INFORMATION ABOUT
DIALOGIA! FESTIVAL
Dialogia! Festival Association opens doors between different art forms.
The association emphasizes encounters, making connections between art, culture and people.
The association promotes humanistic values.
The association is oriented towards cooperation with domestic and foreign cultural actors.
Dialogia! Festival Association mainly employs freelancers and artists.
The artistic design of the Dialogia! festival is being led by artist Pia Freund.
“All art forms ultimately speak the same language. In the midst of a turbulent world, people long for live interaction! I hope to enter the dazzling world of surprising, expanding, and addictive art at Dialogia! events. Sometimes you have to open a door and walk through it to see what’s on the other side. How great a joy it can be to find yourself being led to a door you didn’t know existed before! My passionate goal is to create events together with the Dialogia! team that would entice you to open that door.” - Pia Freund
The content of Dialogia! events naturally involves the audience, but there is no compulsion or pressure to participate - you can enjoy the performance just as much by watching and listening.
OUR HISTORY
The Dialogia! Festival Association was founded in Hämeenlinna in June 2023. Before the association was founded, in the autumn of 2022, a series of three multidisciplinary events was organized at the Hämeenlinna Town Hall under the title Dialogia! . The series was planned by opera singer Pia Freund. Due to the corona pandemic, the series was not implemented until autumn 2022. The event was supported by the Finnish Cultural Foundation Hämeen Fund and the Alfred Kordelin Foundation.
Pia Freund came up with the idea for the series of events in Hämeenlinna from the need to combine different art forms, bring together artists to perform together, discuss both with each other and the audience.
The goal was also to get the audience to gently participate in the events, and to get more cultural offerings to the Hämeenlinna area.
The first events were carried out by over 30 artists from the fields of dance, poetry, literature, theater, visual arts, photography and music. The events received attention in the local media and all events were sold out. The positive feedback enlightened the idea of establishing a Dialogia! Festival association, which could continue organising events and create a production framework for them.
Events organised after the transition to an association:
September 17, 2023 Dialogia -By the Body, at Hämeenlinna Dance Center. Focusing on young dance artists, contemporary music and neuroscience. Donations from private individuals ensured the implementation of the event in a situation where the newly established association had not yet accumulated funds.
February 11, 2024 Hajatelmia Rakkaudesta performance, Hämeenlinna Art Museum: poems and music.
April 14, 2024 Children's Dialogia! Hampampam! at Hämeenlinna Theatre. Focusing on the book “Maa täytä Hampampam” by author Ville Hytönen. Event implementation and planning together with children's art professionals. Main funder Alli Paasikivi Foundation.
10.5.2024 Edith! A multi-artistic performance about the life of Edith Södergran. First performance in Kirkkonummi at Fyyri Library, Mörne Hall. 12.5.2024 second performance in Hämeenlinna. Production supported by Nygrén Foundation, Art Promotion Center and Swedish Culture Foundation.
In the summer of 2023 and 2024, outdoor events 'Ihan Pihalla': Finnish poetry, dance and music.
ARTISTS & COLLABORATORS
Aalto Terho, Attila Kristian, Attila Ilta, Blick Suvi, Célap Helena, Consiglio Chiara (IT), Fred Pauliina, Freund Ada, Freund Pia, Erämaja Anja, Hanhikoski Joanna, Heikkinen Mirjami, Hosia Louna, Hotti Antti, Huotarinen Vilja-Tuulia, Hytönen Ville, Kinnunen Hanna, Korhonen Johanna, Krohn Aino, Kuusisto Kristina, Kähkönen Sirpa, Laakso Anna, Laakso Ilari, Lehtonen Anita, Nicatore Lisa (IT,) Outinen Kati, Paukkunen Kari, Pohjola Anders, Plats Marja-Liisa (EST), Poikonen Hanna, Pitkänen Kukka, Pitko Petteri, Rautasuo Taina-Maaria, Salt Chrys (UK), Sella Seela, Spies Johanna, Suolahti Linda, Tervamäki Minna
Hämeenlinnan Myllymäen Koulu/opettaja Maarit Mäkimarttunen, Siina&Taikaradio-orkesteri, Kulttuurikeskus Arx Hämeenlinna, Visuaalisten taiteiden koulu AIMO, Tanssiteatteri Tanssivarpaat, cie.acompagniada, In Contra kollektiivi, Defunensemble, Hämeenlinnan seudun taideyhdistys, Hämeenlinnan Kameraseura, Hämeenlinnan Taidemuseo, Hämeenlinnan kaupunki, Kokonainen ry.
