PUHOS ♥ PEOPLE 2022
PUHOS SHOPPING CENTRE, EAST-HELSINKI 6/08/22
Who We Are
Puhos Loves People 2022 is an outdoor cultural festival for the whole family. The event takes place on Saturday 6th of August 2022 from 2 pm to 10 pm at Puhos shopping centre, located in Itäkeskus area of Helsinki, Finland. The Puhos mall is a spontaneously developed meeting place and a vibrant entrepreneur hub with cafes, restaurant and shops gathering people from diverse backgrounds. Puhos Loves People brings together music and other cultural programme designed together by the communities from Puhos and Eastern Helsinki. The event is free of charge and alcohol free. The festival has been organised since 2017.
Programme
Venue: Main stage
NaharY is a Finnish rapper who comes originally from Angola. In his music he combines Afrobeats with Finnish rap. NaharY is an artist full of energy, whose music is cheerful and thought-provoking.
Venue: Main stage
Venue: Main stage
Kevin Tandu has toured with several front line Finnish artists both at festivals and on smaller stages. His energetic and eventful shows have become familiar to those who have seen the man perform. The artist’s songs have been streamed over 30 million times via streaming services.
Kevin Tandu has made new music and at the Puhos Loves People festival you can listen to these new songs.
Venue: Main stage
Every now and then someone comes along who does things in a new way. Blacflaco is a good example of that. Silky voice use, catchy words and melodies, and an all-around effortless output make Blacflaco an interesting artist. All this combined with the mythical gangsta nuance makes Blacflaco unique.
Venue: Main stage
Helsinki based rap artist, who has been strong in bringing European sound to the Finnish music scene. Skillfully combining melodic trap music, hip-hop and afroswing, Shrty guarantees a listening experience with his flow both in the studio and on stage.
Venue: Main stage
Puhos Loves People festival will feature platinum-selling artist Cledoos, whose live energy is unparalleled. With the song “Töis”, Cledos, who made an effort to become one of the biggest hip-hop artists in Finland, needs no introduction!
Venue: Main stage
Rosa Coste, who was awarded “newcomer of the year” at the Indie Awards 2021, is the messenger of Finnish R&B and soul music. Ropsa Coste stands out with strong lyrics and exceptional sound, which is a fresh addition to the Finnish music scene.
Venue: Main stage
DJ Classic is known from Skylounge Wednesdays, whose playlist consists of rhythm-filled songs in the genres of Afrobeats, Hip-Hop, R&B and Dancehall.
Puhos Talk
Discussants: Hossam Hewidy / Aalto University & Katja Lindroos / Urban Practice
Could Puhos be a stage for social discussion? You can get a taste of this in the Puhos Talk discussion, which touches on the future of Puhos as well as the whole of Helsinki.
Architect and Aalto University lecturer Hossam Hewidy will take the Circle stage of the festival, whose soon-to-be-reviewed dissertation on multiculturalism and the importance of immigrant communities in urban development is groundbreaking in Finland. Hewidy is interviewed by Katja Lindroos, the CEO of Urban Practice, the founder of Lähiöfest and Nordic CityMaking Week, who is known as an active urban debater and especially an expert on the transformation of suburbs.
Puhos is one of the most important centers of multicultural entrepreneurship in the entire capital region. Big changes are waiting for it in the near future, when the property will be renovated and the area will be developed. According to the plans confirmed by the city of Helsinki, a significant part of the buildings used by current entrepreneurs will be demolished.
How has the nature of the area as a concentration of ethnic entrepreneurship and multicultural communities been taken into account in the future planning of Puhos? How does the administration’s so-called “top-down” processes enable “bottom-up” places made by the townspeople themselves? Are there even blind spots in Helsinki’s urban planning for the diversification of urban life?
The discussion starts on the main stage at 16:45. The main language is English, but parts are also spoken in Finnish and Arabic.
