Aboagora

https://aboagora.fi/

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ABOAGORA is a symposium that brings together various aspects of academia, the arts, and society. This exciting annual event consists of interdisciplinary discussions, performative sessions, and diverse artistic interventions. The event offers a forum for researchers, artists, and the public to establish new dialogues and new forms of collaboration.

Aboagora is a joint effort by the University of Turku, Åbo Akademi University, the Arts Academy of Turku University of Applied Sciences, and the Donner Institute for Research in Religion and Culture, which is attached to the Åbo Akademi University Foundation. In 2023, the project is supported by the Kone Foundation, The Swedish Cultural Foundation in Finland (Svenska kulturfonden), the Jenny and Antti Wihuri Foundation, the Federation of Finnish Learned Societies, Konstsamfundet, William Thurings stiftelse and the City of Turku.

The next symposium, “Void”, will be held on 23–25 August 2023 at the Sibelius Museum in Turku. “Void” is the final part of Aboagora’s five-year thematic plan “The Five Rings”.

Tisdag 22.8

20:00–21:00 KICK-OFF CONCERT (FREE ENTRY!)
Void Iteration – If I Close My Eyes, Do I Hear?

Artturi Elovirta (Media Composer), Tuuli Lempa (piano, live electronics), Ulf Långbacka (Composer, electronics), Teemu Mastovaara (cello, live electronics)

Onsdag 23.8.

09:45–10:15 SIGNING IN
10:15–10:45 OPENING CEREMONY
Opening Remarks
Concert: Leere, E-Musikgruppe Lux Ohr feat. Lau Nau

10:45–11:15 COFFEE

11:15–12:15 PERFORMATIVE SESSION
Emptiness – Form, Control, Liberation

Annamari Konttinen, Lasse Lehtonen, Tuomas Martikainen, Petteri Silenius

12:15–13:00 PERFORMANCE
Katori Shinto Ryu Demonstration: The Silent Sword – Reflection of Void

Turku Aikikai

13:00–14:00 LUNCH BREAK

14:00–15:30 PERFORMATIVE SESSIONS
Sense and Absence

Elmira Zahra Jahanshah Rad, Camila Rosa, Kari Yli-Annala

Charting the Void

Shruti Jain, Zoë Robertson, Laura M. Saari

15:40–18:35 SENSORY EXCURSION [to Saaronniemi beach, Ruissalo]
Regenerative Void, and What Floats to the Shores

Riikka Armanto, Kirsikka Paakkinen, Kenneth Siren, Heini Uusisilta-Immonen

19:00–20:30 AGORA (FREE ENTRY!)
On Touching the Stranger Within – The Alterity that Therefore I Am

Karen Barad

Torsdag 24.8

10:15–11:45 AGORA (FREE ENTRY!)
The Way of the Unexpected – The Poetics of Being and Non-being in Early Greek Philosophy

Hans Ruin

11:45–13:15 LUNCH BREAK

13:15–14:45 PERFORMATIVE SESSION
Edges of Knowing

Aboagora Pre-symposium participants: Taru Elfving, Ida Grönroos, Aditya Jeevannavar, Sanna Lehtinen, Carlos Lesmes, Saara Mildeberg, Sanna Ryynänen, Alizée Ville, Nina Vurdelja

14:45–15:15 COFFEE

15:15–16:45 PERFORMATIVE SESSION
Close the Borders!

Anu Almagro, Volodymyr Andrushchak, Eero Erkamo, Fiikka Forsman, Kari Kallioniemi, Jaana Kurttila, Kimi Kärki, Petri Kuljuntausta, Turku Synth Club Opera Orchestra (TSO)

19:00–20:00 CONCERT [at the Turku Cathedral] FREE ENTRY!
Void

Ensemble MMXX (Marika Kivinen, Mats Lillhannus, Kristoffer Malm, Maikki Säikkä)

Fredag 25.8

08:15–10:00 WORKSHOP
The magic of the blank page / Tyhjän paperin lumo / Den tomma sidans förtrollning

Emilia Karjula

10:15–11:45 PERFORMATIVE SESSION
Studying the Void

Timo Lähivaara, Christof Pearce, Anna Törnroos-Remes

11:45–13:15 Lunch break

13:15–14:15 AGORA FREE ENTRY!
Extinction Voids: Visualizing the Relational Holes Created by Species Loss

Dolly Jørgensen

14:30–15:30 PERFORMATIVE SESSION
Creativity in the Era of AI

Jari Björne, Johanna Hautala, Maria Lindeman, Tomi Paijo, Roosa Wingström

15:30–16:00 COFFEE

16:00–17:20 THEATRE
Selfportrait – Dreams of the Life and Art of Ellen Thesleff

Anu Almagro, Johanna Jauhiainen, Jaana Kurttila, Pauli Lyytinen, Janne Teivainen, Hanna-Reetta Schreck

17:30–19:00 CLOSING RECEPTION [outdoors in the garden behind the Museum]