GIFTS/PRESENTS/PRESENCE
Meanings and Materialities
Conference – Exhibition

Cable Factory (Valssaamo), Helsinki
6–15 June 2024

Conference 6–8 June 

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    Exhibition 6–15 June

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    Exhibition


    The conference is accompanied by an exhibition that consists of 14 situation specific artworks by 18 artist-researchers. 

    The exhibition is a result of a nine-month process initiated by the Aalto University (Department of Art and Media), The University of Arts Helsinki (Academy of Fine Arts) and the Gifts/Presents/Presence team. 

    The collaboration, titled Gift as an Experiment, engaged creatively with both gift theory and the industrial space of Valssaamo in the Cable Factory. 

    The space acted as a tabula rasa where sharing of both the space of Valssaamo and the time of the conference-exhibition has been negotiated together. The aim of the process was to create an enriching multisensory environment and an event for thinking and transdisciplinary encounters. 

    The artworks are created by artist-researchers of Aalto University and University of the Arts Helsinki as well as the Gifts/Presents/Presence team.