Exercises in Togetherness publication

The Exercises in Togetherness publication wraps up the FCINY’s Exercises in Togetherness program, and aims to offer the reader some tools and food for thought for the processes we have ahead of us when thinking about what social gathering means at this moment, and what has shifted (and continues to shift) since the pandemic began.

The publication includes contributions by Nella Aarne, Laura Cemin, Danilo Correale, Taraneh Fazeli, Miho Hatori, Mari Keski-Korsu, Minna Miettilä & Jessie Bullivant, Jaakko Pallasvuo, and Nina Sarnelle & Selwa Sweidan on care, collaboration, rest, and resistance. The publication is designed by Ran-Re Reimann, and edited by Elina Suoyrjö, Director of Programs at the FCINY.

Exercises in Togetherness is a program by the FCINY that was run from 2021 to 2023 in collaboration with American and Finnish artists, and New York and Helsinki-based art organizations. Through commissions, talks, presentations, readings, and an exhibition, the program has focused on notions of togetherness and care within societies dealing with the repercussions of the Covid-19 pandemic. As we’ve slowly been beginning to see how these repercussions are actually unfolding on personal and societal levels, the program has offered a series of intimate gatherings as a start for unraveling some of these multifaceted questions; co-existence between human and nonhumans, acts of dreaming and fantasizing collectively, building cross-generational bonds with peers, significance of communities, and rethinking the balance between labor and leisure.

The program has featured contributions by Chloë Bass, DeForrest Brown Jr. & James Hoff, Alaina Claire Feldman, Laura Cemin, Danilo Correale, Gordon Hall, Miho Hatori, E. Jane, Mari Keski-Korsu, Josefina Nelimarkka, Jaakko Pallasvuo, Inari Sandell, Asiya Wadud, and Zelda webzine, as well as a group exhibition presenting works by Felipe De Ávila Franco, Ilana Harris-Babou, Hertta Kiiski, Patrick Carlin Mohundro, Jaakko Pallasvuo, Inari Sandell, and Nina Sarnelle & Selwa Sweidan. Previous iterations of the program have been carried out in collaboration with Frame Contemporary Art Finland, PUBLICS, Residency Unlimited, Scandinavia House, and Mishkin Gallery.

Download the publication here as a pdf or as an epub file!

Read more about the Exercises in Togetherness program in 2021 here and in 2022 here.