Jury B Meets Heidi Fast's (Re)attuning Choir & Svop/t's Viewpoints

Waiting at the Kuopio University Hospital for the piece to begin.


With their unique vocal performance, Heidi and the choir lead us through the corridors of the hospital.


Jury B heads into the streets of Kuopio to find Svop/t's stairs.






Along the way, we find out that this is a strict no pooing and no peeing zone.




But who needs to climb stairs when you can climb a fence?


Jury B ends the day with a stop at the Festival Centre to have an artist talk with Tron (of Svop/t's) and Heidi.

Pekka Makinen and Brian Lobel's Purge

We started the day yesterday by blinging the van with magnets. This is the photo before we left. Some magnets may have found new homes along Kuopio's streets...

Pics from the van

After decorating the van, we began our first day of jury duty. Jury A braved the rain and set off on a mission to find Pekka Makinen's photographs. The photographs taken of the last decade at the ANTI Festival have been put up around Kuopio. It was difficult to understand what was happening in each piece without a write-up, so we took our best guesses at what we thought was going on and what the artists were trying to say.

After heading back to the school for lunch (fish chowder), we were off to Brian Lobel's Purge. Brian lost a lot of friends because of CCA. In Brian's words, "children are harsh".

Critiquing Class, Categories and Trophy Design

We started the day by asking class 4C about the art they've seen in the past. Could they describe it? Did they like it? Why or why not? We then showed them a couple of videos: The Sultans Elephant by Royal de Luxe and Muto by blu. We talked about why we liked or disliked the pieces and what award we would give them if they were part of the Anti Fesitval. We worked on envelope design before having lunch with Liisa, Noora and Viivi in the cafeteria. Meatballs and potatoes for everyone except Petrina who got special vegetarian balls that were apparently delicious.

After lunch, we came up with a list of categories before decorating our trophies. The only question now is who's going to win the Most Wintery award? What about Most Idiotic?

Sampsa persons the hot glue gun station.




Sometimes more chocolate gets eaten than decorated.


Oona and her trophy.

The art in our bedroom is by Noora.


And this is what our living room looks like after putting all the magnets on our van signs.

Meeting the Jury

Today Petrina and I met the jury with Saara and Sampsa, our awesome assistants for CCA. The jury is in grade four, and they only started learning English in school last year, so Saara and Sampsa have been very helpful with their translation skills. The Anti Festival is a short one, so we've got a lot to cram into a short amount of time. We spent the entire day with the kids, talking about MDR and social practice, what kids can and cannot do (we decided it's fair that kids can't drive and aren't allowed to decide their own bedtime), and we started on the trophy and magnet designs. It's been hard to track down trophies in Kuopio, so we're starting with plastic wine goblets. The kids have been getting creative with their chocolate covering design.






The sign says "Do not eat" in Finnish and Burmese.




Petrina helps Viivi cover her trophy.

Kuopio, Finland

I arrived in Kuopio at 12:30 am this morning and Petrina arrived at 10:40. Meeting the Anti Festival staff today, including our assistants Sampsa and Saara. Tomorrow is the first workshop with the Kuopio kids. Looking forward to meeting the jury!

Awards Ceremony at the Kunstenfestivaldesarts

(C) Bea Borgers

AWARDS CEREMONY WINNERS!

1. Strangest Dialect/De vreemdste taal/La langue la plus etrange
PRESENTED BY: Yisim
WINNER: C’est du Chinois/Edith Kaldor

2. Best Venue/Most comfortable seats/Beste locatie en de meest comfortabele stoelen/ Meilleur lieu et des sièges plus confortables
PRESENTED BY: Yisim
WINNER: Entrenamiento Elemental Para Actores/ Frederico Leon & Martin Rejtman

3.Strongest muscle man/ De sterkste, meest gespierde man/ Avec l'homme le plus muscle
PRESENTED BY: Lucas & Nathan
WINNER: Neutral Hero/ Richard Maxwell & New York City Players

