Programme
Our Programme
The Finnish Cultural Institute for the Benelux encourages and supports artistic and critical collaboration and exchange between the Benelux and Finland. Our programme is infused with contemporary, sustainable, and cross-disciplinary cultural initiatives.
We work with artistic projects as well societal and topical themes, aiming for equality, inclusivity, and anti-racist efforts within our programming. Our focus ranges from visual arts and contemporary design to creative performances – from expertise exchange to discussion forums on current issues. We produce our own content as well as collaborate with different partners, and we are actively involved in networks such as MoveMen, and the European Union National Institutes for Culture (EUNIC) clusters in Belgium and the Netherlands.
For more information please contact our Head of Programme, Malin Bergström, malin.bergstrom@finncult.be
Programme 2024
Sonya Lindfors returns to Brussels with a powerful confrontation of race, rhythm, and resistance
On 18 and 19 October 2024, acclaimed Cameroonian-Finnish choreographer Sonya Lindfors returns to Beursschouwburg, Brussels with her groundbreaking performance, One Drop.
Choreographing change: Sonya Lindfors on art, power, and speculative decolonial dreaming
In May 2023, Institut finlandais interviewed Sonya Lindfors, to discuss her career and her new work ONE DROP (2023) which will be performanced at Beursschouwburg, Brussels this October.
TelepART: August 2024
The August 2024 TelepART support by the Finnish Cultural Institute for the Benelux goes to the Muddiverse working group’s site-specific dance performance “Charge” in the Kalasatama area in Helsinki, Finland.
TelepART: July 2024
Luxembourg-based group Francis of Delirium performs at Ö Fest on an island in the Finnish archipelago, with support from the TelepART Mobility Support Platform allocated by the Finnish Cultural Institute for the Benelux.
The Finnish Cultural Institute for the Benelux and M-Cult secure funding for accessible media art initiative
The Finnish Cultural Institute for the Benelux and the media art association M-Cult have been awarded a €25,000 grant from Finland’s Ministry of Culture and Education for an accessible media art initiative.
Sonya Lindfors returns to Beursschouwburg with ONE DROP
Confronting the echoes of the ‘one drop’ rhythm and the ‘one drop rule’ with power, anti-racist love and resistance, Sonya Lindfors’ dance performance ‘One Drop’ comes to Beursschouwburg, 18 & 19 October 2024.
Book launch at De Appel “Falling In: Movement and Becoming in Curatorial Research”
Join the conversation at the launch of “Falling In: Movement and Becoming in Curatorial Research”, co-edited by Jussi Koitela with Dahlia El Broul and Ksenia Kaverina. 17 June at De Appel, Amsterdam.
TelepART: May 2024
Milla Koistinen performs “Breathe” at SPRING Performing Arts Festival in Utrecht, the Netherlands, with support from the TelepART Mobility Support Platform allocated by the Finnish Cultural Institute for the Benelux.
Participants for the networking trip to Circusstad Festival have been selected
The participants for the networking trip to Circusstad Festival organised by Circus and Dance Info Finland, the Finnish Institute in the UK and Ireland and the Finnish Cultural Institute for the Benelux have been selected.
TelepART: April 2024
The April 2024 TelepART support by the Finnish Cultural Institute for the Benelux goes to Marija Griniuk, who is taking part in the Society of Artistic Research Forum at the Fontys Academy of the Arts in Tilburg, the Netherlands.
Sustainable solutions from Finland presented at the Festival of the New European Bauhaus 2024
Focused on shaping a sustainable, beautiful and inclusive future for Europe, the festival taking place 9–13 April in Brussels, Belgium includes a number of inspiring contributions from Finnish initiatives.
Watch the making of Monobloc Moments by Sara Bjarland for the Beaufort Triennial 2024
A short film directed by Taatske Pieterson documenting the process of the making of Monobloc Moments by Finnish artist Sara Bjarland is released for the opening of the Triennial Beaufort24.
Apply now: Svenska kulturfonden internship at the Finnish Cultural Institute for the Benelux
Svenska kulturfonden (The Swedish Cultural Foundation in Finland) has opened a call for an internship beginning in August 2024. The deadline for the application is the 31st of March.
Highlights from our 2024 International Women’s Day Nordic Breakfast Discussion
Striving for more equal conditions in football was at the heart of our International Women’s Day discussion with key players on and off the field in the Nordics.
