Seminar
An essential part of the KORU8 event is the 2-day seminar. The program contains artist talks and expert lectures in related fields. This year's forest theme is also featured in many lectures. The seminar is divided into two parts. The first day of the seminar will be held at LAB University of Applied Sciences in Lappeenranta, as well as the workshops. On the second day of the seminar, we will head to the Finnish Forest Museum Lusto in Punkaharju. The KORU8 exhibition will also be seen there.
The KORU8 seminar program
Friday 7th June 2024
Place: LAB University of Applied Sciences, Lappeenranta
09:30-10:00 registration
10:00 Welcome words
10:10 NORA SCHUURMAN (FI), Doctor Forests as multispecies homes
10:55 SARAH POWELL (UK), jewellery artist Lost and found - stories of place and material
11:25 ÅSA ELMSTAM (SE), artist, craftist, silversmith, artivist, climate activist Forest politics, art and the climate crisis
11:55 Time for lunch and lottery
13:25 TIMO TÄHKÄNEN (FI), Doctoral student in Fine Arts, A short greeting and introduction of themself and they research
13:30 JORGE MANILLA (MX/BE) Artist and Head professor, KHiO, (NO), "To the versions of me that no longer exist"
a reflection on identity and definitions of what we call personal and cultural roots
14:00 SANNA LINDHOLM (SE), artist, KORU8 workshop leader The air vibrates the movement flows
14:30 KATHARINA DETTAR (UK/ES/DE), artist, Senior Lecturer at Central Saint Martins, KORU8 workshop leader A stone’s
throw
15:00 Coffee break & exhibitions at the campus area
15:45 JENNA PURHONEN (FI), fungal conservation ecologist Ecology of wood-inhabiting fungi, hidden beauties of the forests
16:30 MARIA KIIALAINEN (FI), MFA Fungus Stories: Between Visible and Invisible Worlds
16:45 TERHI TOLVANEN (FI/FR), artist Short Stories about Trees and Other
18:00 Final words & surprise program (The seminar day 1 ends at 18:00)
Saturday 8th June 2024
Place: The Finnish Forest Museum LUSTO, Punkaharju
8:45 the bus from Lappeenranta to Lusto
10:45 arrival to Lusto
11:15 REETTA KARHUNKORVA (FI), research manager Diversity and layers of Forest Cultures and Human-Forest Relationships
11:45 HELENA LUNDAHL (FI), visual artist Artist lecture
12:00 WILLEMIEN BRUWER (ZA/BE), artist, Organized Chaos
12:30 INNI PÄRNÄNEN (FI), artist, designer MA Work in a plywood factory
12:45 MANAMI AOKI (JP), jewellery artist Artist lecture (pre-recorded video)
13:00 Final words
13:10 self-guided KORU8 exhibition tour & time for lunch
16:00 The bus from Lusto to Lappeenranta
18:00 arrival to Lappeenranta
- small changes are possible
Time and place:
7th June 2024, LAB University of Applied Sciences, Lappeenranta
8th June 2024, LUSTO Finnish Forest Museum, Punkaharju
Prices of the seminar tickets:
2 days 115 € / 90 €* / 65 €**
1 day Friday 65 € / 45 €**
1 day Saturday 65 € / 45 €**
*the price for workshop participants
**the price for students and members of the Finnish Jewellery Art Association
Seminar ticket prices also include:
Friday 7th June
- coffee and bun
Saturday 8th June
- bus transfer from Lappeenranta to Lusto, Punkaharju and back
- snacks on the bus
- entrance fee to the Finnish forest museum Lusto
On Friday or Saturday, lunch is not included in the price.
