PROGRAM

FRIDAY, 28th

17:00 – Artist talk by KURT JOHANESSEN (NO) (third floor)

17:40 – Performance by VERONICA CORDOVA DE LA ROSA (MX/UK)

18:20 – Performance by KAROLINA KUCIA(PL/FI)

19:15 – Performance by SIN SEENI (IR/DE)

20:00 – Performance by TOMASZ SZRAMA (PL/FI)

21:30 – Audiovisual performance by ZARB &

YALLA COLLECTIVE

00:00 – Doors Closed

Note: All events without a specified location take place at Vernissasali, First Floor.

THURSDAY, 27th

18:00 – Opening words

18:30 – Screening & talk, curated by PANCHO LOPEZ: Latin American performance artists

19:30 – Welcome Dinner

20:30 – Conversation: “Bodies (per)Forming Resistance” | ZARA ASGHER, VISHNU VARDHANI RAJAN & AMAN ASKARIZAD

21:30 – Mix and Mingle

22:30 – Doors Closed

Note: All events on Thursday, 27th take place at Vernissasali, First Floor.

SATURDAY, 29th

10:00 – 15:30 – Workshop by ADEL ANDALIBI

Relational Fields: Embodied Improvisation and the Act of Witnessing (Read more)

16:00 – Artist talk by VERONICA CORDOVA DE LA ROSA (MX/UK) (third floor)

16:30 – Artist talk by SIN SEENI (IR/DE) (third floor)

17:00 – Performance by QIONG ZHANG (CH/FI)(Second floor)

18:00 – Performance by TONYA FUCKING BJÖRKBOM (FI/NO)

18:45 – Performance by RAEDA SAADEH (PS)

20:00 – Performance by TIMO VIILALAINEN (FI)

21:00 – Performance by WILLEM WILHELMUS(NL/FI)

00:00 – Doors Closed

Note: All events without a specified location take place at Vernissasali, First Floor.

SUNDAY, 30th

14:00 – Artist talk by RAEDA SAADEH(PS) (third floor)

14:45 – Performance by SOYOUNG CHRISTINA CHUNG (KR/FI)

15:30 – Performance by LEIK SILVESTRINI (NO/FI)

16:15 – Performance by DIANA SORIAHERNANDEZ (MX/FI)

17:15 – Conversation: “(per)Forming Solidarity" | RANDA Al-DAWOUDI & VERONICA CORDOVA DE LA ROSA, NEGIN ARMIOUN

18:15 – Performance by KAISA LUKKONEN (FI/SE)

19:00 – Performance by KURT JOHANESSEN (NO)

20:00 – Closing ceremony

22:30 – Doors Closed

Note: All events without a specified location take place at Vernissasali, First Floor.

ARTISTS

Diana Soria Hernández (MX/FI) – Kaisa Luukkonen (FI) – Karolina Kucia (PL/FI) – Kurt Johannessen (NO) – Leik Silvestrini (NL/FI) – Pancho López (MX) – Qiong Zhang (CH/FI) – Raeda Saadeh (PS) – Sin Seeni (IR/DE) – Soyoung Christina Chung (KR/FI) – Timo Viialainen (FI) – Tomasz Szrama (PL/FI) – Tonya Björkbom (FI/NO) – Veronica Cordova de la Rosa (MX/UK) – Willem Wilhelmus (NL/FI)

Screening

featuring artists:

⁠María Eugenia Chellet (Mêxico)- Regina Jose Galindo (Guatemala)- Pável Aguilar (Honduras)- ⁠Javier Calvo (Costa Rica)- Amapola Prada (Perú)- Max Provenzano (Venezuela)- Gabriela Golder (Argentina)- Lía Vallejo (Honduras) - Alexia Miranda (El Salvador)- Marcela Antunez (Brasil) - Lázaro Saavedra (Cuba) - Diego de los Campos (Uruguay)- ⁠Tadeo Muleiro (Argentina)

Curators

Parsa Kamehkhosh & Aman Askarizad

27-30 NOV 2025 | Kulttuuritehdas Vernissa | Tikkurilantie 36 | 01300 Vantaa

2025

Poster design by Parsa Kamehkhosh

Childcare Support
For Children Ages 3+

As part of our ongoing commitment to making artistic and cultural spaces more accessible, we are offering childcare for up to six children during The Other Side Performance art Festival. This small but significant step reflects our dedication to addressing the often-overlooked needs of caretaker and parent artists. By acknowledging caregiving as an integral part of the lives and practices of many cultural workers, we aim to create conditions that allow participation without exclusion.

Our babysitter can take care of a maximum of six children of minimum age 3 at a time. If there are already six children attending the care support, please wait until someone leaves or another member of our staff is able to join in looking after the children. We offer some light snacks.

Thursday 27th: 18:00-21:00

Friday 28th: 17:00-21:00

Saturday 29th: 16:00-21:00

Sunday 30th: 14:00-20:00

Dates and time

Registration on spot!

HOW TO GET TO Kulttuuritehdas Vernissa | Tikkurilantie 36 | 01300 Vantaa

Arriving via public transport

By train: From central Helsinki, commuter trains I, K, Z and R are the quickest way to get to Vernissa. From Helsinki-Vantaa airport, take the commuter train P. Hop off at Tikkurila station, from where there is a 5 minute walk to Vernissa.

By bus: Arriving from the eastern central urban area, you can take the bus 711 or 611 that will both take you to Tikkurilan matkakeskus (Tikkurila travel center) in 30 minutes. From there, you can walk to Vernissa in under 10 minutes. From eastern Helsinki the best way to get to Vernissa is to take either bus 54 or 554 to Malmi and there board either I or K train to Tikkurila.

If you travel from the city center, you will need an ABC-ticket for the journey, which you can get from the HSL app or via contactless payment with your credit or debit card in the transport vehicle. Arriving from eastern Helsinki of from Vantaa, a BC-ticket will suffice.

Arriving by car

If you arrive with your own car, the most suitable place for parking is the parking lot of Heureka Science Center at Kuninkaalantie 5. From Heureka’s website: “Parking is always free. Please note that on weekdays from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m the permitted parking time is 6 hours with a parking disc, on weekends there is no time limit. There are signs for the parking lot from Tikkurila and Kehä from III. If the parking area in question is full, vehicles have the opportunity to use other nearby parking facilities. There is a 12-hour parking area almost opposite, a 24-hour area at the southern end of Kuninkaalantie, and free parking along Taosti on weekdays after 4 pm and on weekends (in the section where there is a so-called day ban on weekdays from 8 am to 4 pm). Disabled parking is located in front of the Heureka building. Driving via Härkävaljakontie (Helsinki). Also at Kuninkaalantie 5 there are a few disabled spaces in the parking area.”