Chicago Boys – public rehearsals 22.4.2023

When: 22.4.2023 at 13:00-16:0

Where: Lapinlahti hospital, Main building, Lapinlahdenpolku 8, 00180 Helsinki

GETTING THERE

We recommend arriving on foot, by bike or by public transport. You can walk to Lapinlahti from the Ruoholahti metro station in about 10 minutes. There are also bus and tram stops nearby. You can check HSL Journey Planner for a suggested itinerary.

ACCESSIBILITY

There are wheelchair ramps that enable access to spaces on the ground floor where the rehearsals take place. There is a small parking lot in front of the main building, which Lapinlahden Lähde prefers that only disabled visitors use.

Anyone can come to the open rehearsals on Saturdays. You can come just to listen to the stories and the band practicing or bring your own instrument and play with the band, or you can tell your own story around the themes of the project. The project is about continuous learning and spending time together. Each event of performing in the public space is a rehearsal and multi-layered sharing within the band and the audience.

The dates for all public rehearsals are on following Saturdays: 22.4. 29.4. 6.5. 13.5. 20.5. 27.5. The last public rehearsal is held at Stoa on 27.5.

In Chicago Boys – While We Were Singing, They Were Dreaming a diverse group of people will meet twice a week for six weeks. There are two types of rehearsals: private rehearsals in Cultural Centre Stoa among the band members (Mondays or Wednesdays, the group will decide) and public rehearsals on Saturdays in variety of public spaces in Helsinki.

In both type of rehearsals participants will bring stories, narratives, observations and songs, and rehearse together to push and shape a snowball of thoughts and songs around neoliberal condition and its ties to environmental crisis and social issues. All rehearsals are a platform for bringing different understandings and experiences of everyday life and turning them into a diverse interpretation of neoliberal economy.

Hiwa K initiated Chicago Boys – While We Were Singing, They Were Dreaming project in London in 2010 and has since been experienced in numerous key international art institutions. This year it happens almost simultaneously in Helsinki and Sulaymaniyah, Kurdistan, Iraq, that is the birth city of the artist.

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