CONSENSUS / DISSENSUS

April 9, Third Space (Tarkk’ampujankatu 18)

CONSENSUS / DISSENSUS. Art and Politics is a one-day seminar organized by The Finnish Society for Aesthetics in cooperation with Third Space Gallery.
 
With the terms consensus and dissensus we aspire to bring together people working in the melting point of art, aesthetics and politics in the Helsinki area.
 
Speakers will have a half on hour of time to present their thoughts in whatever form they choose, then the commentators and the audience will have 15 minutes for discussing the presentation.
 
Style: free, relaxed, intellectual (no Powerpoints).

12.00   Welcome: Max Ryynänen & Raine Vasquez
 
12.15-13   Raine Vasquez: Gaming the System: Challenges in Outlining the Possibility for a Political Art. Commentator: Sanna Lehtinen

13-13.45   Oleksandra Sushchenko: Institutionalization and valorization of aesthetics under the question of knowledge reproduction. Commentator: Max Ryynänen

Break
 
14.15-15   Sezgin Boynik: To be announced later. Commentator: Ahmed Al-Nawas 

15-15.45   Scott Elliott: Architecture, affect, and language: communication between bodies. Commentator: Pajari Räsänen
 
15.45-16   Concluding words: Max Ryynänen and Raine Vasquez
 
Man-made snacks on the house!

For more information, write to: Max Ryynänen (max.ryynanen@aalto.fi) and/or Raine Vasquez (raine.vasquez@me.com)

PLEASE be aware that Third Space is quite a small space, so it might be good to be there in time if you want to fit in.

The Finnish Society for Aesthetics was founded 1972. It has approximately 140 members. The society functions as a co-operative forum for scholars, students and other people showing interest in aesthetics. It aspires to develop research in aesthetics, to create contacts between arts and sciences, and to nourish discussions on aesthetic values. The membership of the society is open to everyone interested in the society. (http://finnishsocietyforaesthetics.blogspot.fi/) For more information, contact chair Max Ryynänen (max.ryynanen@aalto.fi).
 
Third Space Gallery is a collective seeking to unsettle preconceived notions of the other.
As cross border transcultural operatives we seek to erase the invisible lines that separate us. For more information: http://www.th1rdspac3.com/