SATAKIELIKLUBI | Vuotalo (hki)

Art Direction, Concept, Graphic Design and Production

Place: Vuotalo, Helsinki.
Dates: 2015-2019 / The project has been realized in cooperation with the City of Helsinki, the Sivuvalo project (2015–2017), Nordic Literatures in Change and Exchange (2017 & 2019), and Helsinki Poetry Connection (2015). It is supported by the Kone Foundation and the Nordic Culture Fund.Connection (2015) and supported by Kone Foundation and Nordic Culture Fund..

Photos by Jaime Culebro, Otto Eric and Jakob Johanssen.

Satakieli Club

Satakieliklubi was an annual multimedia literature event that introduces and highlights international literature and translation through a dialogue with sound art and design. Launched in 2015, the program was a pioneering experience in Finland—bringing together professional and emerging transnational writers based in the Nordic region, representing backgrounds from over twenty nationalities.

Muhaned Durubi

Lalo Barrubia

Uncover a realm of Poetry.

For each edition, audiovisual content was tailored to the event’s concept. The word Satakieli means nightingale in Finnish, but the name Satakieliklubi is a compound of “sata” (hundred) and “kieli” (language).

All multimedia experiences were both sound and voice-reactive