23.10.2024, 16:00 // The Saastamoinen Foundation presents The Octopus: On Diversities, Art Production, Educational Models, and Curatorial Trajectories, edited by Basak Senova at PUBLICS in Helsinki. Senova will present the publication and the Octopus Programme (2019-2022). The Octopus Programme developed new critical perspectives to process artistic research and practices while bridging and acknowledging: the diversity of socio-political realities, academic and non-academic intellectual models, institutional and alternative curatorial practices, accessed and distributed resources and facilities, and multiple knowledge production models. By merging the viewpoints of academic entities and contemporary art institutions, the programme developed a generative research methodology by creating an autonomous network.

The publication is designed as a guided research-based educational programme that encourages artistic research and production-based collaborations in different geographical regions.

The book was printed with the financial support of the University of Applied Arts Vienna, along with support from Saastamoinen Foundation, Konstfack – University of Arts, Crafts and Design, Kamel Lazaar Foundation, and SAHA Association.