When Scope Association was newly founded, and our very first event had just taken place at Tiivistämö, our inboxes quickly filled with extraordinary proposals. They came from new-age alternative pop queens defying all categories, graffiti painters, bronze sculptors, and everything in between—artists looking for a platform to showcase their work, just as we had done for a remarkable bunch of music artists.
What these proposals had in common was striking: they didn’t come from the commercial art world, unlike the Pop/Rap/Urban event we had just hosted. While we made no distinction between a rapper’s art and a painter’s, these messages felt genuine—art for art’s sake, not hype. And there were many of them.
True to our mission as a community enabler, we set out to make an event happen. The work was slow and often frustrating as we bounced between potential venues collaborations , even exploring tattoo studios.
Everything finally clicked fast when we heard a rumor: the legendary Yö Galleria had some cancellation dates available for the summer.
We took a leap of faith, cleared our inboxes, and invited almost every artist who had reached out to join. In just about three weeks, the entire production came together—and it was a remarkable success. The event featured everything from body-painting saxophone aliens performing ancient rituals to stunning paintings, modern dance, live crying, and much more. On the audience side, we were packed.
It became so abundantly clear that there was a genuine need for a scope kind of platform for other forms of art as well. Not just for music, which had been our original focus. After that first Lux Amoris, Scope became so much more than a platform for music; it also became a platform for all art and all artists. Cause after the event it became our favourite thing we had ever facilitated.
For future Lux Amoris events, we decided to always create an open call, welcoming as many artists as possible and offering opportunities in the spirit of what Scope stands for.
We also noticed something important: in conversations about art, people often hesitate to express their genuine tastes. Perhaps it’s fear of being judged, or feeling their artistic appetite isn’t “developed” enough for high-class art discussions. We set up Lux Amoris exists to challenge that nonsense. It is a platform where art is appreciated on its own terms not through the lens of gallerist, social trends, or monetary value or some other .
In the same way, Lux Amoris is a platform for artists of all backgrounds. Age, experience, or following does not define the value of your art or make you more or less of an artist. Art belongs to everyone. So does the right to call yourself an artist, no matter how long you’ve practiced your craft, as long as you create it. Lux Amoris is a place to enjoy and appreciate art simply because we like it with our all pretentiousness.
And the name? Our chairman came up with it to capture why this event was needed as well as what it could bring: it would bring light and love. Lux Amoris.
This fall, Lux Amoris returns for its third edition as a two-day art festival, held 17–18 October 2025 in its legendary birthplace: Yö Galleria. This year, the theme is “Undercurrents of Memory”, inviting reflection on both private and collective memories and their impact on the present and the future.