GIFTS/PRESENTS/PRESENCE
Meanings and Materialities
Conference – Exhibition

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

Conference 6–8 June 

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    Thursday 6 – Saturday 8 June in Valssaamo

    Mauss and His Legacy
    Time: Thursday at 11:15–12:45
    Moderator: Tracey Sowerby
    Speakers:
    Frédéric Vandenberghe
    Jeremy Gould
    Eylul Bombaci

    Gift and/of Waste 
    Time: Thursday at 14:00–15:30
    Moderator: Nina Lykke
    Speakers: 
    Aurora del Rio

    Francisco Martinez
    Sonja Lampinen, Olli Pyyhtinen & Niina Uusitalo
    Gift in Politics 
    Time: Thursday at 15:45–17:15
    Moderator: Alexandra Urakova
    Speakers:
    Tracey Sowerby

    Beáta Paragi

    Heidi Hänninen

    Gift as an ExperimentTime: Thursday 17:15–18.30 (during exhibition opening: check program HERE)
    Moderators: Denise Ziegler & Heidi Hänninen
    Speakers:                         
    Cynthia Blanchette
    Juan Duarte
    Marika Tervahartiala

    Biogift and Posthuman Entanglements
    Time: Friday at 10:00–11:30
    Moderator: Margrit Shildrick
    Speakers: 
    Nina Lykke

    Eunsil Shin

    Katri Naukkarinen & Laura Beloff

    Art, Presence, PresentTime: Friday at 11:30–13:00
    Moderator: Niilo Rinne
    Speakers:
    Irina Garnets

    Pilvi Porkola

    Umut Vedat


    Ecologies of GiftingTime: Friday at 14:15–15:45
    Moderator: Olli Pyyhtinen
    Speakers: 
    Karsten Paerregaard

    Daniel Spotswood

    Virpi Timonen et al.

    Lahja/Läsnäolo/Nykyisyys 1 -keskustelu (In Finnish)Time: Saturday at 13:00–14:30
    Participants:
    Mika Elo

    Harri Laakso
    Pilvi Porkola
    Olli Pyyhtinen

    Lahja/Läsnäolo/Nykyisyys 2 -keskustelu (In Finnish)Time: Saturday at 14:45–16:00
    Participants:
    Gift as an Experiment -team