4. Person with the most strange body, most strange poses/Het raarste lichaam/ La personne avec le corps le plus etrange
PRESENTED BY: Ihsane
WINNER: Act Collection/ Miet Warlop

5. Person with the least hair/ De prijs voor de persoon met het minste haar/Personne avec le moins de cheveux
PRESENTED BY: Sabriya
WINNER: Scratching on Things I could Disavow: A History of Art in the Arab World/ Walid Raad

6. Nice Story, But sad/ Mooi verhaal, maar heel triestig/ Belle histoire, mais triste
PRESENTED BY: Tawfik
WINNER: El rumor del incendio/ Lagartijas tiradas al sol

7. Best kiss/beste kus/ Le plus beau baiser
PRESENTED BY: Ines
WINNER: LIFE: RESET/Chronique d’une ville epuisee/ Fabrice Murgia

8. The guy who stood still the longest/ De man die het langst bleef stilsteen/ L’homme qui s’est tenu debout le plus long (new)
PRESENTED BY: Victor
WINNER: The Sonic Life of a Giant Tortoise/Toshiki Okada & chelfitsch

9. The worst dressed/ De lelijkste kleding/ La personne la plus mal habillee
PRESENTED BY: Yassir & Aymane
WINNER: Stadium/Stadion #3/Josef Wouters & Menno Vandevelde

10. Best nice try/De goed geprobeerd-prijs/ Le meilleur essai
PRESENTED BY: Incilay
WINNER: Seen at Secundrabad/ Zuleikha Chaudhari & Raqs Media Collective

11. Most solidarity message/ De meest solidaire boodschap/ Le plus grand message de solidarite
PRESENTED BY: Lea & Auriane
WINNER: Spectres/ Sven Augustijnen

12. Show that we wanted to keep on going/ De voorstelling die euuwig mocht doorgaan/ Le spectacle qu'on ne voulait pas voir s'arreter
PRESENTED BY: Incilay
WINNER: Ich schau dir in die Augen, gesellschaftlicher Verblendungszusammenhang!/ Rene Pollesch

13. Best Documentary/ De beste documentaire/ Meilleur documentaire
PRESENTED BY: Loic
WINNER: SMATCH 2/ Dominique Roodthooft

14. Best Special effects/ De beste special effects/ Les meilleurs effets speciaux (trucage)
PRESENTED BY: Ethan
WINNER: HABIT (U) ATION/ Anne-Cecile Vandalem

15. Best pregnant lady/ De zwongerste merrouw/ La meilleure femme enceinte
PRESENTED BY: Corneel
WINNER: Monde.com (Facebook)/ Mokhallad Rasem

16. Best hair/ Het beste kapsel/ Les plus beaux cheveux
PRESENTED BY: Marwane
WINNER: Act Collection/ Miet Warlop

17. Worst Hair/De lelekste haar/La plus mauvaise coiffure
PRESENTED BY: Bastien
WINNER: Neutral Hero/ Richard Maxwell & New York City Players

18. Best Text/De mooiste tekst/Le meilleur texte
PRESENTED BY: Xiao Yao & Perinne
WINNER: Sometimes I think, I can see you/ Mariano Pensotti

19. Best, Nicest Music/ De mooiste muziek/ La meilleure musique
PRESENTED BY: Eole
WINNER: The Indian Queen/ Jan Decorte & B’Rock

20. The coolest lady/ De leukste vrouw/ La femme la plus chouette
PRESENTED BY: Madyson
WINNER: Madame Plaza/ Bouchra Ouizguen

21. Shortest show/ De kortste voorstelling/ Le spectacle le plus court
PRESENTED BY: Badr
WINNER: Cabaret Crusades/ Wael Shawky

22. The show that looked like nothing/ De voorstelling die op niks trok/ Le spectacle qui ressemble le plus a rien du tout
PRESENTED BY: Yousri & Enis
WINNER: We Are the Undamaged Others/ Toshiki Okada & Chelfitsch

