Welcome to shadow school!
For whom?
Sign up if you need peer support and/or structure to work through the questions you're busy with or to find them. We call upon precarious makers, activists, and artists who work from between institutions or are dodged by their support. All mediums and approaches welcome.
What What Where When When Why?
The Shadow School is free of charge for participants and takes place at Mad House (House of text,1st floor Permantosal) from September 30 to October 4 @tekstintalo, Helsinki. It is loosely facilitated by jojo and noia, who also participate in the school themselves. This is completely a late "back to school”-larp. The aim is to provide an alternative platform for experimentation and help u progress. At the end of the days, everyone is given the opportunity to share something about their work, telling or demonstrating, so that their own processes receive some form of social interaction. We practice directing our inner thoughts and ideas outwards ;)
We speak Finnish and English, depending on the needs of the participants. Full-time commitment is not required, but let's be mindful of the working environment and the trust that has been established in the space.
Later in 2025, the aim is to create a more long-term version of this shadowschool. However, during this week, it is already possible to concretize the desire and idea that has accumulated in one's body and to develop together the practices of functional lerning tools for co-practising in the context of shadowschool.
Daily plan
11-12 movement / body exercises (no prior experience needed)
12-13 facilitated sparring
13-14 lunch time (bring your own food)
14-17 own working + possible mentoring and finishing with demos.
The space
None of the day's schedule is mandatory; it’s adjustable. You can come and go as you please. The space is determened by those who share it, we will agree together on more specific wishes when we meet, for example regarding, vocal practices, seeking peer support, and various different needs for the working environment. The space is being built together for a safer and antifascist approach.
Facilities
The building has a microwave, refrigerator, and a shower. Lunch not served, unfortunately. Bring food for yourself!
We have one shared space (112m2) equipped with sound systems, as well as a smaller lobby area with restrooms (also accessible).
Accessibility information for Tekstintalo entrance:
https://tekstintalo.fi/esteettomyystiedot
Mad House's Guidelines for a Safer Space
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1J2IAsrBOd7oB-AmRZw0uJ5cNsU3jPzSIJja1J6kmJuo/edit
Sign up with a low threshold for shadow school week by sending an email to this address: piasecki.jessica@gmail.com.
All registrants will get a place!
However, the test shadow school can only accommodate a maximum of 10 people.
If you know anything about your work or other needs, you can include them with your sign up!
Yee-haw! We want to see each other succeed!
<3 noia ja jojo
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