The Cultural Sauna (1) 14.7.2010

Welcome to THE CULTURAL SAUNA (1) A midsummer night on Wednesday, July 14 2010 from 5 pm to 9 pm at the back yard of the Museum of Finnish Architecture (Kasarmikatu 24, Helsinki).

Markku Komonen will talk about his stay at the Villa Malaparte (Capri, Italy) and Antti Jännes will introduce domes, skydomes, planetariums and related utopias.

The talks will be followed by the screening of Le Mepris by Jean-Luc Godard.

THE CULTURAL SAUNA* is a series of live events organised by Åbäke and Nene Tsuboi in collaboration with the Museum of Finnish Architecture and with the support of HIAP.

More information:  http://www.myspace.com/abakespace & http://www.nenetsuboi.com
For further information please contact: Marita Muukkonen, tel. 045 319 4741, marita(at)hiap.fi

http://www.hiap.fi

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*The title is based on an article written by a young Finnish architect and published in the newspaper Keskisuomalainen. After a long architectural critique of a current urban development in his home town (monumental stairs leading to an empty platform), the writer proposes an alternative ending to the plan. The enthusiastic and exhilarating proposal is based on the re-invention of the traditional Finnish Sauna into a cultural landmark, a contemporary Roman Bath, a Cultural Sauna.