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THE LETTERS TELL


THE LETTERS TELL
Experiences in implementing an art project and meeting cultures in Grand-Popo.

Link: https://villakaro.org/letters-tell/?lang=en

THE LETTERS TELL

Eeva Honkanen & Kastehelmi Korpijaakko

On the path of stories


On the path of stories
Photography and vodun – Experiences from a photography workshop in the village of Agbanakin in Togo.

Link: https://villakaro.org/on-the-path-of-stories/?lang=en

On the path of stories

Veera Pitkänen

From plastic and other


From plastic and other
Sculptor, visual arts lecturer Sakari Kannosto arrived at Villa Karo’s residence with his welding needs, which required flight permits. The idea was to look at the dimensions of the global waste problem in Benin.

Link: https://villakaro.org/from-plastic-others/?lang=en

From plastic and other

Sakari Kannosto

Let’s Compose – in Benin!


Let’s Compose – in Benin!
Laura Kokko stayed in Villa Karo from 23rd of March until 25th of April 2014. The school project she carried out, “Hei me sävelletään! – Let’s Compose!”, was conducted 28th March-5th of April 2014 with Complexe Scolaire de Grand-Popo, groupe B.

Link: https://villakaro.org/lets-compose-in-benin-en/?lang=en

Let’s Compose – in Benin!

Laura Kokko

Villa Karo's choreography


Villa Karo's choreography
Choreographer Ervi Sirén writes about her experiences at Grand-Popo. Solo dance The four-story mountain “turned to Africa” in four days when Ervi met Togolese dancer Estelle Fol.

Link: https://villakaro.org/villa-karo-choreography/?lang=en

Villa Karo's choreography

Ervi Sirén

ENVIRO – recycling centre


ENVIRO – recycling centre
ENVIRO – Usine de Recyclage is an inclusive environmental project started in Villa Karo in 2013, where the waste problem and the possibilities of recycling are approached through arts and crafts.

Link: https://villakaro.org/kulttuurivaihto/enviro-kierratystehdas/

ENVIRO – recycling centre

Maikki Salmivaara & Oboube Blanchard Djossou

Soundspaces


Soundspaces
Musician Ilpo Jauhiainen, a spring 2013 scholarship holder, talks about his projects in Villa Karo and the work of his new album, Arrival City.
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Link: https://villakaro.org/soundscapes-en/?lang=en

Soundspaces

Ilpo Jauhiainen

Side by side


Side by side
Sculptor Pertti Kukkonen was a scholarship holder at Villa Karo in 2002 and an invited artist in 2005. He has made several business trips to Grand-Popo and tells the story of the Parallel Sculpture in the text.

Link: https://villakaro.org/side-by-side/?lang=en

Side by side

Pertti Kukkonen

Light and backlight


Light and backlight
Photographer Tuula Heinilä has been a scholarship holder at Villa Karo in 2001 and 2002 and an invited artist in 2005 and 2007.

Link: https://villakaro.org/light-and-backlight/?lang=en

Light and backlight

Tuula Heinilä

I am here (mu le fiyé)


I am here (mu le fiyé)
Composer Herman Rechberger stayed at Villa Karo as an artist in residency in 2003 and 2004.

Link: https://villakaro.org/i-am-mu-le-fiye/?lang=en

I am here (mu le fiyé)

Herman Rechberger

Gräsrotmöten


Gräsrotmöten
In 2003, Högstadieskolan Svenska normal lyceum initiated a support and collaboration project with schools in Benin. Through Villa Karo, Norsen learned that students in the delta east of Grand-Popo had difficulties getting to the village school.

Link: https://villakaro.org/grasrotmoten/

Gräsrotmöten

Li-Lo Söderholm & Chris Nyström

Africa's offerings


Africa's offerings
Professor and visual artist Teemu Mäki stayed at Villa Karo as an artist in recidency in the autumn of 2003 and as an invited artist in the spring of 2009.

Link: https://villakaro.org/africas-offerings/?lang=en

Africa's offerings

Teemu Mäki

Anti-plastic art and ecological issues


Anti-plastic art and ecological issues
Dancer-choreographer Riikka Theresa Innanen visited Villa Karo in the winter of 2012-2013 and came to Benin to see how people come together – meet each other in space. The experience has been strong and the residency has been fruitful.

Link: https://villakaro.org/anitplastic-art-ecological-issues/?lang=en

Anti-plastic art and ecological issues

Riikka Theresa Innanen, Maikki Salmivaara & Miikka Kiminki

Elephant life at Villa Karo


Elephant life at Villa Karo
Katja Lundén tells about her time in Grand Popo.

Link: https://villakaro.org/norsun-elamaa-villa-karossa/

Elephant life at Villa Karo

Katja Lundén & Tommi E. Virtanen

Non à la violence – No to violence


Non à la violence – No to violence
Victor Amoussou, Jaana Houessou and Leea Pienimäki-Amoussou write about the exhibition they organised in Villa Karo in December 2012 and its background.

Link: https://villakaro.org/non-a-la-violence-no-to-violence/?lang=en

Non à la violence – No to violence

Victor Amoussou, Jaana Houessou & Leea Pienimäki-Amoussou

Single parents and village elders


Single parents and village elders
The photographer, who translates his own adversity through introspection into a dissertation on the world around him, struck his mattock into the fertile soil of Grand-Popo

Link: https://villakaro.org/single-parents-village-elders/?lang=en

Single parents and village elders

Miikka Kiminki