Night of the Arts at Cable Factory 2023

The Night of the Arts at Cable Factory is again full of fun programme for the whole family!

People working at Cable Factory are offering their best: step in through open doors, meet artists, come and see different shows, demonstrations and open rehearsals, take part in workshops and guided tours, or visit exhibitions and three different museums.

You can also enjoy music, read magazines, eat tasty snacks at cafés and restaurants, and just enjoy the great atmosphere!

You are warmly welcome!

PROGRAMME:

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GLASS COURTYARD

Info point
Glass Courtyard / at 11-21
You will find an info point in the Cable Factory’s main lobby where you can get information on the evening’s programme. There is another info point for the event in C Lobby. Fill up your evening programme brochure by getting it stamped at all the stamping points in the Cable Factory, and claim your prize of a face painting at the info point in the Glass Courtyard.

Restaurant (t)raba
Glass Courtyard / at 11-21
Art café, wine bar and restaurant. (T)raba opened its doors almost a year ago and will celebrate its birthday on the Night of the Arts! There will be champagne and menu offers as well as complimentary coffee and cake!

Cable Factory's Tehtaanmyymälä (factory shop)
Glass Courtyard / at 11-21
Grab a nice souvenir of the Cable Factory, such as the popular Cable Factory bag, or maybe a surprise gift for a loved one. Kassan löydät viereisestä infopisteestä. Pay for your purchases at the adjacent info point. From the shop you can also get to the Cable Museums.

Dance House Helsinki: Dancing Pina Film Screening
Entrance from the Glass Courtyard / Show time at 17 and at 20.30 (duration 1 h 51 min)
Pina Bausch revolutionised modern dance with her choreography. But what remains of her legacy? Two spectacular dance projects show how a young generation of dancers from all over the world is rediscovering Pina‘s choreography. A fascinating metamorphosis: while the dancers from street dance, classical ballet, traditional and modern African dance transform Pina‘s work, Pina‘s choreography transforms the dancers. Dancing Pina – a visually intense and emotional journey into the world of modern dance and beyond.
Book your tickets in advance: https://www.tanssintalo.fi/en/performances/taiteiden-yo-dancing-pina.

Jamkids: music work shop

Turbiinisali, entrance from the Glass Courtyard / at 17.30-19
At Jamkids music work shop kids can sing, move about and play all sorts of instruments with Jamkids’ instructors. Jamkids organises fun music classes for 0-6-year-olds. All the family are welcome to experience the joy of making music and to chat about music as a hobby for the kids!

OUTER COURT YARD

Outer court yard stage, host Janica Hindle
at 17 Opening of Cable Factory Night of the Arts 2023
at 17.30-17.50 Tanssiurheiluseura Blue & White
at 18-19 DJ Timo Kalevi Forss
at 20-20.45 The Cruel Seals

STAIRCASE A

Cable Factory's Konttori: Café and bar & stage programme
Staircase A, 1st floor / at 10-00
Come to Cable Factory’s Konttori for refreshment! Grab a coffee or a glass of refreshing wine at the counter. You’ll also find delicious treats and snacks here. The Micro gallery is hosting Anneli Nordström’s exhibition.

On Konttori's stage:

• at 17.30-18.30 PerformanceSirkus
  
PerformanceSirkus has organized weekly writing workshops for seniors interested in writing at Lapinlahti Lähti since 2022. At Konttori Stage we will read the texts of the workshop group members and discuss them with the audience. 

• at 18.40-19.15 Theatre&Dance+Circus magazine

  The magazine interviews contemporary dance and performance theatre Kekäläinen & Company about making Shared Space And Things We Need performance. The performance has it's premiere on 27th of September 2023.

• 19.45-20.45 MUU Helsinki Contemporary art centre
  MUU ry and Finnish Animation Guild present animated short films from Finland. There is no dialog in the animations. Introduction of the show is both in Finnish and in English.

• at 21-00 DJ Keidas
  DJ Keidas will kick off the Cable Factory’s Night of the Arts late night party! He will be playing some of the best house music. Grab a glass of wine of bottle of beer and enjoy good music and Helsinki at night!

Helsinki Artists’ Association Art School and Course Center: Non stop painting workshop

Staircase A, 3rd floor, New York classroom / at 17-21 

Non stop - painting workshop

B LOBBY

Artists’ organisation Suomen Taiteilijat: 55th annual exhibition
Valssaamo, B lobby, 1st floor / at 12-21
The latest works will be on display by over 100 artists from around Finland.

STAIRCASE B

Kameraseura Galleria West: portrait photography and AITA exhibition 

Staircase B, 2nd floor / at 17-21, portrait photography at 17-20.30
The AITA photography exhibition Kameraseura (Helsinki Camera Club) is on display. Free portrait photography for all comers, either on your own or with a friend or family. Hear about the club's activities and member benefits (e.g. courses, darkroom, studio, digital studio, exhibitions, Kamera magazine).

Anna Knappe & Amir Jan: Open studio

Staircase B, 2nd floor, space 207 / at 17-21 

Art of Anna Knappe and Amir Jan.

Painter Maaria Märkälä: Open house in studio and small exhibition

Staircase B, 4th floor / at 17-21

In this wonderful artist’s studio you can peep into the colourful life of a living artist and the history of the Cable Factory. You are warmly welcome!
www.maariamarkala.com

Tamara Rasmussen Opisto ja Jazz-Point: Dance performances and open doors
Staircase B, 5th floor / at 16.30-21
Choreographies, dance performances in different age groups, open doors in own studios.

