Platform is an artist-run initiative founded in the year of 2000. Platform holds a project room and a residency programme in Vasa, Finland. The aim of Platform is to promote, show and be part of producing international contemporary art.

Platform exterior

The events have periodically been based on different themes that serves as a base for discussions as well as the content for the activities. Platform has dealt with themes such as Local-Global, questioning the role of contemporary art in the periphery; Place and Identity, investigating connections between site and personality; Creative Community, focused on urban development and creativity.

The majority of Platforms exhibitions and projects are results of the residency programme, where artists are invited to produce a project or an exhibition in Vaasa.

An important part of the activities are creating local interaction. The curated or produced projects and exhibitions often have an involving or site-specific aspect. Seminars are arranged to initiate discussion between local activists and invited artists and theoreticians on artistic and environmental issues.

At the moment:

  • Analog Archives – Oleksii Karpovych 22.3

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  • Ostrobothnia Film Fest

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  • Queer Art film Night 25.1

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  • Test Post for WordPress

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  • Test Post for WordPress

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  • One Million Undresses

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  • Platform LJUDFEST 8.12

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  • Platform LJUDFEST 8.12

    Platform LJUDFEST 8.12 at The Doo Bop Club, Handelsesplanaden 12. This is an event for sound,…

  • Absence – during Night of the Arts 10.8

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  • Absence – Night of the arts

    “absence” for Night of the Arts 10.8. 2023   Death comes equally to every living being.…