Drifts is a nomadic art platform that organizes transcultural art festivals annually in various regions of Helsinki, Finland. The Drifts Festival aims to contribute to cultural plurality by engaging with diverse neighborhoods and communities in the city. It fosters a fluid space that transcends cultural, geographical, and disciplinary boundaries. Drifts seeks dynamic social engagements and critical dialogues through performative, audiovisual, and discursive practices.

Founded in Helsinki in 2021, Drifts is a non-profit cultural platform. Drifts' activities, including annual festivals and collaboration projects, create temporary social spheres where people gather, share, and exchange diverse cultures. Each year, the festival’s curatorial themes reflect Drifts' values, political agency, and urgent questions. The activities are built through transcultural, multidisciplinary, and site-specific approaches in collaboration with grassroots cultural organizations, institutions, and trans-local and transnational practitioners beyond Helsinki and abroad. Drifts ensures inclusivity and accessibility, maintaining its commitment to making all events free for everyone.

In 2024, the Drifts Festival is realized in partnership with The Governing Body of Suomenlinna, Nordic Culture Point, AV-ARKKI, Goethe-Institut Finnland, Finnish Institute UK & Ireland, Art School MAA, The Temporary Bookshelf, Under The Leaf, Up Node, Mad House Helsinki, Shopper Screen, and with the kind support of the Kone Foundation, Finnish Cultural Foundation, Niilo Helanderin Säätiö, City of Helsinki, Oskar Öflunds Stiftelse, Konstsamfundet, Nordic Culture Fund, and 1664.

info@drifts.art
Sign up for our Newsletter