8.10.2021 - 8.10.2024

AARG Morning Assembly

AARG Morning assembly digs deeper into the rural phenomena in contemporary art by opening activity and cooperation models in the domain of contemporary art especially in rural areas. The morning assembly is aimed at artists and actors in the creative domain as a platform for discussion and meetings. The language of the event varies (Finnish or English) depending on the speakers own mother language.

AARG launched by the Kunsthalle Seinäjoki is a discussion platform and meeting place aimed at professionals working in the field of contemporary art, such as artists, curators and persons in the creative domain. AARG stands for Art and the Rural Gathering.  The program of the Kunsthalle Seinäjoki is based on countryside and issues and phenomena arising from the urban-rural interface. The Kunsthalle Seinäjoki was put into practice in 2017–2019 by the Mullistaja rural art project, in which many cooperation models were launched and since then have been developed further in the Kunsthalle’s exhibition and program. AARG will continue the development works begun by Mullistaja. A larger AARG Gathering discussion event is held each year to highlight various perspectives and approaches to the crossing of art and countryside. For the last two years, these events have been in the form of a live broadcast. In turn, the AARG morning assemblies open the subject matters and sustain the topical discussions.  AARG responds to the need to discuss working methods and peer learning from cooperation in which the countryside is a platform for contemporary art.