The Finnish Cultural Institute for the Benelux is happy to support international artist and performer Michelangelo Miccolis during his upcoming visit to Helsinki for Kiasma Theatre’s annual URB Festival, taking place 3–7 June. Currently based in Belgium, Miccolis has been invited as a curator to the joint professional programme organised by the Finnish-Swedish performing arts organisation Hangö Teaterträff, in collaboration with Kiasma Theatre and Performing Arts Centre – Eskus.
Image courtesy Michelangelo Miccolis.
Michelangelo Miccolis
Michelangelo Miccolis is an artist and performer based between Brussels, Zurich and Mexico City, whose performance-based practice extends into various formats, from participatory workshops to writing, production and curation. He is the founder and curator of IMMATERIAL, an annual performance program at Material Art Fair in Mexico City, since 2017. From 2017–19, he was guest-curator for Cabaret Voltaire, later joining Shedhalle Zurich’s new curatorial board in 2020. Since 2005, Miccolis has worked internationally as a performer, curator, and/or producer on projects by renowned artists and institutions including: Dora García, Tino Sehgal, Cally Spooner, Autumn Knight, Christodoulos Panayiotou, Carlos Amorales, Romeo Castellucci & Socìetas Raffaello Sanzio, La Biennale di Venezia, Tate Modern, Palais de Tokyo, Museo Reina Sofía, Gropius Bau, Performance Space New York, and Centre d’Art Contemporain Geneva.