In the Wind – Sensing the Location Now
Riikka Kevo, Mari Martin, Marjatta Oja ja Leena & Oula A. Valkeapää
20.5. – 13.6. 2021
Opening // Avajaiset 20.5 klo 18:00
Minun ajatuksissani Tuulessa viittaa muutoksiin.
Aistimme tuulen ihollamme, samoin tyynen. Tuuli on yksinkertainen ja
henkilökohtainen aistituntemus, joka samalla koskettaa meitä yhteisönä.
Tuuli on myös globaali voima, jolla on monia meille abstrakteja merkityksiä,
myös osana ilmastonmuutosta. -Leena Valkeapää
In the Wind – Sensing the Location Now on yhteisnäyttely, johon yhdistyvät kuvataide, ympäristötaide, esitystaide, aktivismi ja taiteellisen tutkimuksen ajankohtaiset aiheet.
Projekti sisältää näyttelyn, esityksiä ja keskustelutilaisuuksia. Tapahtuma on osana Art Fair Suomen ohjelmistoa.
Ohjelmisto:
- 21. ja 22.5. kello 13:00 – 16:00, Cities on the Move, piirustus-haastattelu-
projekti, Riikka Kevo - 26.5. Alkaen 16:00, On the Streets, opastetut yksityis- ja yhteiskävelyt, Mari Martin. max. 5 henkilöä.
- 27. ja 28.5. kello 13:00 – 16:00, Cities on the Move, piirustus-haastattelu-
projekti, tervetuloa! Riikka Kevo - 29.5 Keskustelutilaisuus muuttamisesta ja muutoksesta, vieraana Myymälä2-osuuskunnan osakkaat kuvataiteilija Egle Oddo, säveltäjä-tutkija-taiteilija Timo Tuhkanen, kulttuurituottaja & uuden musiikin radiotoimittaja Liisa Nassir Tolonen.
- 2.6. Alkaen 16:00, On the Streets, opastetut yksityis- ja yhteiskävelyt, Mari Martin. max. 5 henkilöä.
- 10.6. Kello 13:00 – 15:00, Cities on the Move, piirustus-haastattelu-
projekti, Riikka Kevo - 11.6. Taiteellisen tutkimuksen seminaarissa keskustellaan In the Wind- Sensing the Location Now näyttely-tapahtumasta, sekä yleisesti uusista taiteen tekemisen muodoista. Vieraana Taideyliopiston vararehtori ja kuvataiteilija Jaana Erkkilä-Hill.
Kiitos tuesta: CfAR/Taideyliopisto, Taike, Uudenmaan kulttuurirahasto, Kone, Paulon säätiö ja Avek
ENG
In my thoughts the wind suggests change. We sense the wind
on our skin as we do the calm. The wind is a simple and
personal sensation which touches us all as a collective.
The wind is a global force, which has many abstract meanings
and a connection to climate change. -Leena Valkeapää
In the Wind – Sensing the Location Now is a collective exhibition introducing visual art, environmental art and live art combined together, The artists wish to invite everybody interested in art, activism and current topics regarding research in arts.
The project includes an exhibition and a series of performances and discussions. It is part of the main program of Art Fair Suomi.
Live Program:
- 21. and 22.5. from 13:00 to 16:00, Cities on the Move, welcome to be drawn, Riikka Kevo
- 26.5. starting at 16:00, On the Streets, private and joint guided city walks led by Mari Martin, max. 5 participants.
- 27. and 28.5. from 13:00 to 16:00, Cities on the Move, welcome to be drawn, Riikka Kevo
- 29.5 public talk about mobility and change with guests: cultural producer and radio reporter Liisa Nassir Tolonen, visual artist Egle Oddo, and composer-researcher-artist Timo Tuhkanen. On-line DJ session with Liisa Nassir Tolonen.
- 2.6. starting at 16:00, On the Streets, private and joint guided city walks led by Mari Martin, max. 5 participants.
