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THE MESSIANIC RESEARCH CENTRE FOR VISUAL ETHICS (MRCVE) AND JOHNNY AMORE 7 FOR THE PRICE OF 1 – ACCUMMULATING VALUE -performance [01.10.2010 - 01.10.2010] In February 2010, the Messianic Research Centre for Visual Ethics (MRCVE) and Johnny Amore conducted in Germany and the Netherlands a series of performances entitled 7 For The Price Of 1. Presented in the form of a shopping trip, the tour travelled from Berlin to Rotterdam, acquiring seven performative actualisations along the way. Deconstructing trade and the mechanisms of the economy, the project will culminate at the Pori Art Museum, presenting a summary of the results gained with the methods of performative economic research. Just like the earlier works of MRCVE and Johnny Amore, the current project was not merely a series of performances, but an opportunity to collect research data for further refinement and to test in practice the premises raised by theoretical research. The aim of the performances was to increase the apportioned capital of the project, because the easy market criticism of the economically oriented contemporary reality clearly needed to be complemented with objective research that would give reality an opportunity to argue its logic. In connection with the performance the Messianic Research Centre for Visual Ethics (MRCVE) and Johnny Amore will publish a publication, which has been produced in cooperation with Satakunta University of Applied Sciences/performance studies, Finnish Fund For Art Exchange FRAME and Pori Art Museum. Free admission http://7for1.blogspot.com Media release >>

PORI SCREENINGS: OLIVER RESSLER (Austria) [27.10.2010 - 06.11.2010] Pori Art Museum is screening Austrian artist Oliver Ressler’s films during the autumn. Oliver Ressler (b. 1970) is taking part in the Pori Art Museum’s exhibition Why do you resist? –resistance in contemporary art. He has visited Finland once before in the spring of 2010. This is the first time that Oliver Ressler’s films will be screened in Finland. In his works, Oliver Ressler has been concerned with themes like globalisation and counter movements to globalisation, questions on democracy, social and ecnomic alternatives, racism and migration. Many of Ressler’s films are realized as collaborations with different groups and political activists. Oliver Ressler lives and works in Vienna. 27.10.2010 at 6.30 pm ARTIST TALK OLIVER RESSLER: WHAT IS DEMOCRACY? 29.10.2010 at 3 pm A film by OLIVER RESSLER: WHAT IS DEMOCRACY? (118 min., English subtitles, 2009) 06.11.2010 at 3 pm A film by ZANNY BEGG & OLIVER RESSLER: WHAT WOULD IT MEAN TO WIN?(40 min., English version, 2008) 13.11.2010 at 3 pm A film by DARIO AZZELLINI & OLIVER RESSLER: COMUNA UNDER CONSTRUCTION (94 min., original version in Spanish, English subtitles, 2010) Media release >>

NORTHERN IMAGINARY 3RD PART – LOCAL KNOWLEDGE IS ANOTHER GLOBALIZATION PATRICK HUSE [17.09.2010 - 16.01.2011] Hall, Wing, Mediapoint, Entrance hall The environment is more in focus than ever. What we are facing today is social and environmental change in a time of globalization. Art today reflects some of these topics and seeks to participate in the social debate concerning the environment and the future depelopment. Norwegian artist Patrick Huse’s exhibition Northern Imaginary 3rd Part is an art project with a multidisciplinary approach to northern areas in Canada, Greenland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden and Finland. Northern Imaginary 3rd Part describe land and nature, social conditions and local knowledge in the arctic areas. Patrick Huse has been active in the northern areas for the last twenty-five years. The background for the exhibition project is travelling, local research and theoretical studies. Huse has done extensive cooperation with arctic institutes, local people and a network of professionals who work with northern issues. · Lecture “Idealism without Illusion; An artist’s approach to society” by Patrick Huse Wednesday 15 September, at 6.30 pm Pori Art Museum’s lecture hall · Preview for the media Thursday, 16 September, from 10 am to 2 pm · An artist talk Friday, 17 September, at 12. Artist Patrick Huse will present the exhibition · The opening of the exhibition will be on Friday, 17 September, at 6 pm · Lecture “Talent and Responsibility; artists and institutions roles in public space” by Artist/Curator Gavin Jantjes, National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design (Oslo, Norway) & Artist Patrick Huse, Wednesday 17 November, at 6.30 pm Pori Art Museum’s lecture hall Media release >> In co-operation with: Royal Norwegian Embassy (Finland), University of Turku/The Degree Programme in Cultural Production and Landscape Studies (Pori), Nikolaj Copenhagen Contemporary Art Center Read more >>

WHY DO YOU RESIST? FORMS OF RESISTANCE IN CONTEMPORARY ART [11.06.2010 - 05.09.2010] Hall/Wing/Entrance hall Zbynek Baladran (CZE), Rebecca Bournigault (FRA), Thomas Galler (CH), Ion Grigorescu (ROU), Fabrice Gygi (CH), Thomas Hirschhorn (CH), IC-98 (FIN),Alexey Kallima (RUS), Jiri Kovanda (CZE), Martin Krenn (AUT), Kristina Leko (CRO), Lucas Lenglet (NED), Jérôme Leuba (CH), Gintaras Makarevicius (LTU), Bettina Pousttchi (GER), Oliver Ressler (AUT), Slaven Tolj (CRO), Mona Vatamanu (ROU) & Florin Tudor (CH), Costa Vece (CH) The younger generation of artists has in recent years once again begun to analyse the structures of power, while discussion of the forms of resistance has become one of the main themes of artistic practice. But what does power mean to this generation? Many artists focus on governmental power and its systems, and on political trends on a more general level, but also on the effects of globalisation, racist beliefs and the reality of migration. Artists are interested in how such issues are addressed by governments or the bodies of the European Union, how they wield power that they only understand as an administrative instrument. The WHY DO YOU RESIST? exhibition focuses on works from the topical field of international contemporary art, works that use available media with the purpose of making visible control mechanisms,structures of power and representation. Curators: Andrea Domesle, Michal Kolecek & Pia Hovi-Assad. Produced in cooperation with: Kunstmuseum Thun, Kunsthalle Palazzo, Liestal bei Basel, Switzerland; Pro Helvetia (Switzerland). Media release >> Read more >>

INTELLIGENCE AND EMOTION IN BALANCE. HAUTALA – KIVIJÄRVI – OSIPOW MAIRE GULLICHSEN AND MODERNISM SERIES [29.05.2010 - 05.09.2010] Project Room Painters Jorma Hautala and Paul Osipow and sculptor Harry Kivijärvi have for decades been among the greatest luminaries in Finnish art. The latest in the Maire Gullichsen and Modernism exhibition series, INTELLIGENCE AND EMOTION IN BALANCE has its thematic focus in art that does not aim to create images. The underlying philosophy is that art should refrain from all figurative aspects that refer to things external to itself. Media release >>

LINE! - EDUCATIONAL EXHIBITION IN THE MAIRE GULLICHSEN AND MODERNISM SERIES [17.09.2010 - 16.01.2011] PROJECT ROOM