UA Talks

Sascia Bailer and Kemê Pellicer discuss curating and care, as well as the opportunities and limitations these have in the field of art and culture relating to precariousness, politics, and lived realities.This conversation was recorded on 24th February 2025.You can download Sascia Bailer's book for free: Sascia Bailer (2024) Caring Infrastructures. Transforming the Arts through Feminist Curating.Sascia Bailer is a feminist researcher, writer and curator working at the intersection of care, gender, and socially engaged art. In her doctoral dissertation she investigated the ambivalent relationship between curating and care, and formulated propositions towards caring infrastructures within the arts. In 2019/2020 she initiated a participatory curatorial programming on care as the Artistic Director of M.1 Arthur Boskamp-Stiftung in rural Northern Germany. Together with Didem Yazici, she curated the exhibition “Mothers*, Warriors, and Poets: Care as Resistance” (2023) at StadtPalais Stuttgart. She is the author of the article “Care for Caregivers. Curating against the Care Crisis” (in: “Curating with Care”, Routledge, 2023) and of the booklet “Curating, Care, and Corona” (Verlag der Arthur Boskamp Stiftung, 2020). She co-edited the anthology „Letters to Joan“ (2020, HKW) and the artist monographies „Re-Assembling Motherhood(s): On Radical Care and Collective Art as Feminist Practices“ by Maternal Fantasies (Onomatopee, 2021), and „What We Could Have Become: On Queer Feminist Filmmaking“ by Malu Blume (Onomatopee, 2021). She regularly writes for Monopol magazine on art, care, and gender justice. She has worked internationally within the arts, including MoMA PS1, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, and Vera List Center for Art and Politics.Editing: Milla Millasnoore

As part of #StopHatredNow 2025, Yasmin Ibrahimi, Doğa Çal, and Jani Anders Purhonen discuss about food and art, and how they relate to community building.Follow them and their initiatives onlineBread Omens: https://www.breadomens.fi/ & @breadomensKoekeittiö / Test kitchen: https://koekeittiö.fi/ & @k.o.e.k.e.i.t.t.i.oKitchen Testimonies @kitchen_testimoniesYasmin Ibrahimi @yasminibrahim_Doğa Çal @cal.dogaJani Anders Purhonen @andersano

Osana #StopHatredNow 2024 ohjelmaa, EMMAssa järjestettiin paneelikeskustelu vallasta, representaatioista, ennakkoluuloista sekä näkyvyyden politiikasta keskiviikkona 15.5.2024. Keskustelemassa Päiviö Maurice Omwami ja Wanda Holopainen. Moderaattorina Monica Gathuo.#StopHatredNow on viikon mittainen, kerran vuodessa järjestettävä interkulttuurinen ja antirasistinen tapahtuma-alusta, joka luo uutta diskurssia moninaisuudesta. Usean taide- ja kulttuuriorganisaation yhteistyönä toteuttama tapahtuma rakentaa positiivisessa hengessä keskustelua diversiteetistä, inklusiivisuudesta, valtarakenteista, toiseudesta, sekä intersektionaalisista feministisistä strategioista. Inklusiivisuus, moninaisuus, syrjimättömyys, saavutettavuus ja sosiaalinen ja ekologinen kestävyys ovat jokaisen taide- ja kulttuuri-instituution tulevaisuutta määrittäviä kysymyksiä.

