Dates:
- Fri, 7 Aug 2026, 18:00–20:00
- Sun, 9 Aug 2026, 12:00–16:00
- Thu, 20 Aug 2026, 16:00–20:00
- Fri, 21 Aug 2026, 16:00–20:00
- Sat, 22 Aug 2026, 12:00–16:00
- Sun, 23 Aug 2026, 12:00–16:00
Since 2017, MAR/MÆR have explored Camouflage Strategies through performances in public space. The first work was created along the wall of Lapeyrouse Cemetery in Port of Spain during the Trinidad and Tobago Carnival.
The most recent performance took place in Søndermarken, Copenhagen, in collaboration with oak trees, lichens, and the BLOOM Festival. A video exhibition at the SOLU Bioart Society presents documentation of the processes of the performance works.
The Camouflage performance series emerged from a desire to disappear completely — to dissolve into the surroundings and become one with the site.
Drawing on camouflage strategies found in the animal world, the artists explore camouflage as a way of transcending the boundaries between bodies and space. In doing so, perception becomes unsettled, and the experience of space is rendered fluid and unstable.
The practice evokes expressions of in-betweenness and creatureliness. The current research turns toward lichens as companions in being-with, thinking-with, and performing-with, seeking new ways of understanding the complexities of symbiosis through interspecies collaboration.
MAR/MÆR is a performance art duo formed by Mari Pitkänen and Kaja Mærk Egeberg.
Bioart Society, Panimokatu 1, 3rd floor
7.-23.8.2026
7.8. at 18.00-20.00
9.8. / 22.8. / 23.8. at 12.00-16.00
20.8. / 21.8. at 16.00-20.00
Free entry
Cost: Free
Categories: nature, performance (art forms), exhibitions
More information: https://bioartsociety.fi/
Source: Event information supplied by City of Helsinki Linked Events.
