Hyv\u00e4t kanssaopiskelijat, kollegat, hyv\u00e4 Taideyliopiston henkil\u00f6kunta, arvoisa ministeri. Sulkisitteko silm\u00e4nne. Dear we, human beings, I kindly ask you to close your eyes for some while. If you feel comfortable. What do you see? What do you imagine? Strawberry fields? Unicorns? Puppies? Lazy summer days? What do we imagine? State? Money? Democracy? The opposite of these? A blond toupee on fire running away from an angry polar bear? Melting ice…cream?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Haluan t\u00e4ll\u00e4 puheella kysy\u00e4: Mik\u00e4 voima on mielikuvituksella?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Meill\u00e4 on ihmeellinen kyky kuvitella asioita, my\u00f6s mahdottomia. Moni ennen mahdoton on my\u00f6s muuttunut todeksi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Meill\u00e4 on ihmeellinen kyky kuvitella asioita kollektiivisesti. Kollektiivinen mielikuvituksemme koostuu er\u00e4\u00e4n m\u00e4\u00e4ritelm\u00e4n mukaan kulttuuriimme ja sosiaalisiin rakenteisiimme liittyvist\u00e4 symboleista, arvoista, tarinoista, uskomuksista, uskonnoista, ideologioista, maan tavoista\u2026 Kuvitelluista asioista, jotka eiv\u00e4t ole perustarpeitamme, joiden arvo ei ole fyysist\u00e4, mutta joista monessa tapauksessa on tullut edellytys perustarpeittemme t\u00e4yttymiselle, hyv\u00e4ss\u00e4 ja pahassa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We have collectively imagined values, symbols, stories, religions, ideologies. We have collectively imagined money, states, borders. Our collective imagination has power over us, it is not easy to think and behave in new ways. But we have imagined feminism and we have imagined equality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Taito, Rohkeus ja Avoimuus ovat Taideyliopiston tulevan strategian arvot. Toivottavasti ne tulevaisuudessa pureutuvat syv\u00e4lle kollektiiviseen mielikuvitukseemme ja n\u00e4kyv\u00e4t entist\u00e4 vahvemmin Taideyliopiston arjessa eli meid\u00e4n toiminnassamme, oli kyse sitten henkil\u00f6kohtaisista suhteista tai p\u00e4\u00e4t\u00f6ksenteosta instituutiotasolla.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Viet\u00e4n nyt hetken aikaa kuvitellen, ehk\u00e4 hieman fantasioiden, ehk\u00e4 pahasti konsulttifirmalta kuulostaen, t\u00e4m\u00e4n yliopiston tulevaisuutta:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
T\u00e4\u00e4ll\u00e4 raja-aidat hengitt\u00e4v\u00e4t salliakseen tuntemattoman kohtaamisen. T\u00e4\u00e4ll\u00e4 erilaisuudella on tilaa hengitt\u00e4\u00e4, kunnianhimolla aikaa ottaa muut huomioon ja intohimolla tilaa toteutua toisia alleen j\u00e4tt\u00e4m\u00e4tt\u00e4. K\u00e4rsiv\u00e4n taiteilijaneron myytti kaikkine lieveilmi\u00f6ineen kuuluu t\u00e4\u00e4ll\u00e4 historiaan. T\u00e4\u00e4ll\u00e4 taide ei linnoittaudu omiin poteroihinsa vaan el\u00e4\u00e4 ja hengitt\u00e4\u00e4, on osa alati muuttuvaa yhteiskuntaa, osa alati muuttuvaa ihmisyytt\u00e4. T\u00e4\u00e4lt\u00e4 opiskelijat saavat hyv\u00e4t ev\u00e4\u00e4t taiteen parissa ty\u00f6skentelemiseen. T\u00e4\u00e4lt\u00e4 valmistuneet eiv\u00e4t pelk\u00e4\u00e4 kuvitella toisin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Maybe now more than ever we need imagination. Now more than ever we need collective imagination. It is very very probable that we are on the brink of an ecological turmoil. The future historians will tell us, don\u2019t worry. We need to imagine a global human society that functions differently from today, a human society that is not addicted to oil, whose imagination, happiness, wealth and freedom, whose ideologies, are not depended on exploitation of other living organisms. There is an urgent need for utopias and fantasies. Dystopias are way too easy for this generation to imagine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To end this monologue, I would also like to ask a few questions: Can art in fact free us from the restrictions of collective imagination? Voimmeko taiteen avulla kuvitella toisin, irrottautua kollektiivisen mielikuvituksen rajoitteista ja fantasioida, kuvitella utopioita? Voiko taide sallia sellaisten subjektiivisten kokemusten tai fantasioiden esille tulemisen, joita kollektiivinen mielikuvituksemme ei viel\u00e4 kykene kuvittelemaan? Can art make us hear, see and sense things which are hidden in society, but which do exist and feel? Can art make us imagine what someone or something unknown is sensing?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If for some reason or another we haven\u2019t yet opened our eyes, we should do so. Keeping them shut is also a political act. Toimimatta j\u00e4tt\u00e4minen, silmien sulkeminen on my\u00f6s poliittinen teko. Paitsi jos vet\u00e4\u00e4 tirsoja.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Hyv\u00e4t kanssaopiskelijat, kollegat, hyv\u00e4 Taideyliopiston henkil\u00f6kunta, arvoisa ministeri. Sulkisitteko silm\u00e4nne. Dear we, human beings, I kindly ask you to close your eyes […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":2366,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[143981783],"class_list":["post-6458","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-taiyo","tag-featured"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/taiyo.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/taiyo-nettibanneri.jpg?fit=784%2C296&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2w00X-1Ga","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/taiyo.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6458","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/taiyo.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/taiyo.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/taiyo.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/taiyo.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6458"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/taiyo.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6458\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6461,"href":"https:\/\/taiyo.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6458\/revisions\/6461"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/taiyo.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2366"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/taiyo.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/taiyo.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6458"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/taiyo.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}