Hossam Hewidy’s dissertation “The Hidden city of immigrants in Helsinki’s urban leftovers: The homogenization of the city and the lost diversity” will be held on Friday 12 August from 12 to 2 pm at Aalto University, and it is open to the public. You can also follow the event remotely: https: //www.aalto.fi/en/events/public-defence-in-architecture-landscape-and-urbanism-architect-msc-hossam-hewidy
Welcome to discover the collections of fashion designers with an African background!
Richard Opoku is a fashion designer from Ghana (Accra). He is creator of REMIXGEAR. “The story behind my brand needs to express my uniqueness through appearance. Like many in today’s world, I have been living all over the world and I’ve had to adapt to different cultures. Wherever I go, I still want to keep ties to my background and culture in a stylish, modern way. I wanted to create a brand that represents us, who are from mixed cultures. I wanted to create pieces that communicate our journey as living in between cultures, to create something that ties together the unique, beautiful parts of our stories.”
Malaika Mollel is a Finnish-Tanzanian visual artist and fashion designer. His goal is to diversify Finnish art and the art scene by painting pictures of colorful characters. He also designs clothes from his art and thus combines art with fashion.
Agar Mamer is a Finnish-Sudanese seamstress and fashion designer. “I’ve been inspired to make clothes since I was young and now that I’ve worked as an assistant for clothing designers, and from that came the inspiration to bring Sudanese culture and fashion to Finland.”
Suraj is from Somalia. “I like to do Somali culture fashion, and I hope to achieve success”.
The Puhos Loves People Fashion Show is designed and produced by Angela Musse.
Venue: Circle stage
Sule Abdalla is a rising young musician singing in Somali-language. In addition to his career as a musician, he has worked as a sound engineer for several Somali-language artists, such as Gulled Simba.
Venue: Circle stage
Founded in 2018, the band has done dozens of gigs and achieved name and fame in a short space of time, even the same customer has wanted Banda for their second time at events like Tapiola Garden, City of Helsinki and Hard Rock House.
Venue: Circle stage
DJ Jorge Rasta has been a DJ since 1995. The DJ playlist from São Paulo, Brazil consists of Latin, Caribbean, Afro and American music. During his long DJ career, he compiled a playlist of happy and upbeat dance music, which he wants to convey to his listeners through his performances. In his own words “This is my style to be happy and to convey happiness to as many people as possible in this world”
DJ Dave is from Rwanda/Congo and started his career as a DJ already in 2014. DJ Dave’s playlist includes Afro, Latino, Dancehall and Hip-Hop! Dave is sure to get the party going! To quote him. “LIFE IS PARTY”
Venue: Near Circle stage
Say the word to the mural! Community artist Heidi Hänninen from Kontula Art School collects the most beautiful words for a multilingual mural. Come and have your say!
Venue: Near Circle stage
Plastic for plastic with love (Muovia muoville rakkaudella) is a picturesque painting documentation of the crowds in Itis and Puhos shopping centres. The works were painted in 2016-17 and completed in the summer of 2022. In those years, Itis and Puhos were Kiirikoff’s convenience stores.
Marikka Kiirikoff (1974) is a visual artist from Helsinki, whose two-pronged identity is built from her adult life in Eastern Helsinki and her roots in Eastern Finland. Marikka´s father’s father’s family arrived in Finland from Aunus Karelia in the first wave of refugees after the Russian Revolution in the 1920s. Kiirikoff graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts (Hki) in 2002. From the position of a freelance visual artist and painter, he has approached humanity, identity and the psychological landscape, striving for intact thematic entities while exploring the possibilities of painting. Kiirikoff´s works have been seen in numerous solo and joint exhibitions in Finland and abroad
Venue: Stoa Square stage
MA Rouf is the Finnish-Kurdish Marouf Majid’s band, which plays a unique Sufi jazz fusion. The music is born from the traditional dark rhythms of the Middle East and spiritual Sufi music combined with Scandinavian jazz influences. The background of the compositions are changing moods, feelings of an undefined future, hopes and fears. These moods are addressed by mixing the styles of the Kurdish musical tradition with Afro-centric and Scandinavian polyphony, counterpoint and improvisation.