- 10.6. from 13:00 to 15:00, Cities on the Move, welcome to be drawn, Riikka Kevo
- 11.6. the seminar of artistic research discusses ’In the Wind-Sensing the Location Now’ exhibition and new forms of art with guest speaker Jaana Erkkilä-Hill, Vice Rector of University of the Arts Helsinki and visual artist.
Supported by CfAR/Taideyliopisto, Taike, Uudenmaan Kulttuurirahasto, Kone Koneen Säätiö,, Paulon säätiö ja Avek.
ARTISTS BIO
Riikka Kevo
works with visual arts but has also experienced the world of different cultural movements, economical geography, green ideology, future scenarios, and climate change in different countries. Kevo organizes exhibitions and events, does research and works with different people in her fields. Kevo uses drawing, painting, photographing, and installations as her ways of artistic expression. Serialism is typical for her. In 2012 Kevo organized the 1700 sqm BLOMart -art exhibition for Turku Fair Centre. She studied cultural project management in Stockholm University and worked for the Stockholm Supermarket -art festival. In 2020 Kevo worked as a producer for the Stockfors Art Festival -art exhibition (artistic management and curating Aarno Rankka and Jyrki Riekki).
Her project for this group exhibition, Cities On the Move, is focusing on the rising global seabeds influencing both the future of urban development, and the lives and environments of hundreds of millions of people. Kevo aims to open discussion about some important aspects of climate change, like rising waters, moving cities and migration.
Mari Martin
is a live-artist and has a doctor’s degree in theatre art (University of the Arts Helsinki, 2014). She is also a visiting scholar at the Centre for Artistic Research CfAR (University of the Arts Helsinki). Martin is currently working on her artistic post doc research project: Artistic Dialogue with the Urban Environment (2014-2021). In her project she has worked together with artists from different fields in different contexts. The sub projects: 1) Work related to the Black Stone Park (Mustankivenpuisto) in Vuosaari, Helsinki (2014-2016), 2) membership in Ajauksia artist group (2018-) and the participation in the Research Pavilion #3 project (2018-2019).
Her project for this group exhibition, On the Streets, is the final artistic output of her post doc. Martin focuses on the social aspects of the urban environment and explores how an urban environment can become a partner in artistic dialogue and how it shapes us.
Marjatta Oja
is a visual artist and Doctor of Fine Arts DFA (University of the Arts Helsinki 2011). Oja has collaborated with other artists and researchers in art events like the Aurinkogeneraattori 2013 in Porvoo and the Local Energy-exhibition&event in 2013, where artists, designers and scholars showed ecologically critical works. Her newest collaboration is the Coast Guard Girrls – project which was created for Manifesta13 together with Riikka Kevo. The project handles different subjects as for example how activists takes a position in respect to the rising of sea levels, movement of people between countries, new ways of communication, and how a deep local and personal understanding of surroundings is established. Oja’s post doc research is affiliated to the Academy of Visual Arts in Helsinki. The research project Taiteilija-aktivisti post-fossilisessa murroksessa (2018-) handles how artists influence different situations. Recently she published a peer reviewed article Pienenergia, arkisto ja uusi aktivismi.
Leena and Oula A. Valkeapää
live and work in Käsivarsi, Lapland, in surroundings where Oula A. grew up and still lives by his Saami heritage. Leena Valkeapää was working mostly as an environmental artist before moving from Turku up north. In her doctoral thesis of art, Luonnossa: vuoropuhelua Nils-Aslak Valkeapään tuotannon kanssa (In Nature: a dialogue with the works of Nils-Aslak Valkeapää), Leena Valkeapää began her artistic collaboration together with her husband Oula A. Leena Valkeapää was granted the 2021 Taike’s multi-art grant and is a supporter by the Past Present Sustainability research project, which is led by Jussi T. Eronen and funded by Kone Foundation. She also mentors at the Ars Bioarctica residence, which is supported by the Finnish Bioart Society and is located located at
Kilpisjärvi Biological Station.