TelepART: March 2024
Belgian drag artist Chloe Clarke performs at Helsinki International Drag Fest 2024, with support from the TelepART Mobility Support Platform allocated by the Finnish Cultural Institute for the Benelux.
Registration now open for our 7th International Women’s Day Nordic Breakfast Discussion
Ready to change the game? Join our panel of Nordic experts this International Women’s Day as they discuss gender equality in football.
TelepART: February 2024
Roberto Fusco implements the light design for “Autophagy III” at Concertgebouw Brugge, with support from the TelepART Mobility Support Platform allocated by the Finnish Cultural Institute for the Benelux.
TelepART: January 2024
Kallo Collective perform “The Receptionists” at Het Nationale Theater in The Hague, with support from the TelepART Mobility Support Platform allocated by the Finnish Cultural Institute for the Benelux.
Rikkert van Huisstede’s Boys Won’t Be Boys to make its international debut in Finland in 2024
Boys Won’t Be Boys, the dazzling Dutch theatrical and social movement where stories about masculinity take centre stage comes to Svenska Teatern, and Oulun teatteri in 2024.
The Finnish Cultural and Academic Institutes Launches pARTir Project With Support From The Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture
pARTir is a collaborative project designed to promote cross-cultural exchange and facilitate the international mobility of artists.
Programme 2023
23 things that made our 2023
23 wonderful things that we want to celebrate from 2023. Thank you again to everyone that we collaborated with, it was absolute magic!
L. Puska’s performance-led project URGENT – Residency for Artworks finds temporary home in Kunsthal Gent
Discover L. Puska’s “URGENT – Residency for Artworks” with three guest sculptures by Eva Spierenburg, Niina Tervo, and Sijben Rosa. Friday Evening at Kunsthal Gent, 1.12.2023
Ima Iduozee’s film After We’re Gone Coming to Brussels
Ima Iduozee will be showcasing his new film After We’re Gone at Africa is/in the Future Film Festival in Brussels this November.
Cherish Menzo returns to Moving in November with DARKMATTER
Cherish Menzo returns to the annual Helsinki contemporary dance festival Moving in November with DARKMATTER.
Reflecting Light in Helsinki
Reflecting Light – an artistic and research project centered on lighting is currently on a residency at Mad House and UniArts Helsinki.
The Finnish Cultural and Academic Institutes Launches pARTir Project With Support From The Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture
pARTir is a collaborative project designed to promote cross-cultural exchange and facilitate the international mobility of artists.
Registration is Open for Fair P(l)ay #3: Know Your Worth!
As part of the Dutch Design Week 2023 in Eindhoven, EUNIC Netherlands presents the third event of its Fair P(l)ay cycles: Know Your Worth.
10 Months in the Life – An EDUFI Intern’s Story
Our current EDUFI Intern Anni Koskela’s retrospective of her time with the Finnish Cultural Institute for the Benelux.
Satu and Maria Tani take part in Art Brut Biënnale in Hengelo, the Netherlands
The video version of “Breathing reef” premiers at international outsider art biennale, Art Brut Biënnale, in Hengelo, the Netherlands, from the 7th to the 15th of October 2023.
The Soft Collective launches “Unhad Conversations” with Zulu Green at the Together Again Festival
Safer Spaces for Unhad Conversations Amsterdam edition meets audiences at Helsinki Central Library Oodi and online at the Together Again Festival.
Save the date! Screening of Eatnameamet – Our Silent Struggle by Suvi West, September 28
The documentary examines Finnish politics regarding the Sámi peoples and their land rights, as well as themes of representation, visibility, and inclusion.
Registration is Now Open for our Finnish Courses!
You can now register for the Autumn Semester of our Finnish Courses! Registration is open until the 30th of August, and classes start in September.
Cosmic Latte by Sonya Lindfors Featured at Julidans Festival
Sonya Lindfors’ COSMIC LATTE will be performed at the Julidans festival in Amsterdam on July 14th and 15th.
Pehmee aka The Soft Collective bring Safer Spaces For Unhad Conversations to Amsterdam
As a continuation of their Together Alone 2.0 workshops in London, Pehmee bring Safer Spaces For Unhad Conversations to The Netherlands. Texts and recordings created will be shared with the public at the Together Again festival in Helsinki, 8 September.
The Texture of Connection by Yohannes Henriksson premieres at URB Festival in Kiasma Theatre, Helsinki
The latest commission of the Finnish Cultural Institute for the Benelux – The Texture of Connection, premieres on the 15th of June at the URB festival at Kiasma Theatre, Helsinki, Finland.