Venue: Terrace of Restaurant Skutta – Stoa
Programme
Venue: Main stage
NaharY is a Finnish rapper who comes originally from Angola. In his music he combines Afrobeats with Finnish rap. NaharY is an artist full of energy, whose music is cheerful and thought-provoking.
Venue: Main stage
Venue: Main stage
Kevin Tandu has toured with several front line Finnish artists both at festivals and on smaller stages. His energetic and eventful shows have become familiar to those who have seen the man perform. The artist’s songs have been streamed over 30 million times via streaming services.
Kevin Tandu has made new music and at the Puhos Loves People festival you can listen to these new songs.
Venue: Main stage
Every now and then someone comes along who does things in a new way. Blacflaco is a good example of that. Silky voice use, catchy words and melodies, and an all-around effortless output make Blacflaco an interesting artist. All this combined with the mythical gangsta nuance makes Blacflaco unique.
Venue: Main stage
Helsinki based rap artist, who has been strong in bringing European sound to the Finnish music scene. Skillfully combining melodic trap music, hip-hop and afroswing, Shrty guarantees a listening experience with his flow both in the studio and on stage.
Venue: Main stage
Puhos Loves People festival will feature platinum-selling artist Cledoos, whose live energy is unparalleled. With the song “Töis”, Cledos, who made an effort to become one of the biggest hip-hop artists in Finland, needs no introduction!
Venue: Main stage
Rosa Coste, who was awarded “newcomer of the year” at the Indie Awards 2021, is the messenger of Finnish R&B and soul music. Ropsa Coste stands out with strong lyrics and exceptional sound, which is a fresh addition to the Finnish music scene.
Venue: Main stage
DJ Classic is known from Skylounge Wednesdays, whose playlist consists of rhythm-filled songs in the genres of Afrobeats, Hip-Hop, R&B and Dancehall.
Puhos Talk
Discussants: Hossam Hewidy / Aalto University & Katja Lindroos / Urban Practice
Could Puhos be a stage for social discussion? You can get a taste of this in the Puhos Talk discussion, which touches on the future of Puhos as well as the whole of Helsinki.
Architect and Aalto University lecturer Hossam Hewidy will take the Circle stage of the festival, whose soon-to-be-reviewed dissertation on multiculturalism and the importance of immigrant communities in urban development is groundbreaking in Finland. Hewidy is interviewed by Katja Lindroos, the CEO of Urban Practice, the founder of Lähiöfest and Nordic CityMaking Week, who is known as an active urban debater and especially an expert on the transformation of suburbs.
Puhos is one of the most important centers of multicultural entrepreneurship in the entire capital region. Big changes are waiting for it in the near future, when the property will be renovated and the area will be developed. According to the plans confirmed by the city of Helsinki, a significant part of the buildings used by current entrepreneurs will be demolished.
How has the nature of the area as a concentration of ethnic entrepreneurship and multicultural communities been taken into account in the future planning of Puhos? How does the administration’s so-called “top-down” processes enable “bottom-up” places made by the townspeople themselves? Are there even blind spots in Helsinki’s urban planning for the diversification of urban life?
The discussion starts on the main stage at 16:45. The main language is English, but parts are also spoken in Finnish and Arabic.
Hossam Hewidy’s dissertation “The Hidden city of immigrants in Helsinki’s urban leftovers: The homogenization of the city and the lost diversity” will be held on Friday 12 August from 12 to 2 pm at Aalto University, and it is open to the public. You can also follow the event remotely: https: //www.aalto.fi/en/events/public-defence-in-architecture-landscape-and-urbanism-architect-msc-hossam-hewidy
Welcome to discover the collections of fashion designers with an African background!
