Lecture: Art That Takes a Stand

Time: April 25 at 2:00 p.m.

Location: Varkaus Museum Center Konsti, Satakunnankatu 1, Krankin Älypaja

Heidi Linsén, the April artist-in-residence at the Taideniitty Artists’ House (with support from the Toini Markkanen Foundation), will give a lecture on socially engaged art. The event will explore, among other things, what socially engaged art is and what it can be, as well as the significance and relevance of art in contemporary society in Finland and around the world.

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The lecture will also include a discussion of the artist’s own practice and the starting points for her works, and there will be an opportunity to ask questions at the end.

Heidi Linsén (b. 1976) is a textile and installation artist whose work centers on materiality and social observation. Her works examine the relationship between individual experience and social structures, as well as the significance of participation, public space, and emotions in contemporary culture.

Linsén’s work lies at the intersection of material-based thinking, feminist practice, and social discourse. The works do not offer ready-made answers, but invite the viewer to participate and reflect on their own relationship to the themes addressed.

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Welcome to join us for a listen and a discussion.

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