03/03/2010
Top Curator at the Opening of the IHME Project
Pro Arte Foundation Finland has invited the esteemed American curator Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev to Helsinki. Christov-Bakargiev will take part in the launch of Susan Philipsz´ IHME-project.

The event is open to the public and will take place on Thursday March 11 at 5 pm at the VR auditorium (Vilhonkatu 13). Christov-Bakargiev will especially discuss with Philipsz the artist´s new sound work for the Helsinki Central Railway Station, When Day Closes.

Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev is the artistic director of the next documenta in Kassel. She is well acquainted with Susan Philipsz´ work and has followed her career over a long period of time. She was chief curator of the 2008 Binnale of Sydney, where she invited also Philipsz.

The event will be held in English and there is no admission fee.

Welcome!

Read more about Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev
Slagsmålsklubben
26/02/2010
IHME Club line-up announced!
IHME 2010 and Pixelache proudly present the IHME Club at the Old Student House, Helsinki, 10 pm-4 am, Saturday, 27 March. The Club is the brainchild of Timo Kaukolampi and Petri Ruikka, with Timo Kaukolampi also in charge of the evening´s music.

Topping the bill at the Club are Slagsmålsklubben from Sweden, who fuse the worlds of disco, electro and naivistic toy electronics into a boundary-crossing party happening. The other band is the Finnish Black Horse, a line-up of familiar names custom-picked specifically for the IHME Club. The DJ´s are the legendary Jaakko Eino Kalevi and Amon Düde.

The Club´s visuals are the work of Sune Petersen, aka Motorsaw, from Denmark and Sakke Soini from Finland.

Read more about this unique club concept here.
Men's Choir The Shouters. Photo: Mikko Törmänen
17/02/2010
Speech Is Silver, Shouting Is Gold
A shouting workshop will be held on Saturday 27 March as part of the IHME Days in the Old Student House in Helsinki. Men´s Choir The Shouters´ leader Petri Sirviö will teach technique of shouting to 150 volunteers and rehearse one song to be performed to the audience in the workshop´s concluding event.

The shouting workshop is the first of its kind to be held in Helsinki, a similar but smaller event was held in the choir´s hometown, Oulu. "The workshop offers opportunities to meet some older hands at shouting art; it will be attended by members of Mieskuoro Huutajat (Men´s Choir The Shouters) who will pit their pace of learning and the competitiveness of their vocal chords against the rookies. Basically the only requirement is that the participants show up in one piece. In the workshop they will get to experience what it is like to be a primitive bawler and a trained performing artist at the same time", Sirviö sums up.

The choir has this year already performed at, for example, Södra Teatern in Stockholm and the Royal Opera in Copenhagen. In May they will pack their knapsacks for the Biennale of Sydney. "The organizer of our gig in Copenhagen wanted us to shout the economic recession away. We gave a performance on September 2008 in New York. The next day, the giant banks collapsed in Wall Street. I have felt guilt, on my own and on the choir´s behalf, for the international economic crisis", Sirviö describes his feelings.

Register for the IHME Days Shouting Workshop