"Mapping the Void" was launched for Amorph!08, 9th international festival for performative arts, organized in Paris and Helsinki in May-September, 2008. The organizer is Artists' Association Muu and artistic curator vocal and performance artist Juha Valkeapää.
Amorph!08 has two phases. The first phase takes place on 26 May - 8 June, 2008, in Paris, where it belongs to Printemps (Im)médiat!, Institut Finlandais coordinated part of 100 % Finlande - en France - printemps 2008. The second phase is organized on 18 August - 8 September, 2008, in Helsinki.
Amorph!08 is a meeting point. Participating artists represent the wide field of experimental performative arts: performance art, dance, sound & music, video & web art. The theme is public spaces of Paris and Helsinki. The curator has chosen four Finnish and four French artists, and made four pairs of artists. They are Charlie Jeffery-Jouni Partanen, Carole Douillard-Essi Kausalainen, Viviana Moin-Mimosa Pale, Christophe Bruno-Pessi Parviainen. Each pair will get a public place - flea market, park, river or sea side - to work on. The Parisian places are located near to Mains d'Œuvres, Khiasma and La Générale des Sevres; in Helsinki the central place is Hietalahti. The results of the pairs' work - performance, installation, presentation, lecture - are shown during the festival weekend.
Amorph!08 is produced by Artists’ Association MUU
Supported by
Finnish Ministry of Education, Finnish Cultural Foundation,
Alfred Kordelin Foundation, French Culture Center, Arts Council of Helsinki Metropolitan Region
Collaborators
Institut Finlandais, Khiasma, La Générale en Manufacture, Mains d’œuvres
Andorra Culture Complex, Finnish Academy of Fine Arts, The Theatre Academy, Helsingin Energia, Finnish Artists`Studio Foundation
Printemps (im)médiat is produced by Institute Finlandais in co-operation with Amorph festival, Avanto festival, Av-Arkki, Cartes, Frame, Mal au Pixel, M-cult, MUU ry and Pixelache, and it belong to the cultural season 100% Finlande, Finnish festival in France. Supported by Finnish Ministry of Education
