Scope BLN

presents

 

Two exhibitions by two contemporary Finnish artist - part of the

Ortstermin 24 - Kunstfestival in Moabit and Hansaviertel

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The Empty Green

by Mikko Kelloniemi 

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Hair In The Dish

by Vilma Leino

 

September 6 – September 27, 2024

Opening: Friday, September 6 at 6:00 pm 

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Courtesy: Mikko Kelloniemi

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In his exhibition, Mikko Kelloniemi faces the "great unknown" - a time saturated by rapid technological development, algorithms, artificial intelligence and overflowing streams of data. We as humans are experiencing a tangible turn in our collective behaviour, a shift towards new cognitive states. How can a tiny individual observe and understand such a change, a significant moment in time while still inside it?

The Empty Green is a multidisciplinary body of work observing humanity inside digital transformation. Studying the often-absurd nature of this ongoing process, this exhibition is a first attempt to more closely examine the complexity of the contemporary self, deconstructing a vast horizon into smaller points of focus.

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The exhibition is a multimedia installation composed mainly of photography and video. Looking at the shift happening around us through warm glasses, Mikko Kelloniemi observes his personal and often complex relation to the digital world. The exhibition is a study of the self: identity, memory, self-image and subjectivity. It consists of works from three different series that all provide a different view into the peculiar nature of the modern psyche.

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​Courtesy: Vilma Leino

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Vilma Leino’s exhibition Hair In The Dish combines a photographic self-portrait series and an installation, depicting a scenario where food made for human consumption is replaced with hair. A structure that consists of keratin, a protein that our digestive system cannot decompose. 

The series is inspired by trichophobia, the fear of hair, and it tells nightmare-like, humored stories about the symptoms of globus sensation, a scratchy feeling of having hair in the back of your throat, caused by stress and anxiety. Hair In The Dish was created to ease negative experiences and emotions caused by constant apprehension and neurotic thoughts, and it plays with the idea of these uneasy feelings making daily activities odd and impossible to perform. 

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