Feminist Culture House´s exhibition at Stoa Cultural Centre asks What’s the Use of Intersectionality?

The flagpoles in Stoa’s courtyard exhibit a rotating group of artworks which represent the artists’ understandings of intersectional feminism. Nearby, a stage backdrop features an artwork by Jade Lönnqvist − an image their younger self would have wished to see in a public place.

The exhibition also expands online at https://feministculturehouse.org/ , through 5 conversations with local and international curators, researchers, and activists. The talks − which will focus on collectivity and intersectional feminism − will be live streamed, and documented by artists in the form of visual notes.

Conversations in Feminist Culture House´s Youtube-channel:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3m9el9XmQRabQBsY4Voxow

Commissioned artists

Flags by artists:

Gladys Camilo (she/her) is a Chicana/ Mexican-American contemporary painter and textile artist working in Helsinki.

Edith Hammar (they/them) is really good at drawing but also at ice skating. They graduated from the Royal Academy of Art in Stockholm 2017, and are now based in Pohjanmaa.

Minjee Hwang Kim (she/her) is a visual artist from Seoul, South Korea whose work explores belonging through themes of journeys or rites of passage, to real or fictive places.

Vishnu Vardhani (they/them) is a Body-Philosopher. They are a hyphenated identity, multidisciplinary practitioner who builds connections between art, science, witchcraft, history, and the cultures that define them.

Visual notes by artists:

Dasha Che (they/them) is a Russian-American gender nonbinary artist. As a dance artist, activist, and educator, Che is committed to creating accessible art spaces that uplift and empower those whose voices have been previously silenced.

Paola Jalili (she/her) is an independent publisher, artist, and cultural worker born in Mexico City, and based in Helsinki.

Kihwa-Endale (she/her) is an artist and spoken word poet based in Helsinki, Finland who aims to portray visceral experiences, which reflect on disillusions about socio-political and cultural perceptions.

Apila Pepita (they/them) is a visual artist currently residing in Helsinki. Apila has studied graphic design at Aalto University, majoring in visual narratives and minoring in illustration.

Simi Ruotsalainen (they/them) is media-artist, photographer, and independent filmmaker from Finland. Their deepest interest in art lies in everything related to people and human life, and their relationship with their environment.

Stagedrop:

Jade Lönnqvist (they/them) is a Helsinki-based illustrator who enjoys science fiction and gardening. Black representation, especially in Finland, is a subject very close to their heart.

Visual Identity

Lintu Lunar (they/them) is a Helsinki-based musician, composer, and performance artist. Their practice involves creating spaces varying from vulnerable and sheltering, to glitching and distorted.

Conversation schedule

• Suhyun (Sonia) Choi and Tsige Tafesse, Co-Founders of By Us For Us, with visual notes by artist Apila Pepita. 13 May 2-3pm, Finnish time

• Sippin’ T, Co-Founder of BBZ London, with visual notes by artist Kihwa-Endale. 13 May at 5-6pm Finnish time

• Bolanle Tajudeen, Founder of Black Blossoms, with visual notes by artist Paola Jalili. 19 May 3-4pm Finnish time

• Wisam and Mire, Co-Founders of Islamia Queeristi, with visual notes by artist Dasha Che. 20 May at 2-3pm Finnish time

• Vica Kravtsova, Co-Founder of Feminist Translocalities and Aleksandra Biktimirova, curator of the Feminist Translocalities exhibition in Kazan, with visual notes by artist Simi Ruotsalainen. 3 June at 1-2pm Finnish time

Feminist Culture House

Feminist Culture House is an intersectional feminist organisation based in Helsinki, Finland, working with and for underrepresented artists and arts workers. Its co-directors are Katie Lenanton, Neicia Marsh and Orlan Ohtonen.

This exhibition is produced with the generous support of Stoa Cultural Centre and Kone Foundation.

For further information, please contact neicia@feministculturehouse.org or +358 (0)44 243 4293