C LOBBY

Info point
C-lobby, 1st floor / at 17-21
At the info point you can get information on the evening’s programme. There is another info point in the Glass Courtyard.

Cable Factory Round
C-lobby infopoint, 1st floor / at 17.15 (in finnish), 18.15 (in English) and 19.15 (in finnish)
How well do you know the Cable Factory? The Cable Factory Round is a guided tour lasting about 50 minutes where you get to see the varied spaces at the Cable Factory, its rich history and colourful hall of fame, from an Olympic medallist to factory managers and artists. Tours are accessible. Maximum of 20 persons on one tour.

MUU Helsinki Contemporary art centre: Videokaffe: SCREEN BREACH - Connecting workrooms via virtual bridges with physical effects performance and Videokaffe: Digital Entities & Analog Beings exhibition
C-lobby, 1st floot / at 12-21, performances between 19-21
The international artist collective Videokaffe will have a performance simultaneously in Kobe, Japan and Helsinki, Finland. Videokaffe artists working currently at MUU Helsinki Contemporary art centre will collaborate with Japanese artists Rui Sakurai and Yukiko Nakamura to present a 15-minute performance combining movement, sound, and visual art. The performance will be held between 19-21 on 2-3 occasions.

Videokaffe's exhibition, Digital Entities & Analog Beings (12 - 27 August 2023) artists: Rui Sakurai – performance (Japan) Yukiko Nakamura – sound art (Japan) Videokaffe members are working onsite.

Restaurant Hima & Sali
C-lobby, 1st floor / at 8.30-21
The restaurant is open throughout the evening, offering café treats as well as pizza and soup.

Helsingin taideyhdistys: Syksy kuiskaa art exhibition
Puristamo, C lobby, 1st floor / at 11-21
The exhibition features works by 95 artists. Come and meet artists and enjoy art! At 12 Mira Mink (poetry texts) and Nisse Rikama (poetical songs) & at 18 Ephraim Great poems. Poetry in the Key of Art Presentation.

Bela Biennial
Merikaapelihalli, entrances from C lobby or the Glass courtyard, 1. st floor / at 11-21
The exhibition showcases contemporary European and South American art.

STAIRCASE C

Käytävägalleria: Until the light takes us all 

Staircase C, 2nd floor / at 17-21 

Paintings by artist Ilkka Lehtinen.

Kekäläinen & Company: Open rehearsals - Shared Space And Things We Need
Staircase C, 4th floor, K& C Space / at 17.15-18
Welcome to follow open rehearsals of Kekäläinen & Company’s new work Shared Space And Things We Need. You can join us for as long as you like. Please remove your shows on arrival. There is a wheelchair ramp to the space and a 65 cm wide corridor. ”Each era has its own fateful question. In this work the shared space also extends to materials, their organocenic quality and taking care of them. The ways of being and expression in the work ask what is sharing and what is hospitality in performing arts. Space and experience are shared in the same way as the world is shared and common.”


Awase: Aikido pop up rehearsals
 & taido
Staircase C, 4th floor / at 17-21
Welcome to Awase’s studio to practice aikido at 17-19.30. In the 15-minute pop-up practices you can easily get going quickly. Practices organised at 15-minute intervals. Try also taido at 19.30-21!

STAIRCASE D

Artist Paula Pitkänen: Open doors
Between staircases D and E, basement / at 17-21
Enter an artist’s studio and see her art, have a chat and maybe even pick up a bargain! Also an art lottery among the visitors. Children can try plexiglass painting.

Tanssiurheiluseura Blue & White ry: Open doors
Staircase D, 4th floor / at 20-21
The dance society organizes open doors at Balanssi Studios space. Everyone can come and try couple dancing!

Drawing Gallery D5: Syömään! art exhibition and workshop for children
Staircase D, 5th floor / at 18-20
Kids’ drawing workshop and presentation of Susana Nevado’s and Sari Torvinen’s exhibition Syömään! Kids get to draw edible plants and their favourite foods using different equipment.

STAIRCASE E

Free Art School: Yö (night) art exhibition
Staircase E, Galleria Vaaga, 4th floor / at 17-21 

A night-themed exhibition. There will be works by several student painters, combined with a mystical atmosphere and play of light.
 Space? light performance at 18 and 19.

STAIRCASE G

You can get to Cable museums from staircase G and also through Cable Factory’s Tehtaanmyymälä from the Glass Courtyard.

The Finnish Museum of Photography: exhibitions and non stop darkroom workshop
Staircase G, basement and 1st floor / at 17-21
Exhibitions and non stop darkroom workshop at 17-20.

Theatre Museum
Staircase G, 2nd floor / at 17-21

The Theatre Museum is opening its exhibitions and the stage to visitors to use. Welcome – get to know, see and try out what theatre is all about!

The Theatre Museum’s exhibitions invite you to explore theatre and dance. Everybody Dance! is an exhibition about the joy of dance. Come and remember the hit dances of yesteryear and create new ones! Tarpeisto pääroolissa is an exhibition of props you can dive into the world of props and get to see the skills of prop makers.

In the Arkadia Theatre dressing room you can change roles or jump into the shoes of a costume designer or lighting technician. When the curtain goes up, the stage is yours!

Hotel and Restaurant Museum
Staircase G, 3rd floor / at 17-21
Community artwork non-stop at 17-20: Preserving memories for all the family. Autumn is harvest time, when the bounty of the garden is collected and preserved. The museum also decided to preserve memories: what summer memories would you like to preserve for winter? Come and record your best summer moments! In the community artwork we make and decorate cardboard cans to store your own sweet memories.

Soda bar!