Helsinki Biennial announces its principles and objectives for embracing a new era Helsinki Biennial, Vallisaari. Photo Matti Pyykkö. HELSINKI .- The inaugural Helsinki Biennial 2021, The Same Sea, will be held on the Helsinki Archipelago, Vallisaari island, from 12 June 26 September 2021. Following a year which has challenged ways of being indefinitely, shifted the modus operandi, and renewed perspectives, Helsinki Biennial invites the global art community to rethink how the worlds major art events are staged. By establishing a responsible approach to exhibition making, advocating a commitment to the local whilst also promoting sustainable tourism, and working within the context of the City of Helsinki and its ambitious climate goals recently included in the A List of leading cities of climate work in 2020 Helsinki Biennial aims to offer an alternative framework for biennials in a post-pandemic world. Based on these considerations, it announces its guiding principles and objectives for embracing a new era: