We are living through a global, political, and environmental crisis of unknown proportions and destinations. Our human capacity for governance has demonstrated a long history of failure. With THE AI PARTY initiative we have a chance to formulate and test new approaches to the challenges we face by asking the question: Is it time to give another kind of intelligence the opportunity to do it better? THE AI PARTY aims.. Read More

Otso Huapniemi, 2017 Performed by one human and a number of algorithms, Live Writing Receptacle parasitizes the Kiasma lobby. It reflects the surrounding events and acts as a living receiver that turns what it sees, hears, and otherwise senses into improvised text. LWR is a poetic observatory that leaves traces of the possibility of this interaction. http://www.loveabz.com/ Performance / Main Lobby, 1st Floor / 12:30am, 03.45am, 06.10am / 30 min.. Read More

Dj Damien Cadio For the 7th edition of P is not Dead in A Night of Philosophy, the Artist Damien Cadio will provide a soundtrack for wolves, ghosts, jellyfishes, Turing machines and for everything remains before the daylight comes. Damien Cadio was born in 1975 in France. He works since 25 years as a painter and videographer. He also recorded numerous soundtracks for films and installations from other artists. His.. Read More

In this performance, Tero Nauha plays and mixes vinyl records with pre-recorded presentations and lectures by himself. He will mix these records with Theremin and live performance. In this performance voices stutter, skip and whine. The performance clones itself and flattens thoughts. The artistic practice does more than just think with philosophy, like an ‘almost-a-philosopher’. It modulates the gestures of philosophical and performance thought. Performance / Main Lobby, 1st Floor.. Read More

One table – different people – food and drinks  – and you –  be part of the table society The table society invites at four different times at the night of philosophy people to create for a short period of time a table society – the connection between all the people: they don´t know each other. Join a dinner with strangers and create a society which exists in this night… Read More

Is our skin once again a place of thought symbolization? Can we tattoo a philosophical thought, so it can be seen ? Couldn’t this be the occasion for a ritual? These questions form the matter Robert Hatisi will explore with you through the night, by means of his ambulant painting-kit. Born in Cairo, of Romanian parents, raised in Germany, Robert Hatisi moved to France to study at the drama-school ESAD.. Read More

Photo credit: Finnish National Gallery / Petri Virtanen At A Night of Philosophy in Helsinki #2 we will see a snippet of Sonja Jokiniemi´s work RRRRR ( 2016 ): an appearance of a character called Owl. In this poetic exploration the character wanders in landscapes of disappearance, loss and disassociation of mind and identity. Jokiniemi is interested in communication and inanimate, their collaboration and conversation in a world that is.. Read More