This week Ptarmigan is supporting Pranuthi Muggalla and Evita Haapavaara's contribution to Ravintolapäivä. Food Menu:   Vege Samosa, vege pakora, chicken satay stick with peanut sauce, gado-gado mixed vege salad with peanut sauce, fried noodle, coconut rice, indian sesame ...sweet, indian carrot halva, sandwich, finnish karelian pies. (Variable prices between 2-5 Euro). Drinks Menu:  Zinzino special espresso / cappuccino/ latte, kyani juice shots... read more

A two-week takeover of a shipping container in Lasipalatsinaukio, Helsinki, from the 29th of May until the 10th of June 2012. Kontaining is produced by Ptarmigan ry in association with the Arts Council of Uusimaa.  Kontaining will host projects by artists that consider the specific site of the container in Kamppi, in the categories of installation, performance and/ or participatory activities for 24 hours (from 9am to 9am) sessions.    The project is process... read more

  perfhop is a group who meets once a month to experiment with all kinds of ideas/ actions/ gestures/ sounds/ words etc that might possibly look/ sound/ feel like what is termed as performance art.  Please bring along at least one material or object, and if you have a short (5-10 minute) performance/ action/ idea that your would like to test out in a supportive environment please bring these along.  This time we will begin with a group improvisation inside... read more

Cagevent: Sometimes it works, Sometimes it doesn’t by Helsinki-based poet Karri Kokko and American performance artists Joséphine A. Garibaldi and Paul Zmolek draws inspiration from the creative process pioneered by John Cage to structure six 15 minute Events developed through aleatoric composition. Cagevent: Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t continues an ongoing collaboration by these three artists initiated at Arte Studio Ginestrelle in Assisi, Italy in May of last... read more

" Degradé - open rehearsal"- installation A living room or artist studio taken to a public space: A cellist practising for competition. Repeating same music (Bach) over and over again. Once in a while having coffee break and checking her emails. An visual artist making paintings inspired by music cellist is playing. Making experiments with coloured light. Having coffee breaks and checking emails.   Guadalu pe López -Í... read more