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–crossroad SAKSALANHARJU– international exchange and collaboration art-project where Nordic and European artists are together for intense artistic dialogue. Quiet and authentic culture of East Finland will guide them into new and challenging territories

The collaboration project –crossroad SAKSALANHARJU– engages international multi-disciplinary dialogue between active arts professionals. Artists from Nordic countries exchange and collaborate with artists from Europe. The artists meet each other on the same crossroad. It is this crossing that identifies the impact of place on an artist’s practice.

In an intense dialogue the arts professionals will communicate verbally and visually. This dialogue takes place during 4-6 weeks on one or more art works, drawings, paintings, installations, side specific art, sculptures, video and a mixed media. The result will be art created by minimum two artists. The selected artists will have to collaborate with each others and challenge them so they can cross their own boundaries in their work and receive new influences.

As a part of the project the artists will also participate, keep and produce together with local and other interested culture workers. That will influence and improve the local craftsmanship and is valuable for the artistic exchange.

To get involved with the location the artists also need to explore the environment, the nature and the Finnish local rural culture (forestry and agriculture). The impact of place is different for every artist. With all these different backgrounds and all these different influences of the place, the outcome of this project will show the uniqueness of the place where it is created.

project group
Marja de Jong - Finland
Tiina Suhonen - Norway
Ilse van den Berk - the Netherlands


this project is under construction and waiting for funding

information:
Marja de Jong
mobile 00358 (0)50 4625 675
mail@saksala.org