Dates:
Thu, 27 Aug 2026, 11:00–16:00
Fri, 28 Aug 2026, 11:00–16:00
Sat, 29 Aug 2026, 11:00–16:00
The exhibition features works by seven contemporary artists that capture moments spent in the presence of trees, listening to them and honoring them.
Trees are timeless; they live alongside us and grow old with us. We don’t always notice them because they are such a fundamental part of the Finnish landscape. Trees are sometimes invisible or taken for granted. They are yard trees, rows that brush the horizon, or sometimes outright guardian, spirit, or sacred trees. We rake their leaves, hammer birdhouses onto their trunks, and trim the smaller border trees.
Trees speak to us in their own ways—whispering, rustling, hissing, and crackling. When the trees are silent, the forest is silent too. Each of us hears them in our own way. “Mysteries” can hide beside and among the trees: the rustling of feathers as birds flit about in their branches, insects coiling into spirals, moss-covered stumps and mounds beneath which massive root systems are revealed, as well as fairy tales, stories, and old beliefs about trees, forests, and their guardians.
Many of the works in the exhibition explore atmospheric liminal spaces, the transition from evening to night, the dawn, the process of metamorphosis, growth, or how our subconscious shapes what we see, allowing us to perceive exactly what we want and need. (Eija Keskinen.)
The artists featured in the exhibition are Pirjetta Brander, Marko Hämäläinen, Inka-Maaria Jurvanen, Sakari Kannosto, Eija Keskinen, Janne La...
Cost: 10/ 8 /0 €
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Categories: Exhibitions and openings, Museums, Accessible
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