Trojan Horse Summer Retreat 2024

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TROJAN HORSE SUMMER RETREAT 2024
August 5–11, 2024
Bengtsår, Finland

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The Summer Retreat 2024
This year we’ll focused on the needs of making spaces for alternative and collective education. We did that by working on fostering the political and the collective. Deconstructing ideas of efficiency focusing on straight forward career paths, and established education mechanisms in design art and architecture.

With the retreat, our aim was to create an environment for self sustainable open education and peer-shared experience where participants can unwind, build meaningful connections, and openly share the everyday challenges and questions we found urgent at that moment. The week-long immersive program was meant to become a relaxing space to spend time together, encourage experimentation and promote a profound understanding of collectivism, care, and shared knowledge.

Trojan Horse aimed to hold space for equality, and invited multi generational cooperation, based on safer space practices and intersectionality principles. 

The island became a chance experience to take a break from everyday struggles with low threshold and in a self sustainable open education and peer-shared experience.

The Location
Located on the island of Bengtsår.

About Trojan Horse
We (the Trojan Horse) have been organizing activities, including summer schools and gatherings on the island since 2016. Trojan Horse warmly invites designers, artists, architects, theorists, curators, and all individuals with a passion for these disciplines to join us.

PRACTICAL INFORMATION

Costs_
80€ + self organized return trip to Santala costs + possible camping gear, (let us know if this is a problem, we might be able to help with some things.)

Includes: Meals and support at Bengtsår (everything, except camping gear, see more below)

Traveling to Santala_
Approximately 30€ from Helsinki with VR – self booking, the sooner the better. 

Choose a connection that arrives at Santala on Monday at 13:14, (the connection leaves from Helsinki at 11:35). We return with the train that departs from Santala on Sunday at 13:44 (the connection arrives to Helsinki at 15:40).

What we provide_
4 meals a day, sauna, possibility to borrow kayaks and rowing boats, sport opportunities (football/basketball field and balls), fishing sticks, boat trip to another island, possible trip to Hanko (extra costs).

Accommodation_
On the island there’s a few designated camping spots where we camp, with a shed covered facility where we have electricity and tables. There’s showers on the Sauna building and the city’s wifi network. You can read more about Bengtsår island and facilities here.

Schedule & Program_
We will make a more detailed program for the week together on the island. The daily schedule will follow a daily rhythm below, but not all sharing moments will be full of program. There will be plenty of time to relax and hang out.

Breakfast_  9:00 – 10:00
Check-in_  10:00 – 10:30 
Possible sharing moment_  10:30–12:00
Lunch_  12:00 – 13:00
Hike & Reading / Digestion_  13:00 – 15:00
Possible sharing moment 2_  15:00 – 17:00
Dinner_  17:00 – 18:00
Possible sharing moment 3_ 18:00 – 19:00
Sauna_  20:00 →