18 6 – 12 JUNE 2013 WHERE TO GO HELSINKI TIMES COMPILED BY ANNA-MAIJA LAPPI Helsinki Open: Tue-Sun 11:00-18:00 Wed 11:00-20:00 ARI KARTTUNEN / EMMA Tickets €0/3/7/10 www.didrichenmuseum.fi Until Sun 28 July Landscapes in contemporary art Vesa Oja: Finglish The first major photographic An interesting exhibition titled Events in Nature is on display at the EMMA, Es- documentary about poo Museum of Modern Art. The exhibition, presenting works from the Saas- Finnish Americans and tamoinen foundation art collection, features works on landscape by 35 artists, Finnish Canadians. mainly from the 2000s. The Finnish Museum of Photography Landscapes in contemporary art typically offer wide-ranging perspectives to The Cable Factory depicting nature. They may reproduce the visible reality or reflect things that Tallberginkatu 1 cannot be touched: air, wind, light, sound, electricity or even emotional states Helsinki and mindscapes. Contemporary art is often provoked by the aesthetics of waste- Open: lands, the desolation of areas exploited by people, the facelessness of suburbia, Tue-Sun 11:00-18:00 Wed 11:00-20:00 slums as well as decadence. Tickets €0/4/6 Landscapes appear differently depending on the viewer and “experiencing a www.valokuvataiteenmuseo.fi landscape is always imbued with subjective interpretation and a sense of pres- ence by the onlooker,” writes Tarja Talvitie, Chief Curator of Collections at EM- Until Sun 28 July Summer School MA. The works on landscape on display ask questions about changes in the en- Comprehensive exhibition of vironment, time and movement, and invite us to ponder on our relationship with works by Finnish students nature. of photography. The Finnish Museum of Photography Until 26 March 2015 Tue, Thu, Fri 11:00-18:00 The Cable Factory EMMA – Espoo Museum of Wed 11:00-20:00 Tallberginkatu 1 Modern Art Sat, Sun 11:00-17:00 EMMA’s exhibition Events in Nature features works on landscape by 35 Helsinki Ahertajantie 5 www.emma.museum artists, which are part of the Saastamoinen foundation art collection. Open: Tue-Sun 11:00-18:00 Wed 11:00-20:00 Tickets €0/4/6 www.valokuvataiteenmuseo.fi MUSIC Fri 7 June Sat 8 June Wed 12 June Säästöpankinranta 6 Until Sun 4 August Avicii (SWE) We Love Helsinki Kesätanssit Dragan Volta & Free entry Steve McCurry Swedish top dj. Flowery dresses and summer Põhjamaade Hirm (EST) www.juttutupa.com A major exhibition of Thu 6 June Suvilahti breezes. Estonian hip hop. world-renowned Jex Thoth (USA) Sörnäinen Korjaamo Culture Factory Kuudes Linja photographer. Psychedelic rock/doom. Helsinki Töölönkatu 51 B Hämeentie 13 EXHIBITIONS Kunsthalle Helsinki Kuudes Linja Tickets €54-125 Helsinki Helsinki Nervanderinkatu 3 Hämeentie 13 Tickets €10/12 Free entry Helsinki Helsinki Fri 7 June www.korjaamo.fi www.kuudeslinja.com From 7 June Open: Tickets €18/22 Reckless Love Design Museum Tue, Thu, Fri 11:00-18:00 www.kuudeslinja.com Glam metal. Sat 8 June Wed 12 June 140 Years - Parallel Histories Wed 11:00-20:00 Virgin Oil CO. Cool Sheiks Czardas! Parallel stories of Finnish design. Sat, Sun 11:00-17:00 Thu 6 June Mannerheimintie 5 Jazz. Cellist Seeli Toivio and harpist Design Museum Tickets €0/6/9 Kaija Kärkinen & Ile Kallio Helsinki Juttutupa Lily-Marlene Puusepp play Korkeavuorenkatu 23 www.taidehalli.fi Vocals and guitar. Tickets €12 Säästöpankinranta 6 Debussy, Monti, Grandjany, Helsinki Club Agricola, 19:00 www.virginoil.fi Helsinki Schubert, etc. Mon-Sun 11:00-18:00 Until Sun 18 August Tehtaankatu 23 Free entry Club Agricola, Tickets €0/5/8/10 Jouko Lehtola – End of Helsinki Fri 7 June www.juttutupa.com 19:00 www.designmuseum.fi Innocence www.ainoacktenhuvila.fi Tavastian Kesäklubi Tehtaankatu 23 Finnish contemporary Satellite