In our work, we give space to acknowledgements as a central tenet of feminist working practices. This is a long list, and it’s only going to get longer!
If you’re mentioned here and would like to remove your acknowledgement, please let us know. Or if we missed adding your name to the list 🙂
We publicly acknowledge that the State of Finland is founded on the lands of the Sámi people, the Finnish people, and many others. We pay our respects to the Sámi people as the indigenous inhabitants of the Sápmi area, and we recognise their rights as an indigenous people. We recognise and respect their sovereignty, their culture, their custodianship, and their continuing contribution to the life of this state. We welcome feedback about the phrasing of this statement.
On a personal note, we acknowledge and thank our friends, colleagues, partners, and peers for their continued love and support. And to pup Snoozle for all the office cuddles 🐶. We also thank our community at Poimu, our homebase.
We send thanks and gratitude to our founding members: Anna-Kaisa Koski, Neicia Marsh, Orlan Ohtonen, and Selina Väliheikki.
In spring 2020, as a gesture of acknowledgement and thanks, we asked colleagues with whom we’ve worked during the last six months to send us their song recommendations, feminist anthems, and power tunes. This is one way we’re celebrating the summer, and also our contribution to the Poimu Mixtape Project. This is the link to the playlist.
Thank you to all the artists and collectives we’ve commissioned:
Ana-Teo Ala Ruona
Ikko Alaska
Pii Anttonen
Camille Auer
Maija Baijukya
Archie Barry
Leah Beeferman
Julianna Brandt
Leonie Brialey
BUFU
Jessie Bullivant
Gladys Camilo
Dash Che
Lu Chen
Ignata Elena
Zahrah Ehsan
Aava Eronen
Feminist Translocaliities
Özgü Gundeslioglu
Ramina Habibollah
Natalie Hamada
Edith Hammar
Saara Hasan
Horseboy95
Isa Hukka
Islamia Queeristi
Paola Jalili
Saara Karhunen
Minjee Kim
Kid Kokko
Jonni Korhonen
Savu E. Korteniemi
Johanna Koskinen
Riikka Kuoppala
Hayley Lee
Pihla Lehtinen
Chih Tung Lin
Jade Lönqvist
Lintu Lunar
Elliot Lundegård
Ajak Majok
Sara Moayed
Spence Messih
Even Minn
Martina Miño Pérez
Kihwa-Endale
Anh Ngo
Viljami Nissi
Paola Nieto Paredes
Apila Pepita
Jara Pohjonen
Elham Rahmati
Lisa Rein
Frank Rizzo
Simi Ruotsalainen
Roxana Sadvokassova
Shubhangi Singh
Shady Stardust
Sippin’ T (BBZ)
Bolanle Tajudeen (Black Blossoms)
Marloes van Son
Vishnu Vardhani
Taneli Viljanen
Acquelline Wanjiru
Haliz Yosef
Thank you to those we’ve collaborated with:
Art Academy of Latvia / POST, Art School Maa, CAC Reading Room, Culture for All, EDIT Media, Editorial, Ekvalita, Helsinki Feminist Secret Society, Globe Art Point, Goethe Institute, Terike Haapoja, Mandy Harris and Feminist Center for Creative Work, Sasha Huber, Yasmin Ibrahim, KUNO network, Loukko, Low Riga, Sonya Lindfors, Lukas Malte Hoffmann & Susan Kooi, the Ministry of Education and Culture, Museum of Impossible Forms, Node Center for Curatorial Studies, Ki Nurmenniemi & Ceci Moss, Outo Olo, Pink & Black Helsinki, Poimu, Ruskeat Tytöt, Vidha Saumya, Status Queer Network, Stoa Cultural Centre, Stop Hatred Now, Taloushallinta, TEAK, Third Space, Titanik, Tuo Tuo, Urban Apa, Niko Wearden, Kaino Wennerstrand.
Thank you to those who commissioned us for consultations:
The Finnish Artists Association/Nuoret 2023, Frame Finland, Goethe Institut Finland and Ireland, Helsinki Theatre Academy, Kiasma, Kone Foundation, Museum Days, Saari manor, Tuo Tuo, Turku Kunsthalle.