DANCING METEORITE BIENNIAL 2025
A Forum for Art, Science and Societal Discussion

6.9. – 15.11.2025
Fiskars, Raseborg, Finland

Theme for 2025:
CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE, WAR AND PEACE

In relation to the themes of the biennial, ART Matters – discussions and events will be held incorporating views from the fields of history, philosophy, social and public policy as well as art and literature.

The biennale will begin on 6th September 2025 with the first ART Matters discussion, ’Peace Work NOW’ and the opening of the international exhibition #With Love To Ukraine at the The Fiskars Granary/Makasiini, running from 6th September to 30th September.

The second ART Matters – event, , will take place on 27th September, also coinciding with the exhibition at the Fiskars Granary.

The Dancing Meteorite Biennale will conclude in November with the third ART Matters event on 15th November at Fiskars’ Lukaali/Assembly Hall.
The theme will be the history of civil disobedience, and the programme will consist of lectures, discussions, theatre performances, music, and dance.

Peace Work NOW – 6.9.2025 at 3 pm Makasiini / Old Granary

Discussions and expert speeches on the theme of peace and conflict studies: How can we promote peaceful transformations of conflicts within society? How can we perceive the world as a global community? What drives people to confrontation and war? What is academic activism? The mechanisms of slow and structural violence as obstacles to peace work.

Participants Pekka Haavisto, Member of Parliament, Anitta Kynsilehto, Associate Professor, Tampere Peace Research Institute, Till Sawali, Astrophysicist at the university of Helsinki and Elokapina activist, Aalto Peltoniemi, PhD Researcher Social Policy School for Policy Studies, University of Bristol.

Performance Poetry – 27.9.2025 at 3 pm Makasiini / Old Granary

TAUKO a performance by the poetry collective Hast x Kajo x Räty x Vallila, and a version of the VAGABOND – performance by Saine Ensemble adapted for the Old Granary space and event.

PUNK Exhibition – Civil Disobedience and Punk Culture 11.10.-16.11 Café Bar Lavanderia

Civil disobedience – the conscious violation of laws and rules to protest against social injustice – is a core aspect of punk culture. Punk emerged in the 1970s as a reaction to social inequality, political corruption, and consumerism. Punks used civil disobedience to challenge norms: unauthorized demonstrations, direct action (such as squatting in abandoned buildings), and support for various organizations and movements, for example through benefit gigs. This mindset has helped raise awareness of political issues, strengthen grassroots activism, and create alternative communities centered on equality and freedom.

In the joint exhibition by Saine Ensemble and the Punk Museum, civil disobedience is explored and portrayed from the perspective of punks and their actions. From squatted houses to protests and collective creation – with a do-it-yourself attitude.

Civil Disobedience and the History of Resistance
WORKER CABARET Performance – 15.11.2025 at 7 pm Lukaali / Fiskars Assembly Hall

How did global movements reach Finland 150 years ago? How did these movements influence the emergence of the Finnish and Swedish-speaking labor movements in the early 20th century?
From the politics of patrons to the politics of citizens: the early stages of the local labor movement. Matias Kaihovirta, Title of Docent, Åbo Akademi

Worker Cabaret performance by Saine Ensemble explores the events of 1918 in a Finnish industrial town in current-day Raasepori in Uusimaa, as well as the societal development and events of the post-war decades from the perspective of the residents and workers of the Fiskars and Billnäs.