(Finland)

Siiri works in the intersections of architecture, art, activism and event production. She is interested in bringing people together through her works and creating places for unexpected encounters. Siiri is learning new ways to use architectural tools in different contexts – alternative urban planning processes, giving voice to communities often left out from decision making processes, activism and art. Siiri has also been working in architectural education with themes of architecture activism and post-human urban planning. 

Siiri is working as the co-artistic director of the Soiva Metsä Festival which is a multidisciplinary art festival taking place in a forest in Northern Kainuu, Finland. The event weaves together multidisciplinary art with proposals, and reflections on the state of forests in Finland and art as a force shaping these multi-species ecosystems. As a whole, it examines the interconnectedness of forests and humanity, emphasizing the forest as an essential prerequisite for all life.

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