{"id":3951,"date":"2016-05-19T10:14:42","date_gmt":"2016-05-19T14:14:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/?p=3951"},"modified":"2018-05-06T17:41:33","modified_gmt":"2018-05-06T21:41:33","slug":"aura-seikkula","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/aura-seikkula\/","title":{"rendered":"Aura Seikkula"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_54\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3951-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/auraseikkula.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/auraseikkula.mp3\">http:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/auraseikkula.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/interviews-by-brainard-carey\/id1468502583?mt=2&amp;ls=1\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_itunes\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Apple Podcasts\" rel=\"nofollow\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/5ZxsN79E1W6VJOjQF9GNuZ\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/tunein.com\/radio\/Interviews-by-Brainard-Carey-p1236598\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_tunein\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on TuneIn\" rel=\"nofollow\">TuneIn<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/feeds.podcastmirror.com\/interviews-by-brainard\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/goo.gl\/xSQrKY\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click here to  join mailing list\" rel=\"nofollow\">Click here to  join mailing list<\/a><\/p><p class=\"p2\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-3952 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Aura-profile.jpeg?resize=267%2C178&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Aura profile\" width=\"267\" height=\"178\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Aura-profile.jpeg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Aura-profile.jpeg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Aura-profile.jpeg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Aura-profile.jpeg?resize=624%2C416&amp;ssl=1 624w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Aura-profile.jpeg?w=1080&amp;ssl=1 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 267px) 100vw, 267px\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/auraseikkula\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\">Aura Seikkula<\/a> is a curator and researcher based in Stockholm. With her own international art agency <a href=\"http:\/\/agencyauteur.com\/\">Agency Auteur<\/a>, Seikkula provides for the variety of artistic practices. Her extensive international practice comprises of process, production and theory. Using epistemological analysis as her tool, Seikkula\u2019s recent PhD research in philosophy discusses the social and cultural sustainability of artistic practices from a process perspective. Seikkula&#8217;s current ACT OF THE WORD exhibition celebrates world&#8217;s oldest Freedom of the Press Act at the <a href=\"http:\/\/kulturhusetstadsteatern.se\/ForumDebatt\/Evenemang\/2016\/Ordets-akt\/\">Kulturhuset<\/a> in Stockholm by contributing to the ongoing, global discussion of the free word and the Swedish media context. Seikkula is running the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.arthelsinki.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">ArtHelsinki<\/a> International Fair for Contemporary Art and acts as a curatorial committee member for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aptglobal.org\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\">Artist Pension Trust <\/a>and the <a href=\"http:\/\/crossroadsart.net\/statement\/\" target=\"_blank\">CROSSROADS<\/a> London Art Show. Most recently she acted as a curator for Artipelag Konsthall as well as Sweden\u2019s biggest artist studio program Studio Mossust\u00e4llningar in Stockholm and as a guest curator for UNTITLED Miami Beach (2014).<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Other recent curatorial projects include: Reaching Re-birth, 4th Athens Biennale AGORA (2013); KOPIOITU a residency and exhibition program with Komplot Brussels and SIC Helsinki (2013); the 6th Momentum Biennial Imagine Being Here Now, Moss Norway (2011). Seikkula has worked in curatorial positions at the K\u00fcnstlerhaus Bethaninen, Berlin; NIFCA Nordic Institute for Contemporary Art and the Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki. Additionally, she has acted as guest curator and curatorial advisor in various organizations including CCA, Lagos, Santralistanbul, the European Economic and Social Committee and European Peace Museum. She is the co-founder of SKY Finnish Society for Curators and contributes to various international art publications.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aptglobal.org\/en\/\">http:\/\/www.aptglobal.org\/en\/<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3953\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3953\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3953 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/fasaden.jpg?resize=625%2C417&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"fasaden\" width=\"625\" height=\"417\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/fasaden.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/fasaden.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/fasaden.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/fasaden.jpg?resize=624%2C416&amp;ssl=1 624w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/fasaden.jpg?w=1392&amp;ssl=1 1392w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/fasaden.jpg?w=2088&amp;ssl=1 2088w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3953\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">I&#8217;VE GOT NO WORDS WHEN FREEDOM IS NONE Tima Radya (RU) Kulturhuset Stadsteatern May 2016<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3954\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3954\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3954 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/OA-columns.jpg?resize=625%2C417&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Tryckfrihetsordningen 250 \u00e5r\" width=\"625\" height=\"417\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/OA-columns.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/OA-columns.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/OA-columns.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/OA-columns.jpg?resize=624%2C416&amp;ssl=1 624w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/OA-columns.jpg?w=1392&amp;ssl=1 1392w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/OA-columns.jpg?w=2088&amp;ssl=1 2088w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3954\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Installation view ACT OF THE WORD Kulturhuset Stadsteatern May 2016, 11 newspaper columns tackling the issues of the freedom of the press.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>http:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/auraseikkula.mp3Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | TuneIn | RSS | Click here to join mailing listAura Seikkula is a curator and researcher based in Stockholm. 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