ANTI – Contemporary Art Festival is proud to present the three shortlisted artists for the 2025 ANTI Festival International Prize for Live Art and their performances in the Shortlist LIVE! Programme at the ANTI Festival between 9 and 14 September 2025.

The nominees for the 2025 ANTI Festival International Prize for Live Art are: Chiara Bersani (Italy), Harold Offeh (United Kingdom) and SJ Norman (Australia). Read more about the nominees.

“These artists create work that lingers and resonates through our imaginations, moving us in the moment of the encounter and long afterwards. We have been deeply impressed by the depth of their historical, social and political engagement through rigorous research and community praxes, which saturate and suffuse the ferocious beauty of their creations”, the shortlisting committee, Elisa Itkonen and Season Butler, writes about the shortlist. Read the whole statement.

We are excited to present the 6th edition of the Shortlist LIVE! Programme: the nominees’ performances will be experienced live during the ANTI Festival taking place in Kuopio, Finland.