Now on view at P.S.1, Arctic Hysteria: New Art from Finland features 16 Finnish artists and introduces New York audiences to outlandish visions of aliens, utopias, animals, and psychedelia. Including large-scale installations, meticulously crafted objects, unnerving performances and videos, and a special Futuro Lounge, the show foregrounds the fantastic and distinct art of the North.

Special event: New York Complaints Choir Workshops
The first New York workshop was held June 8 and attracted about 50 people. Check the Web site for updates as workshops continue through the summer. For information, to volunteer for the choir, or to log a complaint write: complaintschoir@newwilderness.org

Artists Tellervo Kalleinen (FIN) and Oliver Kochta-Kalleinen (GER) started the Complaints Choir in 2005 and have since established the project themselves and through other organizers in cities around the world. In short it is a choir that sings out complaints collected locally. In the Finnish vocabulary there is an expression Valituskuoro. It means Complaints Choir and it is used to describe situations where a lot of people are complaining simultaneously. The New York Complaints Choir will be conducted by Alan Licht and is organized by The New Wilderness Foundation, New York in collaboration with P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center and FRAME Finnish Fund for Art Exchange.