai käsitellessä. – Jo se millaisessa narussa solmusi on, kertoo enemmän kuin ajatteletkaan. Jos naru on esimerkiksi tosi paksu, se voi viitata isoon ja vaikeaan hetkeen tai ongelmaan. Jos naru taas on tosi ohut tai herkkä, ehkä ongelmasi on tärkeä ja lähellä sydäntä. Dialogia katsojan mielikuvituksen kanssaTucker ohjaa tiistaina Forssan museossa Solmuja-työpajan. Kaksituntinen työpaja alkaa kello 10. Työpaja liittyy Galleria Moletissa avattuun näyttelyyn. Knots-näyttely on kokoelma visuaalisia ja ääniteoksia, tekstuuria sekä tekstiä. Tucker pyrkii hiljaiseen dialogiin katsojan kanssa, mutta myös yhteisölliseen vuorovaikutukseen. – Se mikä herää katsojan mielikuvituksessa työtä katsoessa on itsessään myös taideteos, hän toteaa. Näyttelyssä ja työpajassa yhdistyvät taidekokemukseksi Tuckerin käyttämät tarinat, runot, piirustukset ja sanat. – Tutkimme sisäistä maailmaamme solmujen kautta. Solmun voi nähdä mielessään tai tuntea käsissään. Pajassa annamme mielikuvituksemme ohjata ymmärrystämme luovien keinojen avulla. Niitä voivat olla esimerkiksi tarinan kerronta ja piirtäminen. Arlene Tucker on tutkinut solmujen maailmaa vuodesta 2017 lähtien. Tie solmuihin löytyi suomalaiselta ryijykurssilta 2015. Tuckerin juuret ovat Taiwanissa ja Yhdysvalloissa. Suomessa hän on asunut vuodesta 2011 lähtien. Arlene Tucker: Knots: awakening the imagination /Solmuja: mielikuvituksen herättäminen. Galleria Moletti, Forssan museo (ti-pe 10-16, la 10-14, su 12-16) 6.11. asti. Lue koko arttikelli tässä (pdf) ja https://www.forssanlehti.fi/paikalliset/5421881.  Artist and educator Arlene Tucker has found that knots can mean many different things to different people. For many, a knot represents an internal problem, but for Tucker, knots symbolize something bigger. A big knot can reflect the whole life.
– Sometimes it feels like a certain time or moment is tighter than another. Still, life goes on, it starts somewhere and it goes on, Tucker points out. According to Tucker, knots are very personal, subjective and at the same time very concrete, but abstract. You should give space for intuition when creating or processing them. – Even the kind of string your knot is made of tells more than you think. For example, if the string is really thick, it can refer to a big and difficult moment or problem. If the string is really thin or delicate, maybe your problem is important and close to your heart. A dialogue with the viewer's imagination Tucker will lead the Knot workshop on Tuesday at the Forssa Museum. The two-hour workshop starts at 10 a.m. The workshop is connected to the exhibition that opened in Galleria Moletti. The Knots exhibition is a collection of visual and audio works, texture and text. Tucker strives for a silent dialogue with the viewer, but also for communal interaction. - What awakens in the viewer's imagination when looking at the work is also a work of art in itself, she states. In the exhibition and workshop, the stories, poems, drawings and words used by Tucker are combined into an art experience. – We explore our inner world through knots. You can see the knot in your mind or feel it in your hands. In the workshop, we let our imagination guide our understanding through creative means. They can be, for example, telling a story and drawing. Arlene Tucker has been exploring the world of knots since 2017. The way to knots was found at a Finnish ryijy course in 2015. Tucker's roots are in Taiwan and the United States. She has been living in Finland since 2011. Arlene Tucker: Knots: Awakening the Imagination. Galleria Moletti, Forssa museum (Tues-Fri 10-16, Sat 10-14, Sun 12-16) 6.11. until. Read the entire article here (pdf) and https://www.forssanlehti.fi/paikallise/5421881.
