The exhibition features young artists who have abandoned traditional forms and created their own means of expression. There are many film and video works on the programme, and a number of computers allow the artists to defy the laws of physics. What is certain is that the exhibition has achieved its goal of creating a kind of shadow of Finnish stereotypes by drawing in visitors with a touch of humour.
A short video by Salla Tykkä shows a shirtless woman in a boxing match with a much larger male opponent. Stiina Saaristo's drawings mix erotica with kitsch in a mannerist style. Anni Rapinoja shows clothing and shoes made of natural materials. In Tea Mäkipää's video, the role of director has been handed to a reindeer. Mika Ronkainen has created a documentary of a choir called Screaming Men, who sing a kind of Finnish gospel music for relief from tension. The exhibition also shows the therapeutic effect on tension offered by Tellervo Kalleinen and Oliver Kochta-Kalleinen's "complaint choirs,"
Author: Eszter Götz
Photo: LUMU