Stories & Sans Sat 8 June Helsinki Until Sun 9 July photographer. Thu 6 June Parade live. Stella, Matti Tickets €15 Per Maning Kiasma Shine 2009, Burning Hearts Tavastia Johannes Koivu www.ainoacktenhuvila.fi One of Norway´s most Mannerheiminaukio 2 Electro pop. Urho Kekkosen katu 4-6 Pop. appreciated modern artists. Helsinki Tavastia Helsinki Korjaamo Culture Factory Wed 12 June EMMA – Espoo Museum of Open: Urho Kekkosen katu 4-6 Tickets €12/14 Töölönkatu 51 B Peter Murphy performs Modern Art Tue 10:00-17:00 Helsinki www.tavastiaklubi.fi Helsinki Bauhaus (UK) Ahertajantie 5 Wed-Fri 10:00-20:30 Tickets €11/13 Tickets €14/16 “In Celebration of the 35th Helsinki Sat 10:00-18:00 www.tavastiaklubi.fi Sat 8 June www.korjaamo.fi Anniversary of Bauhaus”. Tue, Thu, Fri 11:00-18:00 Sun 10:00-17:00 Shipyard Club’s Tavastia Wed 11:00-20:00 Tickets €0/8/10 Thu 6 June 1 Year Party Sat 8 June Urho Kekkosen katu 4-6 Sat, Sun 11:00-17:00 www.kiasma.fi Skid Row (USA) The Knockouts (SWE), Club We Jazz Helsinki Tickets €0/8/10 Hard rock. Relentless & Flesh Roxon. Kari Ikonen Trio feat. Tickets €25/27 www.emma.museum Until Sun 9 September Virgin Oil CO. Nosturi Verneri Pohjola. www.tavastiaklubi.fi Eija-Liisa Ahtila: Mannerheimintie 5 Telakkakatu 8 Kuudes Linja Until Sat 27 July Parallel Worlds Helsinki Helsinki Hämeentie 13 Wed 12 June ART DECO and the Arts Interesting video Tickets €26 Tickets €15 Helsinki Helsinki Philharmonic France-Finlande 1905–1935 installations. www.virginoil.fi www.elmu.fi Tickets €12 Orchestra Exhibition celebrates the art deco Kiasma www.kuudeslinja.com Free Helsinki Day concert. period in art. Mannerheiminaukio 2 Thu 6 June Sat 8 June Helsinki Music Centre Amos Anderson Art Museum Helsinki Get Me, Berlin Nun Esben and the Witch (UK) Sun 9 June Mannerheimintie 13 Yrjönkatu 27 Open: Promising soul/funk/pop bands. Gothic rock/post Tim Lothar (DNK) Helsinki Helsinki Tue 10:00-17:00 Le bonk punk/electronic. Danish blues artist. Free entry Open: Wed-Fri 10:00-20:30 Yrjönkatu 24 Kuudes Linja Juttutupa www.musiikkitalo.fi Mon, Thu, Fri 10:00-18:00 Sat 10:00-18:00 Helsinki Hämeentie 13 Säästöpankinranta 6 Wed 10:00-20:00 Sun 10:00-17:00 Tickets €5 Helsinki Helsinki Wed 12 June Sat, Sun 11:00-17:00 Tickets €0/8/10 www.lebonk.fi Tickets €12 Free entry Helsinki Day Concert Tickets €0/2/8/10 www.kiasma.fi www.kuudeslinja.com www.juttutupa.com Top Finnish pop. www.amosanderson.fi Thu 6 June Kaisaniemi Park Until Sun 22 September Aiyekooto (NGR) & Afrobeat Inter- Sat 8 June Mon 10 June Helsinki Until Sun 28 July Light Houses – Young national , Zoumana Dembélé (BUR) BoomBox Rush (CAN) Free entry MAYA III- Life –Death-Time Nordic Architecture & Mande Maja Band feat. Abdou- Rap festival. Legendary rock. www.radioaalto.fi/kesakonsertti Exhibition presents the dualistic The exhibition presents inspired laye Condé (GUI) & Maarika Autio Suvilahti Hartwall Arena world view of the Maya Indians in approaches in young Nordic Afrobeat. Sörnäinen Areenankuja 1 Wed 12 June which life, death and time are architecture. Semifinal Helsinki Helsinki Club Kesä Jazz intimately intertwined. Museum Urho Kekkosen katu 4-6 Tickets €25 Tickets €85 Joonatan Rautio Band. Didrichen Art Museum of Finnish Architecture www.semifinal.fi www.boombox.fi www.hartwall-areena.com Juttutupa Kuusilahdenkuja 1 Kasarmikatu 24 Helsinki Open: Tue-Sun 11:00-18:00 Wed 11:00-20:00 Tickets €0/3/6 www.mfa.fi Start your weekend with news in English OTHERS Why not add Helsinki Times to your morning coffee? Wed 12 June Stay informed about news and current affairs in Finland Helsinki Day Music, street art and theatre by subscribing to the weekly Helsinki Times. throughout the city. 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