The Turn
Natalie Rae Good, Allyson Packer, Kate Ruck, and Inkeri Virtanen
January 16-18, 2025 at Vapaan Taiteen Tila
Opening | Thursday, January 16, 18-21h
Open hours Friday, January 17 | 12-18h and Saturday, January 18 | 12-16h
There is a distinct relentlessness to the current moment. Churning news cycles, erratic microtrends, and the cacophony of our own echo chambers all point to a culture out of sync with the cycles of the human body and the planet we inhabit. The artists represented in this exhibition operate within this incongruity. They examine the speed and abstraction of contemporary culture through perspectives informed by their experiences practicing in remote geographic locations. With collaborative roots in the Eastern Highlands of New Mexico and the Finnish archipelago, they draw upon essential embodied knowledge from distinct landscapes to critically examine a contemporary global culture that frequently diminishes the role of the human hand. Working across digital, analog, and traditional craft media, their artwork asserts a momentary, yet immutable physicality, bringing concrete form to the diffuse target of an accelerating, dematerializing culture.
Opening sponsored by: Fat Lizard | Kyrö distillery | Noita Winery