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 N O R D I C S U M M E R U N I V E R S I T Y Nordic Networks for Interdisciplinary Study and Research Welcome to NSU Summer Program! A complete program can be found on the TracingTheSpirit.com page. There you may read about each Trace by clicking on the “Read more” link. More program points will be announced as the Summer Session approaches, so stay tuned. You may also find information about the Traces event on our facebook page.
Knots/Solmuja will be held on Monday, June 27th from 12:00-12:30pm at Lapinlahden sairaala in Helsinki, Finland. Sunday's schedule at Harakka island: https://tracingthespirit.com/session/c7-helsinki-gathering-parent-session/ Monday's programme at Lapinlahden sairaala https://tracingthespirit.com/session/c7-lapinlahti-park-parent-session/ See you there! X arlene Keynote speakers Just like every year, two distinguished keynote speakers have been invited to the Summer Session. Our first guest is Prof. Steve Fuller who is Auguste Comte Professor of Social Epistemology at the University of Warwick, UK. Originally trained in history, philosophy and sociology of science at Columbia, Cambridge and Pittsburgh, Fuller is best known for his foundational work in the field of “social epistemology”, which is the name of a quarterly journal that he founded in 1987 as well as the first of his twenty-five books. From 2011 to 2014 he published a trilogy relating to the idea of a 'post-' or 'trans-' human future under the rubric of 'Humanity 2.0'. His most recent books are Post-Truth: Knowledge as a Power Game (Anthem 2018) and Nietzschean Meditations: Untimely Thoughts at the Dawn of the Transhuman Era (Schwabe 2019). Fuller is currently completing a follow-up to Post-Truth, also to be published by Anthem in 2020. His works have been translated into thirty languages. He was awarded a D.Litt. by the University of Warwick in 2007 for sustained lifelong contributions to scholarship. He is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, the UK Academy of Social Sciences, and the European Academy of Sciences and Arts. Our second keynote is Nora Bateson who is an award-winning filmmaker, writer and educator, as well as President of the International Bateson Institute, based in Sweden. Her work asks the question “How we can improve our perception of the complexity we live within, so we may improve our interaction with the world?”. An international lecturer, researcher and writer, Nora wrote, directed and produced the award-winning documentary, An Ecology of Mind, a portrait of her father, Gregory Bateson. Her work brings the fields of biology, cognition, art, anthropology, psychology, and information technology together into a study of the patterns in ecology of living systems. Her book, Small Arcs of Larger Circles, released by Triarchy Press, UK, 2016 is a revolutionary personal approach to the study of systems and complexity. Find all information on the keynote sessions and links to register on the website. Since 1950, the Nordic Summer University (NSU) actively supports the cultivation of new ideas and growing research networks in the Nordic countries. As an independent, non-profit academic institution, NSU fosters the development of new research areas and emerging researchers in the Nordic and Baltic countries. Committed to egalitarian and interdisciplinary modes of learning, the NSU is open for senior scholars, doctoral and master students, as well as artists and professionals with relevant backgrounds. NSU is a non-profit organization, funded by Nordic Council of Ministers / Nordic Council (www.norden.org).  (Suomeksi alhalla) Knots installation @Kääntöpaikka from March 7-30, 2020 Intiankatu 1, 00560 Helsinki A knot carries the present, past, and future. How was this knot made? How large is this knot? How can we get out of this knot? Does this knot want to stay stuck? In that sense, a knot can be used as a metaphor, a symbol, and an active part of our process of understanding. Since November 2019 MIELI Suomen Mielenterveys ry has been supporting Knots, a series of open art workshops which use knots as the grounds for dialogue and discovery of our inner and outer worlds. These gatherings are open to all ages and people from all walks of life. The elusive yet concrete nature of the knot has brought us together. This installation is a collection of some of the works created in workshops from November 2019 to February 2020. Which knot feels like you today? Where do you lay within this knot? Whom would you like to give this knot to? For more information about Kääntöpaikka, please go to http://arabianasukastalot.fi. Welcome to Knot series. To keep up to date with the spring series, please go to https://ryijy.weebly.com/happenings/solmu-sarja-kevat-knot-series-spring-2020 ++ Solmuja installaatio @Kääntöpaikka 7.-30. Maaliskuuta 2020 Intiankatu 1, 00560 Helsinki Solmu kantaa nykyisyyttä, menneisyyttä ja tulevaisuutta. Miten solmu on tehty? Kuinka iso solmu on? Miten voimme vapautua solmusta? Jääkö solmu jumiin? Solmu voi olla hyvä metafora ja symboli, osa meidän ymmärryksen prosessia. Marraskuusta 2019 lähtien MIELI Suomen Mielenterveys ry on tukenut Solmuja-taidetyöpajaa, joka käyttää solmuja avaamaan dialogia osallistujien välillä. Työpajassa yritetään löytää omaa sisäistä ja ulkopuolista maailmaa solmujen kautta. Tapaamiset ovat avoimia kaikenikäisille ihmisille. Solmuja-installaatio on kokoelma marraskuusta 2019 helmikuuhun 2020 työpajassa tehdyistä teoksista. Mikä solmu tuntuu sinussa tänään? Missä makaat solmun sisällä? Kenelle haluaisit antaa tämän solmun lahjaksi? Lisätietoa Kääntöpaikasta http://arabianasukastalot.fi Tervetuloa Solmuja-installaation. Seuraa Solmu-kevätsarjaa. Lisätietoa löydät täältä: https://ryijy.weebly.com/happenings/solmu-sarja-kevat-knot-series-spring-2020  (English below) Onko elämässäsi solmuja? Miten niin? Haluatko tulla keskustelemaan solmuista ja tekemään taidetta niiden avaamiseksi? Teemme taidetta solmuista, mutta puhumme myös niistä. Käytämme erilaisia taidetekniikoita. Täällä saat olla luova! Tavoitteena on tehdä näyttely tuotoksista. Solmu sarja on henkilöille, joita kiinnostaa keskustella omasta elämästä ja keskustelun ohessa myös tehdä taidetta solmuista. Solmu-sarja on avoin kaikille. Tapaamisissa puhutaan suomea ja englantia. Vapaa pääsy. Milloin: Torstaisin klo 17.00-19.00 Päivämäärät: 7.11, 21.11, 28.11. 19.12 Missä: Lapinlahden Lähde, Lapinlahdenpolku 8, 00180 Helsinki Osallistumista joka kerralle toivotaan. Ilmoittautuminen Amjadille amjad.sher@lapinlahdenlahde.fi Meetup: https://www.meetup.com/meetup-group-xgmVxiUf/events/265336723/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/3318710501474201/ --- Arlene Tucker on taiteilija ja kasvattaja. Hänen kiinnostuksenaan on lisätä taiteensa kautta leikkisiä elementtejä jokapäiväiseen elämään. Semiotiikan opinnot, eläimet ja luonto inspiroivat häntä luomaan merkityksellisiä hetkiä jaetussa ympäristössämme. Hänen taideteoksensa luovat usein tiloja avoimelle keskustelulle ja yhdessäololle jättäen erilaisille tulkinnoille ja yllätyksille tilaa. Hänen tekstinsä “Translation is Dialogue: Language in Transit” on ollut osana julkaisua “Translating across Sensory and Linguistic Borders: Intersemiotic Journeys between Media (toimittanut: Campbell, Madeleine, Vidal, Ricarda, 2019)”. Tucker on perustanut projektin Translation is Dialogue (2010) ja on vuodesta 2017 asti tehnyt yhteistyötä Prison Outside -projektin kanssa. http://www.arlenetucker.net/ Solmu-sarjan takana on MIITTI, MIOS-hanke ja MIELI Suomen Mielenterveys ry  Is your life like a knot? How so? Would you like to come talk about knots and make art that could help open these up? We will use different art techniques to help express ourselves. It’s ok to be experimental here! At the end of the workshop series a collective exhibition amongst the participants is also possible. Knot series is for people who are interested in sharing life stories, listening to other perspectives and making art from our time together. Knot series is open to everybody. The workshop will be held in both Finnish and in English. Participation is free of charge. When: Thursdays from 17.00-19.00 Dates: 7.11, 21.11, 28.11. 