20 New Projects Commissioned through Together Alone

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To quickly respond to the pandemic, the network of Finnish Academic and Cultural Institutes launched Together Alone, a new open call for artistic projects. The response from the community was overwhelming: nine weeks and 437 applications later we have now commissioned 20 artists, creatives and collectives to create projects that reflect upon the current situation through diverse artistic practices. 

Together Alone seeked proposals for projects that could be executed under the emergency restrictions, emphasizing international dialogue without physical contact. The aim of the initiative was to support the livelihoods of artists, as well as to encourage rethinking practices in times of crisis – and recovery. The open call was conducted in three phases; the first deadline took place on March 30, followed by a second and third round on April 20 and May 4, 2020. The call was open to artists and creatives from all disciplines, with a connection to Finland.

The 20 selected projects – each receiving a commissioning fee from the network of Finnish Institutes –represent varying disciplines and backgrounds, from individual artist to international collectives. Themes and approaches range from new VR solutions in contemporary circus performances, and online conversations around themes of care and resilience, to developing new workshop methods combining futurology and movement based work.

The selected projects from all the third rounds are following:

  • Care Practice: Recipes for Resilience by Ceci Moss & Jenni Nurmenniemi

  • Constructing a specialist network to produce knowledge and act as springboard for artistic work by Aapo Nikkanen

  • DEMO by Pekka Airaxin, Caterina Avataneo & Felice Moramarco

  • Felt the Moonlight on my Feet by Jani Ruscica, Sam Watson & Suzanna Pezo

  • Monitor Man in the Time of Pandemic by Yassine Khaled

  • Where from Here by Lenore Malen & Samir Bhowmik

  • World-Body by Jenna Sutela & Ella Plevin

  • H-ome by Emrecan Tanis

  • In-between by Anna Nykyri

  • Out of the Flood by Invisible Flock & SubZero

  • Soft Variations-Online by Sonya Lindfors

  • Untitled by Caracara Collective

  • Untitled by Miila Westin

  • Unum by Sakari Männistö

  • We need to talk about the future by Anne Pajunen and Psychopomp! Theatre Collective

The network of Finnish Cultural and Academic Institutes is incredibly thankful for every application and extremely moved by how creatives have mirrored the major social upheavals of our times through the arts, and most importantly - have done so together. We will share more details of the individual commissioned projects on our social media channels during the upcoming months. Stay tuned by following our social media channels and the hashtag #togetheralonefi.

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