LOST AND FOUND: Juha Maki-Jussila / Anne Siirtola / Milja Viita 6.8. – 28.8. 2010

Lost and Found is the theme that brings together works of three Finnish video and installation artists; Juha Maki-Jussila, Anne Siirtola and Milja Viita. The open-ended narratives of Maki-Jussila explore the themes of disappearance and structures of remembrance. The black and white 16mm film of Milja Viita is based on the lost letters written during the WWII, which now are memorised in her poetical documentary film. The main character in Anne Siirtolas’s montage Circle seems to be sometimes lost in her crazy garden while trying to follow the course of the seasons.

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Welcome to the opening on July 8, 6pm.!
9.7.–27.7. 2010

ERDBEERE

The Erdbeere exhibition presents artwork from four artists based in Helsinki; Hanne Ivars, Antti Keitilä, Mikko Maasalo and Denise Ziegler.

Is the strawberry a vegetable after all?
The strawberry is an accessory fruit, which means the fleshy part is derived not from the ovaries but from the peg at the bottom of the hypanthia that holds the ovaries. So from a technical standpoint it could be said that the seeds are the actual fruits of the plant, and the flesh of the strawberry is a vegetable.

The works in the Erdbeere exhibition invites the viewers to reconsider their first impressions.

Rather than having a common theme, the exhibition shows samples from each artist’s production – four different approaches and working methods. Works exhibited are sculptures, photographs, paintings and animation.

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