Kemê
Kemê is a neurodivergent multidisciplinary artist, poet and parent of Sephardi/Mizrahi/Spanish descent based in Helsinki.—her art practice travers the blurry readings of memory, myths, representation, symbols, and rites.
She intuitively embraces multiple mediums, such as photography, performance, installation, and text, as languages bridging the constructions we inhabit and our complexities. She perceives art as a tool closer to the magic realm, able to move us through the spiritual and the subconscious.
Over the years, Kemê's artistic process has become increasingly intertwined with facilitation. For example, in her crossdisciplinary, "Villi Akka," she uses a character based on the wild and wise woman archetypes to use the power of tales, myths, and archetypes to challenge the negative images given historically by the binary opposition system and ultimately foster community through open workshops, readings, talks, and rituals.
www: onehatmanyheads.com
IG: @villiakka
Kemê's interest in psychology, sustainability, and good practices within the Culture and the Arts field is summed to her multicultural background and curiosity.
She has worked in different capacities in Finland and the Nordic Countries since 2016, as ex. facilitator, educator , artistic content producer or coordinator. Striving to contribute to the community bettering through antiracist and intersectional feminist practices.
Most projects in which Kemê has been involved as a culture worker have had a strong connection with advocacy diversity, migration, multilingualism, social justice or what now is called D.E.I.B.
Kemê has work with organisations such as Globe Art Point ry, The Artists' Association of Finland, Culture for All, Cupore, or Catalysti ry, Pixelache and institutions like Cultural Center Caisa, Helsinki City, Espoo Museum of Modern Art-Emma, The Nordic Library Network, Hanaholmen Culture Center, Helsinki Art Museum-HAM, Ministry of education in Finland and The Nordic Arts Councils. She also was the co-vice-chair of Critical Friends' Group ("An inclusive cultural sector in the Nordics" project led by Arts Council Norway). Kemê teaches at NODE centre and has participated as a speaker at several festivals and conferences, such as "The 20th Nordic Migration Research Conference and the 17th Society for the Study of Ethnic Relations and International Migration (ETMU)".