23. Best Décor/Het beste décor/Le meilleur décor
PRESENTED BY: Senne
WINNER: Stadium/Stadion #3/Josef Wouters & Menno Vandevelde

24. The show with the cast that seemed to be enjoying themselves the most/ Prijs voor de spelersploeg die zich het meest amuseerde op het podium/ Le spectacle avec l'equipe qui semble le plus s'amuser
PRESENTED BY: Arnaud & Maxime
WINNER: Ich schau dir in die Augen, gesellschaftlicher Verblendungszusammenhang!/ Rene Pollesch

25. The moment the show started, I wanted to fall asleep/ De voorstelling waar ik van in slaap wou vallen/ Le spectacle ou des le debut, j'ai eu envie de m'endormir
PRESENTED BY: Wassim
WINNER: SMATCH 2/ Dominique Roodthoof

26. Woman with the shortest skirt/Het kortst gerokt/ Avec la femme qui porte la plus petite jupe
PRESENTED BY: Kristian
WINNER: Levee des conflits/ Boris Charmatz

27. Best pyjamas, can you lend me a pair? Because your show is making me tired/ Beste pyjama's, kunt u leent mij een paar? Omdat uw show is maakt me moe/ Best pyjamas, pouvez-vous me prêter une paire? Parce que votre spectacle me fatigue
PRESENTED BY: Achraf
WINNER: You’ve Changed/ ZOO & Thomas Hauert

28. Best Climb up the Ladder/ beste klim op de ladder/ La meilleure monte sur l’echelle
PRESENTED BY: Mayoli
WINNER: Entrenamiento Elemental Para Actores/ Frederico Leon & Martin Rejtman

28A. The most motivated dancer/ De danseres die het meest motievatie/ La danseuse la plus motive: ELEANOR BOWER
PRESENTED BY: Mayoli
WINNER: Levee des conflits/ Boris Charmatz

29. Got the biggest applause/ De voorstelling met het meeste applaus/ Qui a recu le plus d'applaudissements
PRESENTED BY: Ayoub
WINNER: The Indian Queen/ Jan Decorte & B’Rock

30. Most keeps you up at night/De voorstelling die me vannacht wakker zal houden/ Le spectacle qui empeche le plus de trouver le sommeil
PRESENTED BY: Imane & Noehaila
WINNER: HABIT (U) ATION/ Anne-Cecile Vandalem

31. Most beautiful voices/ De mooiste stem/ Les plus belles voix
PRESENTED BY: Fiona & Sarah
WINNER: Madame Plaza/ Bouchra Ouizguen

32. Youngest person on stage/De jongste speler/ La personne la plus jeune sur scene
PRESENTED BY: Inglese
WINNER: HABIT (U) ATION/ Anne-Cecile Vandalem

33. The naked prize/ De bloot priys/ Le prix nu
PRESENTED BY: Salim
WINNER: LIFE: RESET/Chronique d’une ville epuisee/ Fabrice Murgia

34. Best Producer/ Beste Producer/ Meilleur Producteur
PRESENTED BY: Noemie & Manon
WINNER: SOPHIE ALEXANDRE pour Kunstenfestivaldesarts

35. Best of the Best/ Beste van het beste/ La crème de la creme
PRESENTED BY: Muharrem (MOMO)
WINNER: Ich schau dir in die Augen, gesellschaftlicher Verblendungszusammenhang!/ Rene Pollesch

Levee des conflits

The final show! On Thursday, May 26th, Jury group #2 saw Boris Charmatz/Musee de la danse's 'Levee des conflits.' This dance performance really appeared to test the performers' endurance, since they repeated the same series of actions for an hour and forty-five minutes. I was really riveted at the beginning and at the end, with a little dip in the middle, but overall I enjoyed it. I picked out favourite dancers who I followed throughout the performance to see how their movements changed.