On Love and Critique panel discussion took place at the Complex Complicities seminar in Stockholm MDT during 30–31 May 2022. Where is the line between love and critique? How does the white gaze affect art critique? What is the position of a critic – do they need to distance themselves or is it okay to come closer? What exactly is a critics job? What is the relationship between an artist and a critic? The seminar was part of Bridges, a project designed to strengthen sustainable and long-term Nordic collaboration in the realms of antiracist and intersectionally feminist practices. The project is funded by Nordic Culture Point and produced by UrbanApa in collaboration with HAUT, MDT, CODA and Black Box Theater. The panelists: Ashik Zaman, Lydia Östberg Diakité & Valerie Kyeyune Backström The moderator: Samuel Girma

What's next? – Complicitness and the Power of Imagination panel discussion took place in seminar complex complicities in Copenhagen on the 15th of November 2022. The future is tomorrow, in five years, in 50 years and in 500 years. It is constantly created by us collectively. Our imaginations shape potential futures, how far can we dream? Can we dream of an artfield that would be diverse and vibrant? Can we imagine futures that can be inclusive, diverse and joyous? In this conversation, panelists are invited to discuss dreams of possible and impossible futures, the freedom as well as the responsibility of artists as creators of narratives as well as the notion of hope. The seminar was part of Bridges, a project designed to strengthen sustainable and long-term Nordic collaboration in the realms of antiracist and intersectionally feminist practices. The project is funded by Nordic Culture Point and produced by UrbanApa in collaboration with HAUT, MDT, CODA and Black Box Theater. The panelists: Yong Sun Gullach, Vala T. Foltyn, Jupiter Child The moderator: Kai Merke

Intersectionality in practice – Navigating the Complexity took place in Copenhagen on the 14th of November 2022. Intersectionality is hard! Our institutions as well as artists struggle to host diversity. In this panel discussion local artists from different contexts share their insight and tools for intersectional practices. Sharing is caring. The seminar in Copenhagen was part of Bridges, a project designed to strengthen sustainable and long-term Nordic collaboration in the realms of antiracist and intersectionally feminist practices. The project is funded by Nordic Culture Point and produced by UrbanApa in collaboration with HAUT, MDT, CODA and Black Box Theater. The panelists: Oriane Paras / Dance.cooperative, Marie Kaae & Julienne Doko The moderator: Malik Grosos

Power of Speculation panel discussion took place in seminar complex complicities in Oslo on the 22nd of April 2022. What do the panelists dream of and how does dreaming relate to their practice? Can dreams become a reality? The seminar was part of Bridges, a project designed to strengthen sustainable and long-term Nordic collaboration in the realms of antiracist and intersectionally feminist practices. The project is funded by Nordic Culture Point and produced by UrbanApa in collaboration with HAUT, MDT, CODA and Black Box Theater. The panelists: Sharma Vassvik, Nikita Amber Abbas and Duduzile Mathonsi. The moderator: Harmeet Kaur

Intersectionality in Practice – Towards antiracist feminist horizons? panel discussion took place in the seminar Complex Complicities in MDT in May 2022.   The seminar was part of Bridges, a project designed to strengthen sustainable and long-term Nordic collaboration in the realms of antiracist and intersectionally feminist practices. The project is funded by Nordic Culture Point and produced by UrbanApa in collaboration with HAUT, MDT, CODA and Black Box Theater. Speakers: Ulrika Flink, Saadia Hussain & Marit Shrin Carolasdotter Moderated by John-Paul Zaccarini Editing & sound mixing: Mimi Kantola

This keynote by Ninos Josef took place in the seminar Complex Complicities in MDT on the 31st of May 2022.   The seminar was part of Bridges, a project designed to strengthen sustainable and long-term Nordic collaboration in the realms of antiracist and intersectionally feminist practices. The project is funded by Nordic Culture Point and produced by UrbanApa in collaboration with HAUT, MDT, CODA and Black Box Theater.   The speaker: Ninos Josef Editing & sound mixing: Mimi Kantola

This keynote by Yolanda Bohm took place in the seminar Complex Complicities in MDT on the 30th of May 2022.   The seminar was part of Bridges, a project designed to strengthen sustainable and long-term Nordic collaboration in the realms of antiracist and intersectionally feminist practices. The project is funded by Nordic Culture Point and produced by UrbanApa in collaboration with HAUT, MDT, CODA and Black Box Theater.   The speaker: Yolanda Bohm Editing & sound mixing: Mimi Kantola