7th Turku Biennial
dal 9/6/2015 al 29/8/2015
Segnalato da
Anna Breu
Erkka Nissinen
Erno Enkenberg
Andy Parker
Krister Grahn
Jarno Vesala
Aulis Harmaala
Gil & Moti
Marjatta Holma
Stig Baumgartner
Aino Kannisto
Satu Haavisto
Kalle Mustonen
Ottmar Horl
Maija Narhinen
Jacob Dahlgren
Milla-Kariina Oja
Denes Farkas
Selina Kiiskinen
Silja Lehtonen
Johanna Lehto-Vahtera
9/6/2015
7th Turku Biennial
Aboa Vetus & Ars Nova, Turku
This edition presents new works from 18 artists or artist groups with the theme "The Unexpected Guest". This summer the multivoiced group of artists turns the museum into a stage for unexpected incidents.
The 7th Turku Biennial explores the unexpected and unfamiliar. Eighteen artists and artist groups from Finland, Sweden, Estonia, Netherlands, Germany and United Kingdom have been invited to participate in the exhibition with the theme The Unexpected Guest.
How to approach the unexpected in the most interesting way? Who is a guest—or stranger—to whom? The Unexpected Guest is a theme that, despite hinting towards the unknown, is familiar and immediate. Both sudden halts and the passing of time are visible in the new works made for the Turku Biennial. The twists of the daily life or the turns that take place in artistic work are examples through which the artists have discussed the theme of the unfamiliar. The unexpected guest may appear as a single arresting image or a story told by a site-specific installation.
In the 2015 edition of the Turku Biennial, the invited artists have also had the opportunity to influence who appears in the exhibition. In the spring of 2014, a portfolio submission to the Turku Biennial was announced to artists working in Finland. In addition to presenting their own work and ideas, the artists were to suggest an artist colleague working in Finland or elsewhere in Europe whom they would like to see in the exhibition. Based on the applications and suggestions, nine artists or artist groups and their guests were chosen for the exhibition. The aim was to give the artists a chance to examine the theme of the exhibition not only through their own artistic work, but also through the work of other interesting or inspiring artists and so enrich the exploration of the theme.
The selection of artists was made by Aboa Vetus & Ars Nova's researcher Eeva Holkeri, communications officer Selina Kiiskinen, curator Silja Lehtonen and museum director Johanna Lehto-Vahtera.
The invited artists are:
Aino Kannisto (Helsinki, b. 1973)
guest: Satu Haavisto (Helsinki, b. 1975)
Maija Närhinen (Helsinki, b. 1967)
guest: Jacob Dahlgren (Stockholm, b. 1970)
Erno Enkenberg (Espoo, b. 1975)
guest: Andy Parker (London, b. 1978)
Marjatta Holma (Turku, b. 1976)
guest: Stig Baumgartner (Helsinki, b. 1969)
Krister Gråhn (Mänttä, b. 1979)
Jarno Vesala (Nokia, b. 1977) applied for the exhibition with a joint work Anna Breu (Turku, artist group)
guest: Erkka Nissinen (Helsinki / Hong Kong, b. 1975)
Aulis Harmaala (Helsinki, b. 1966)
guest: Gil & Moti (Rotterdam, b. 1968 & 1971)
Kalle Mustonen (Helsinki, b. 1979)
guest: Ottmar Hörl (Wertheim, b. 1950)
Milla-Kariina Oja (Helsinki, b. 1976)
guest: Dénes Farkas (Tallinn, b. 1974)
The winner of the Turku Biennial will be selected Gunnar B. Kvaran, director of Astrup Fearnley Museum in Oslo, and announced in June. The winner of the biennial is awarded a prize of 5,000 euros.
All the artists are introduced in the Turku Biennial 2015 publication.
The Turku Biennial is organised by Aboa Vetus & Ars Nova, a museum of history and contemporary art in Turku, Finland.
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