Report: The Layers of the Avant-Garde in Finland
Symposium held at the University of Helsinki 9-10 October 2008
The symposium Layers of the Avant-Garde in Finland was a successful two-day event consisting of papers delivered by twelve experts and performances by four artists, and drawing an audience of
30–50 people. The organizing bodies of the symposium were the Nordic Network of Avant-Garde Studies, the Institute of Art Research of the University of Helsinki, the Finnish Society for Aesthetics and the Finnish Academy of Fine Art. The initiative for the symposium came from the Nordic Network of Avant-Garde Studies, and upon its proposal Adjunct Professor Kimmo Sarje planned and carried out the event with the assistance of the student Suvi Tervahauta.
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