Love, Frankenstein
Exhibition opening Sun 7.11. at 18:00
Open Mon–Thu 15:00–19:00
Closing event Thu 11.12. at 19:00 (description below)
“Love, Frankenstein” is a group exhibition by ten artists who have spent the past months learning and creating in Helsinki. What has emerged is a body of works: a being assembled from diverse practices, materials, and backgrounds. Like a patchwork, it carries traces of many origins, stitched together through the brief time and space the artists have shared. Here, Frankenstein is not a monster but a method – a way of bringing something to life collectively. The exhibition’s title reads like the closing of a letter, signed by the creature itself: Love, Frankenstein. It is an invitation to come and meet this being that is, perhaps, curious, strange, tender and brutal altogether – and alive only for five nights and days.
Participating artists are Lena Kunz, Ayda Houshmandnia, Alma Holtvedt, Fenne Boeijink, Minxin Tsai, Lambertine van Veldhuizen, Maggie Yi-Ning Wang, Emma Brown, Magda Skytte, and Lyenne Palü. They are all exchange students at the Academy of Fine Arts at Uniarts Helsinki.
Closing Concert Thu 11.12. at 19:00
by Sibelius Academy students
Xiao Wen – Moving Planes – electroacoustic vocal solo with live electronics and voice.
Ding. you step into the elevator, skillfully squeezing into the small space with a couple of strangers while apologising softly under your breath. where are they going? where did they come from? you don’t know, and neither do they know that about you. in these five precious minutes, your lives converge at the same point – the same air, same four walls, identical movements. what does this alignment sound like? what does it mean for each of us after we step out of this liminal space?
Matteo Bello – Da Mare a Mare (Matteo B.)
An ambisonic piece with prerecorded sounds and live string quartet.
Felix Hirsch – Bias – electroacoustic cello solo with live electronics and cello.
Does the terminology of news outlets change the narrative of a story? Who decides which voices are heard and which ones are silenced (and drowned in an abundance of noise)?
Astrid Helena Frej Møller – In The Womb.
Astrid Helena will present a multichannel performance where the voice is distributed over 8 speakers, enveloping the audience in a trance-inducing lullaby.
