IHME Helsinki 2023 Chicago Boys 4/6: Stansvik forest 13.5.

When: 13.5.2023 at

Were: Stansvik forest trail & the new cottage village of Stansvik, Stansvikin tie 1

GETTING THERE

We recommend arriving on foot, by bike or by public transport. Buses 88, 88B and 84 run from Herttoniemi metro station and stop near Stansvik. You can find a suitable connection for you in the Route Planner. If you arrive by car, there are limited amount of parking spaces near Stansvik Mansion.

ACCESSIBILITY AND ACCESSIBILITY

The nature trail is on a terrain where it is difficult to move around with, for example, a wheelchair. You can easily reach the cottage area of the new village along a road.

We follow the principles of a safer space. Come as you are.

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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