19.12 Where: Lapinlahden Lähde, Lapinlahdenpolku 8, 00180 Helsinki Participation of each session is recommended. Register by emailing Amjad at amjad.sher@lapinlahdenlahde.fi Meetup: https://www.meetup.com/meetup-group-xgmVxiUf/events/265336723/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/3318710501474201/ +++ I am an artist and educator, and my work focuses on adding play elements to daily life through my art. Inspired by translation studies, animals and nature, I find ways to connect and make meaning in our shared environments. My artistic work is often process-based and it creates spaces and situations for exchange, dialogue, and transformations to occur and surprise all players. I am interested in creating projects that open up ideas and that engage the viewer; that invite the viewer to be a part of the narrative or art creation process. In translation, your participation continues to propel the story. https://www.arlenetucker.net/ Knot series is made in collaboration with MIITTI, MIOS and MIELI Mental Health Finland https://lapinlahdenlahde.fi/palvelut/miitti-hanke/mieli.fi/mios    I bumped into Ruth Asawa's knots at the Whitney Museum yesterday. I didn't know anything about this Japanese American artist at all until then! The attendant at the museum told me that she learned the weaving technique in the above pictures from an indigenous person on her visit to Mexico. She then started experimenting with that technique using metals. Read more about Asawa's artwork here.  Artist: Ruth Asawa (1926-2013), Title: Number 1 - 1955, Date: 1954, refabricated 1958, Medium: Brass and steel wire, Dimensions: 63 7/8 × 14 15/16 × 14 15/16 in. (162.2 × 37.9 × 37.9 cm), Credit: Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Gift of Howard Lipman  Close up of Vicuña's Disappeared Quipu installation that combines monumental strands of knotted wool with a four-channel video projection. At the Brooklyn Museum until November 25, 2018 is Cecilia Vicuña's Disappeared Quipu. "New York–based Chilean artist and poet Cecilia Vicuña has devoted a significant part of her artistic practice to studying, interpreting, and reactivating the quipus, which were banned by the Spanish during their colonization of South America. Drawing on her indigenous heritage, Vicuña channels this ancient, sensorial mode of communication into immersive installations and participatory performances." Read more about the artist and the installation here. The ginormous hanging knots immediately attracted my attention, as they take up the whole gallery space. As I started to learn about quipus and the history they hold in ancient ways of communicating, I started thinking about the complex translation process this technique embodies. I am still trying to wrap my brain around it! How do they know who they are talking to? What if the knots got out of order? I wish I could go to Performance: Living Quipu by Cecilia Vicuña on Sunday, September 23, 2018 from 2–3 pm. Cecilia Vicuña will create a participatory, improvisational poetry performance, weaving elements of spoken word, chant, and storytelling. Free with Museum admission, but RSVP strongly encouraged. Click here for more information about the event. ps. thank you, Jasmin, for introducing me to quipus when you came to visit me in Fiskars! Anna let me borrow her massive book by U.T. Sirelius titled Finlands Ryor - Textilhistorisk undersökning. It was printed in 1924 and gives the history of ryijys dating back to 1495 to 1870. It's in Swedish so I'm letting the images take the lead. Feeling breathless by these knots!!  U.T. SIRELIUS, KIRJA, "Finlands Ryor - Textilhistorisk undersökning", Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava, Helsinki 1924, s. 37. |
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