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| Dave Berg: Whatever II. 2014. Video installation |
Curator: Minna Joenniemi.
Executive manager: Tiina Nyrhinen.
Visited on 29 Aug 2014
The artists exhibited have also their own pages on the Mänttä Art Festival site with images of each artwork exhibited:
Maija Albrecht, Inkoo
Jan Anderzén, Tampere
Kenneth Bamberg, Helsinki
Dave Berg, Helsinki
Enoch Bergsten, Helsinki
Brains on Art, Helsinki
Ilmari Gryta, Janakkala
Siiri Haarla, Berliini
Mia Hamari, Simo
Alma Heikkilä, Hyrynsalmi
Jussi Heikkilä, Jyväskylä
Heidi Hemmilä, Helsinki
Tatu Hiltunen, Helsinki
Ylva Holländer, Porvoo
Pekka Jylhä, Helsinki
Kahviland, (Leena Kela, Turku ja Kristina Junttila, Tromssa)
Kaarina Kaikkonen, Helsinki
Matti Kalkamo, Tampere
Saara-Maria Kariranta, Helsinki
Jouna Karsi, Turku
Otto Karvonen, Helsinki
Johanna Ketola, Jämsä
Saija Kivikangas, Lahti
Tapani Kokko (Veistäjät), Orimattila
Essi Korva, Pello
Maanantai Kollektiivi, Helsinki
Maija Kurki, Turku
Teemu Lehmusruusu, Helsinki
Ninni Luhtasaari, Tampere
Maija Luutonen, Helsinki
Juha Menna (Veistäjät), Nurmijärvi
Jussi Meuronen, Helsinki
Hanneriina Moisseinen, Helsinki
Teemu Mäki, Helsinki
Pia Männikkö, Helsinki
Pekka Nevalainen, Kisko
Pekka Niittyvirta, Helsinki
Leena Nio, Helsinki
Noora Nio-Juss, Helsinki
Meiju Niskala, Helsinki
Pekka Niskanen, Helsinki
Konsta Ojala, Helsinki
Pelastusalus Silakka, Tampere, Jyväskylä, Ateena
Kukka Paavilainen, Helsinki
Meri Peura, Janakkala
Outi Pieski, Utsjoki
Kaija Poijula, Helsinki
Eeva-Maija Priha, Seinäjoki
Anssi Pulkkinen, Helsinki
Vesa-Pekka Rannikko, Helsinki
Tuomo Rainio, Helsinki
Antti-Ville Reinikainen, Helsinki
Anna Rokka, Helsinki
Vappu Rossi, Helsinki
Aura Saarikoski, Helsinki
Jenna Sutela, Helsinki
Sami Sänpäkkilä, Tampere
Sirpa Särkijärvi,Turku
Kari Södö, Oulu
Antti Tanttu, Helsinki
Sakari Tervo, Turku
Oona Tikkaoja, Turku
Elina Tuhkanen, Helsinki
Lasse Ursin, Lahti
Henry Wuorila-Stenberg, Helsinki
Jenni Yppärilä, Tampere
Rut Karin Zettergren, Tukholma
AA: The last leg of today's Mänttä art tour was this abundant review of contemporary Finnish art at Pekilo, a former factory building with a lot of space for ambitious installations. These works can also be examined at the website and in the catalogue, but the illustrations do not do justice to them as they are meant to be experienced in a space. Many works are big, and some are huge.
Thanks to the vision of the curator Minna Joenniemi here the whole is more than a sum of its parts. There are flights of fancy and experimentations of all kinds, and the works are bursting with vitality and joy in a combination like this.
This is an exhibition about imagination, audacity, irreverence, and the life force. There is often a devil may care attitude. This is a cornucopia, a horn of plenty.
The artists have also taken over the city, including the church, which is covered by the shirt installation Totuuden henki / The Spirit of Truth by Kaarina Kaikkonen.
A work I stopped to reflect three times was Dave Berg's video installation Whatever II (2014). I will need to see it again. There is a lot of dialogue which one is required to pay attention to. The imagery is not related to the dialogue in any direct way.
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| Kaarina Kaikkonen: Totuuden henki / [The Spirit of Truth]. 2014. Shirts on the facade of the Mänttä Church. |
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