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Tervetuloa FEMSKTin sarjakuvasalonkiin! Keskustelun jälkeen latvialainen sarjakuvapiirtäjä Laura Kenins Kanadasta lukee otteita uudesta sarjakuvakirjastaan Steam Clean.

18.00 Tervetuliaissanat, sarjakuvaneuvos Johanna Roju Rojola

18.15 Onko horisontaalinen organisaatio mahdollinen? Taina Hakala kyselee, Apila Miettinen, Jesse Matilainen, Miia Vistilä ja Johanna Rojola pohdiskelevat. Taustalukemiseksi keväällä residenssissä keskustelua herättänyt klassikkoteksti: http://www.jofreeman.com/joreen/tyranny.htm

19.00 tee- ja kahvitauko (vegaanista purtavaa)

19.15 Laura Kenins lukee otteita sarjakuvakirjastaan Steam Clean (englanniksi)
“On a dark autumn night in northern Europe, a group of friends and strangers gather at a sauna for a women’s-only sauna night. Kaisa has been trying out dating apps after a breakup. Miika is conflicted about attending a women’s event as a nonbinary person. Maija’s work tensions bring up recollections of other events from the past. Laima feels torn between her role as goddess of women and her sexual orientation. As the sauna heats up, stories come out in the steam.”

Kirjaa sekä valikoima FEMSKTin julkaisuja saatavilla tapahtumasta, varaa parikymppiä käteistä.

Tilaisuus järjestetään osana Villa Salinin residenssitoimintaa.

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FEMSKT salon presents: Villa Salin Comics Camp 5 years! + Steam Clean by Laura Kenins

18.00 Opening words by comics counsellor Johanna “Roju” Rojola

18.15 Tyranny of structureless? with Apila Miettinen, Jesse Matilainen, Miia Vistilä and Johanna Rojola. Discussion lead by artist Taina Hakala.
http://www.jofreeman.com/joreen/tyranny.htm

19.00 Tea and coffee break (vegan)

19.15 Laura Kenins (LV/CAN) reading from her new book Steam Clean:

On a dark autumn night in northern Europe, a group of friends and strangers gather at a sauna for a women’s-only sauna night. Kaisa has been trying out dating apps after a breakup. Miika is conflicted about attending a women’s event as a nonbinary person. Maija’s work tensions bring up recollections of other events from the past. Laima feels torn between her role as goddess of women and her sexual orientation. As the sauna heats up, stories come out in the steam.

Laura Ķeniņš is a comic artist and journalist who has lived and worked in Halifax, Toronto, Latvia and Hungary. Her short comic Alien Beings was published by kuš! komikss in 2016 and her comics have also appeared in Kuti Magazine, Truthout, The Puritan, Carte Blanche, the Los Angeles Review of Books and other publications. She has worked with the Ladydrawers and Femicomix Finland.

laurakenins.com
@birch_control
birchcontrol.tumblr.com

Steam Clean and a small selection of books by FEMSKT are available at the event, please cash only.