Platform
Vaasa
Website
www.platform.fi ↗ (opens in a new tab)Disciplines
Visual arts
Founded
2004
Contact information
Platform
Kasern 14
Västra Kaserntorget 8-10
FIN-65100 VASA
info(at)platform.fi
Accommodation and organization
Platform offers the artist a stay in Vaasa for 1 to 2 months. A studio space, accommodation, travel expenses (one return trip, cheapest possible covered), and a working grant (1000 € per month) are provided. They also offer a small production budget.
The studio is located in an old military barrack in central Vaasa. The building hosts also local artists.
Platform is an artist-run initiative founded in the year of 2000. Platform holds a project room and a residency programme in Vasa. The aim of Platform is to promote, show and be part of producing international contemporary art.
The organization of Platform is a voluntary community.
How to apply
Application deadline was February 6th 2015 for the residencies between June 2016 – March 2017.
Residency
1 – 2 month residencies for artists living & working anywhere else than in Finland,
Platform does not operate a ‘white box’ style gallery space, although it’s possible to use our studio as such. It means that if the artist wants to produce and present artefacts like paintings or sculpture, it might be necessary to investigate alternative ways to do that. Please check our project archive for examples.
The artist has a contact person who is in charge of necessary arrangements, but note that this is voluntary work so if any additional assistance is needed it has to be agreed upon well in advance.
Platform invites guests from different fields of art.
The majority of Platforms exhibitions and projects are results of the residency programme, where artists are invited to produce a project or an exhibition in Vaasa. The events have periodically been based on different themes that serves as a base for discussions as well as the content for the activities.
An important part of the activities are creating local interaction. The curated or produced projects and exhibitions often have an involving or site-specific aspect. Seminars are arranged to initiate discussion between local activists and invited artists and theoreticians on artistic and environmental issues. Artist2Artist is a series of artist talks of the visiting artists at Platform and other finnish residencies, mainly in the region.