Past events
Starlings, Tragedies. Group Exhibition of Poetry
August 17–27, 2023
Vernissage on Wednesday, August 16, from 5 pm to 7 pm
Artists: Lauri Hei, L. V. Maa, Unne Nirhamo, Henrik Pathirane & Verna Joki, Kaija Rantakari, Hanna Syrjämäki
Yö Kekri Vol.2 Open Call
Apply to be a part of Yö Kekri vol.2 Art celebration! Application is open until September 10th 2023.
Yö Kekri Vol.2 is an multi-art festival organized at Yö Galleria, in the center of Helsinki from October 2th to October 29th, 2023. The event brings together different fields of art from visual arts and music to live poetry and from dance to performance art. The theme of Kekri Vol.2 is "Carnival". As a cross-cultural phenomenon carnival is a festival of anarchy, laughter and transgression, a temporary release from social obligations and hierarchies.
Artists can approach the theme as they wish.
Yö kekri Vol.2 program is selected from Open Call applications from Yö ry's membership. Applying to be part of the Yö Kekri Vol.2 art festival requires a paid membership fee for 2023.
Shall we sleep on this?
03.-13.08.2023
Opening 03.08.2023 at 17-21.
Shall we sleep on this? is a durational exhibition that evolves as time passes. The exhibition depicts moments when a consensus fails to be reached and tackles the psychological landscape when the line 'Shall we sleep on this?' enters such a scene.
Auri Antinranta's solo concert 12.7. as a part of Yö Illat-events
Performance artists from Chicago embark on a short European tour organized by Defibrillator Gallery. The venues are vastly different. Starting in a historic drawing society in Dordrecht, Netherlands, and ending in a brewery-turned-art-community in Pärnu, Estonia, Helsinki falls in between. ROVING aims to invigorate international performance art relations that were hampered by the pandemic. Building and maintaining international connections is essential to the ecosystem of performance art and ROVING is DFBRL8R’s way of contribution to the medium.
Reflections is a series of concerts focusing on repetition and difference in improvised music. Topias Tiheäsalo (guitar), Teemu Mustonen (drums) and Matti Luokkanen (saxophones and clarinet) start the series.
TUNNEL - an interactive performance
Soyoung Christina Chung
"Tunnel" is an interactive* performance demonstrating a neutral and subtle state of relationship which is engaging between two persons.
Passé composé
20.5.-1.6.2023
Opening 19.5. Klo 18-21
Curator: Mikael Gangster-Lehtinen
Artists: Harri Ahvenainen, Joonas Eränen, Carine Fabritius, Svante Knuus, Johannes Länsiö, Henrik Pathirane, Ilkka Pitkänen, Aleksi Salminen, Helena Sorvali.
Group exhibition Passé composé, curated by Mikael Gangster-Lehtinen, presents works by nine artists. The exhibition's overarching theme is the face, and the artists are given the opportunity to approach the theme from a variety of perspectives.
Yö Fest vol. 3.5 - Event Weeks 27.4.-14.5.2023
Anttoni Halonen, Hanais Nun, Harlots of Beyond, Petri Keckman, Katja Luhtala, Mario Massa, Mira Mink, Ida Nisonen, Anni Puuperä, Hanna-Maija Pääkkönen, Iina Taijonlahti, Alena Tereshko, Antti Tolvi, Utu Lautturi, Jordy Valderrama, Wœrther
Yö Fest vol. 3.4 group exhibition “Päivien puutarha” 14.-23.4.2023 Yö Galleria
Katri Hämäläinen, Josef Ka, Heini Korhonen, Elias Langi, Satu Metsola, Anu Miettinen, Anu Nirkko, Henna Parkkinen, Raisa Salonen, Tanja Vanhala
Opening on Thursday 13.4. at 18-21 with a performance by Josef Ka.