On 29 October 2026 at 10u00 (Eastern European Time), Jay will give an online lecture/talk for the Thursday Lecture Series organised by Catalysti in Helsinki and Soumenlinna's Art School Maa.

"Catalysti x Taidekoulu MAA collaboration is an online Thursday Lecture Series inviting transcultural artists, curators, and cultural professionals based in Finland or elsewhere in the world to talk about their research and practice in an open and free to all discussion. 

Previously the series emphasised on the critical reflection and gaps in mainstream art education through a series of questions, one of which was: Which histories are missing from the curricula?

This fall the Thursday Lecture Series explores the role of contemporary art and the work of the artist in society as situated within the current ecosocial and sociopolitical context we live in. The main question of the series is: What is at Stake? with an emphasis on borders (physical, conceptual, legal), displacement, site-sensitivity and history, migration, memory, emotional landscapes, political body, rituals, food politics and cultural heritage through the lecturers’ gazes.

The artists and curators invited are of diverse professional backgrounds and arrive to the series from different schools of thoughts spanning philosophy, comparative literature, visual arts, filmmaking, performance art, art education, anthropology, academic and artistic research, curation, aesthetics, transdisciplinary design, writing, food art research, sculpture, archival research, and feminism.

The lectures offer audiences a direct contact with cultural professionals, artists, and curators whose work challenges the status quo in contemporary art and society." (Catalysti, 2026) 

Jay's talk will engage on a conversation on how does a body present its position in relation to the world it is navigating in. What are the artistic, theoretical, and cultural implications is that body is assigned the role as the Other? Within performance and migration contexts, what does the migrant Other’s body mean within relevant/relative European spaces? In the session, Jay – together with the online audience – will exchange about lived experiences, body of work(s) as a performance of artistic, and conceptual reflections as a researcher.

The online event is free and open to the public. 

Practical details

Date: 29 October 2026

Time: 10u00 Finnish Time (EET)

Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87962655916

More information thru these links:

Taidekoulu Maa Thursday Lecture Series: Jay Albaos

Catalysti x Art School Maa Autumn 2026, Thursday Lecture Series

*Photoscreenshot from Catalysti's event page.