Few years ago Third Space read the text “The artist-run space of the future” (2012), and since then it has inspired the collective.
Intimacy & Collaboration is a reading and discussion session, based on the aforementioned text, and in relation to artist-run initiatives and collaboration-based practices. The essence of this conversation oscillates around the artist-run spaces, collaborative practices and possibilities. In the conversation, the members of Third Space collective, Sepideh Rahaa and Ana Gutieszca will speak around their own collective initiative, this text and other practices within the field of arts in Finland and elsewhere. The invited guests Ceyda Berk-Söderblom and Moe Mustafa, will join to discuss the importance of collective work through their practice.

Third Space is a cross border transcultural collective that seeks to erase the invisible lines that separate us. Our collective identity and goals are shaped by diverse geopolitical views and backgrounds. Our aim is to observe from both ‘the outside in’ and ‘the inside out’ in order to create new ways of understanding what marginal and central are in Finnish society, and how to bridge them through dialogue. Third Space emerged as a response to the lack of inclusivity and diversity in the Finnish art scene. Inclusivity is not a fixed concept but a changing one. Our role is to identify its different forms and to respond to them.

The event will conclude with a Sound Room performance by Atheer Soot aka Moe Mustafa.

The event will be accessible via Zoom for everyone with registration, please email eliisa.suvanto@publics.fi to receive the link. The participants are asked to fill a short questionnaire with few questions for feedback to PUBLICS.