Another Gaze -seminaari

The seminar will take place in Oulu on Friday, 28 August 2026. The event will be held in English at AaltoSiilo, one of the industrial buildings designed by Alvar and Aino Aalto, which is currently being repurposed into a cultural centre. The seminar brings together architects, artists, curators, researchers, and students to share their perspectives. 

The presentations explore themes such as the importance of communities and memory, the legacy of modernism, and the future of architecture in an era shaped by experiences of destruction and historical change. Another Gaze is part of the programme of Alvar Aalto Week and Oulu 2026 European Capital of Culture.

The event is open to all and free of charge. Register here. Read more about the seminar here.

Programme

09:30–09:45 Opening Remarks
09:45–10:15 Meneesha Kellay: Opening Keynote Lecture

Session I: Community and Memory

10:15–10:30 Ksenia Kaverina: Why Preserve?
10:30–10:45 jeesjeesgood collective: Shared Authorship of Public Spaces: Viewpoints from Critical Regionalism
10:45–11:00 Siiri Turpeinen: What Buildings Remember?
11.00–11.15 Henriikka Himma: The Relationship between Performance and Architecture
11:15–11:30 Toisaalta Ensemble: Pieskanranta 2125

11:30–11:40 Coffee Break

Session II: Another Gaze on Modernism

11:40–12:00 Minou Norouzi: On the Tenderness of Men (film screening)
12:00-12:15 Ville Paananen: The Anti-Gravitational Semiotics of Modern Architecture
12:15–12:30 Karita Rytivaara: Re-reading Modern Heritage through Abstraction and the Model
12.30–12.45 Jaakko Karhunen: Concreteness and Metaphor in Architecture

12:45–13.45 Lunch at DIXON

Session III: Archive

13:45–14:00 Mika Savela: Alternational Pictures
14:00–14:30 Mari Lending: Keynote Lecture
14:30–15:15 Panel Discussion with Mika Savela, Mari Lending, Ásdís Ólafsdóttir: Beyond the Masters 

15:15–15:30 Coffee Break 

Session IV: Future in Collapse

15:30–15:45 Grace Hermez: The Invisibles in Architecture
15:45–16:00 Tommi Aho: Critique of Ideology and Marxist Thought in Architecture
16:00–16:15 Aleksi Lohtaja: Post-collapse Architecture

16:15–16:30 Break

16:30–17:00 Phineas Harper: Closing Keynote Lecture

17:00–17:30 Informal Gathering