Richard Opoku is a fashion designer from Ghana (Accra). He is creator of REMIXGEAR. “The story behind my brand needs to express my uniqueness through appearance. Like many in today’s world, I have been living all over the world and I’ve had to adapt to different cultures. Wherever I go, I still want to keep ties to my background and culture in a stylish, modern way. I wanted to create a brand that represents us, who are from mixed cultures. I wanted to create pieces that communicate our journey as living in between cultures, to create something that ties together the unique, beautiful parts of our stories.”
Malaika Mollel is a Finnish-Tanzanian visual artist and fashion designer. His goal is to diversify Finnish art and the art scene by painting pictures of colorful characters. He also designs clothes from his art and thus combines art with fashion.
Agar Mamer is a Finnish-Sudanese seamstress and fashion designer. “I’ve been inspired to make clothes since I was young and now that I’ve worked as an assistant for clothing designers, and from that came the inspiration to bring Sudanese culture and fashion to Finland.”
Suraj is from Somalia. “I like to do Somali culture fashion, and I hope to achieve success”.
The Puhos Loves People Fashion Show is designed and produced by Angela Musse.
Venue: Circle stage
Sule Abdalla is a rising young musician singing in Somali-language. In addition to his career as a musician, he has worked as a sound engineer for several Somali-language artists, such as Gulled Simba.
Venue: Circle stage
Founded in 2018, the band has done dozens of gigs and achieved name and fame in a short space of time, even the same customer has wanted Banda for their second time at events like Tapiola Garden, City of Helsinki and Hard Rock House.
Venue: Circle stage
DJ Jorge Rasta has been a DJ since 1995. The DJ playlist from São Paulo, Brazil consists of Latin, Caribbean, Afro and American music. During his long DJ career, he compiled a playlist of happy and upbeat dance music, which he wants to convey to his listeners through his performances. In his own words “This is my style to be happy and to convey happiness to as many people as possible in this world”
DJ Dave is from Rwanda/Congo and started his career as a DJ already in 2014. DJ Dave’s playlist includes Afro, Latino, Dancehall and Hip-Hop! Dave is sure to get the party going! To quote him. “LIFE IS PARTY”
Venue: Near Circle stage
Say the word to the mural! Community artist Heidi Hänninen from Kontula Art School collects the most beautiful words for a multilingual mural. Come and have your say!
Venue: Near Circle stage
Plastic for plastic with love (Muovia muoville rakkaudella) is a picturesque painting documentation of the crowds in Itis and Puhos shopping centres. The works were painted in 2016-17 and completed in the summer of 2022. In those years, Itis and Puhos were Kiirikoff’s convenience stores.
Marikka Kiirikoff (1974) is a visual artist from Helsinki, whose two-pronged identity is built from her adult life in Eastern Helsinki and her roots in Eastern Finland. Marikka´s father’s father’s family arrived in Finland from Aunus Karelia in the first wave of refugees after the Russian Revolution in the 1920s. Kiirikoff graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts (Hki) in 2002. From the position of a freelance visual artist and painter, he has approached humanity, identity and the psychological landscape, striving for intact thematic entities while exploring the possibilities of painting. Kiirikoff´s works have been seen in numerous solo and joint exhibitions in Finland and abroad
Venue: Stoa Square stage
MA Rouf is the Finnish-Kurdish Marouf Majid’s band, which plays a unique Sufi jazz fusion. The music is born from the traditional dark rhythms of the Middle East and spiritual Sufi music combined with Scandinavian jazz influences. The background of the compositions are changing moods, feelings of an undefined future, hopes and fears. These moods are addressed by mixing the styles of the Kurdish musical tradition with Afro-centric and Scandinavian polyphony, counterpoint and improvisation.
Venue: Terrace of Restaurant Skutta – Stoa
Artists
Organisers
Contact
Address
Puhos shopping centre, Part-A, Kastelholmantie 2, FIN-00900 Helsinki
Phone
+358468895896
info(at)puhoslovespeople.fi