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curator〉 AnimateMyARS | Queer animation anthology window exhibition | KISS MY ARS – työtila & DIY galleria, Helsinki
This particular collection of short animations stems from my personal experience of growing up in a strictly gender segregated society, with a body and personality that does not particularly align with the binary expectations imposed on them. In my post-immigration era, I still question what boundaries I am allowed to push around, what is still considered ‘non-conforming’, and what is an acceptable gender expression in Finland.
While animation is rarely expected (or regarded) to be a serious medium of artistic discourse, I am very happy to come across films and video arts that help me facilitate a discourse of gender identities, sexualities, and exactly what discomforts the heteronormativity of contemporary times. I am honored to bring together this collection of animations, produced in their respective contexts, embodying the social reality of each locality.
The project was made possible by the collaboration of the amazing working group:
Dawnlyali (she/her)
Dawnlyali is a visual artist and designer working primarily in Animation. Driven by a long-standing passion for visual storytelling, her practice with art, story, and animation span on multiple platforms including TV series, short film, documentary, commercial, game and VR experience.
katekuler (they/she)
Kate Kuler is an animation director, activist and researcher. They have an MA from Re:Anima EMJMD, and have worked as an independent audiovisual artist and teacher since 2018. They work from their interest in the intersections of animation and memory, and critical approach to the systems of marginalisation. Currently, their main focus is on autoethnographic methods and non-linear narratives in animation.
YiChin (she/her)
YiChin is a Taiwan-born visual artist and filmmaker. She focuses on finding ways to reflect her life experience and observations of the world. With the combination of under camera animation, mixed materials techniques and analog films, she creates flowing visuals and explores the possibilities of expressing emotion in different means.
Kiss my ARS
Kiss my ARS is a queer artist-run workspace & DIY gallery founded in September 2024 by Kaisla Kyyhkynen (she/they), Leik Silvestrini (they) & Vilma Määttänen (she). We are located in Kumpula, and dedicated to uplift LGBTQIA+ artists and activists.
Our work ethics are fueled by spontaneity, experimentality, play, care, love and co-dreaming, often manifesting in sudden series of events of all and any sorts, in an attempt of being an antidote to an art scene that we experience as cold, exclusive and self-centered (and tbh quite often bland af).
Kiss my ARS is run voluntarily without funding (often we joke that Kiss my ARS is a Kela-funded art space, although it is actually not a joke), with help and support from friends, neighbors and people gathered along the way.
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solo〉 Process Wall: “A Prayer for Softer Land” | Myymälä2, Helsinki
My master’s thesis project, A Prayer for Softer Lands, has been displayed on the process wall of Myymälä2 Gallery in Helsinki.
Along with a single-screen version of the animation, several drawings and sketches that are part of the visual research for the project were on display.
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curator〉 in progress – in movement – in-between | animation video art group window exhibition | KISS MY ARS – työtila & DIY galleria, Helsinki
Curated a video screening project with KissMyARS Galleria, Helsinki
This curated exhibition brings together tests and experiments of 14(+1) animators, and reveals the diverse paths explored for the development of their animation film and projects
.tests to try out a new technique
.exploration of a new idea
.abandoned project
.failed experiments
.something made for funThe poster and the online catalog for the project was designed by @katekuler
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participant〉 “Doob 2.0” – minituaresque art projecT | EMK Center
This miniaturesque art exhibition initiated and curated by Azizee Fawmi Khan, is an attempt to depict the still prevailing biodiversity of Dhaka.
My animated micro-cinema Dogs of the City was animated in the context of this exhibition.
Doob 2.0: Dhaka’s biodiversity reimagined through miniature artThe tiny artworks, which the organisers describe as “miniaturesque”, need close inspection by viewers to appreciate the detailswww.tbsnews.net
A ‘Miniaturesque’ Group Art Exhibition ’Doob 2.0’at EMK Center – SHOWCASEA ‘Miniaturesque’ Group Art Exhibition ’Doob 2.0’at EMK Center has begun at EMK Center on Saturday, September 24, 2022. ‘Doob 2.0’ is an independent multidisciplinary “Miniaturesque” art project initiated by artist Azizee Fawmi Khan that concentrates on the presence of biodiversity in both artificial and wild dimensions of this metropolis – Dhaka. The exhibition will be open to all till Saturday, October 22, 2022.www.showcase.com.bd -
participant〉 “Surreal> So Real> অতি বাস্তব” | 22nd Young Artist Art Exhibition | Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy
A curatorial project by Sumon Wahed, that investigates how young artists of Dhaka imagine and navigate reality by sowcasing artworks by young students of the University of Dhaka, Faculty of Fine Arts.
Three video animation project by me was displayed as part of the project, connected together by an installation of cardboard boxes and electric wires.
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participant〉 Khoshra | Bengal Arts Programme
Khosra is a (virtual) space to share work in ‘progress’/work beyond ‘formats’ or the work that ‘undo’ existing practice. Khosra explores the collective response of artists at home during ‘new normal’.
The project was commissioned by Bengal Arts Programme. All rights reserved by the artist.
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participant〉 বেকারidea | online exhibition 2020 organized by Kingকর্তব্য
Kingকর্তব্য
বেকারidea | online exhibition 2020
10 july to 1 august
Co-hosted by EMK CenterKingKortobbyo was formed in 2018 as an art collective that promotes art for common people and on contemporary issues. We use art to challenge status quo and our works are based around the concepts of our everyday lives.
Group show portrays life amid quarantineArtists have portrayed the impact of COVID-19 and life amid quarantine at a virtual group art exhibition, titled ‘Bekar Idea’, organised by King Kartabya.
The…
King Kortobbyo’s online art exhibition ‘Bekar Idea’ underwayThe online art exhibition, Bekar Idea, featuring 43 artworks by 23 young and emerging artists is currently underway. It is organised by King Kortobbyo, in collaboration with EMK Center. Established in 2018, the main purpose of the King Kortobbyo is to create works of art on contemporary issues. People can check out the exhibition from King Kortobbyo’s Facebook and Instagram pages.
