English:
Somewhere from the other space, from Scadinavia, Finland, will come friends squatters to tell the story about one house, where the surrondings weren´t so hostile towards it. Hirvitalo.
The culture centre Hirvitalo (Hirvi – moose, Talo – house)
is running for more than 10 years.
After a decade of renewal of contracts, it received patronage straight for another 5 years.
It started like a squat.
Today it´s the place of it´s own kind.
It´s even the phenomenon on finnish cultural scene.
Winning the state prize for culture and pric of Confederation of Finnish artists.
Different context, a different approach, a different situation?
How, how did they do it? We will find out!
Come be inspired and convinced that another world, although so far only elsewhere (?) - Is possible.
HIRVITALO - Center of Contemporary Art Pispala (Pispalan nykytaiteen keskus) is an art gallery and a social center with the main objective to stimulate local cultural activities and enrich all kinds of artistic / cultural events in the community..
HIRVITALO is a nonprofit cultural space that is open to all and for all. Hirvitalo has a kitchen, there is a space for exhibitions, installations, happenings and other projects in 3 floors. It's a nice place where you can do different activities regularly or just by drop-in method. It´s place where you can always find friendly people to talk around the table with a cup of coffee during the day and druring most evenings.
Hirvitalo´s garden provides enough space for organizing outdoor events, but there is also a permaculture, flower beds, a greenhouse and a lot of space for other artistic activities.
HIRVITALO is here for laziness and creativity!
If you're interested, contact us, check out our forums, or just drop-out, drop-by or drop-in! We all are the Hirvitalo, gallery of Pispala! And we want to interconnect alternative network of european culture.
International cooperation (literature, music, art, workshops, revolution) is also the reason why we´re going to the clinic to show our stuff. Clinic and Hirvitalo has pretty much in common.
web:
http://www.hirvikatu10.net/wordpress.1/
FB: Hirvitalo Pispalan Nykytaiteen Keskus