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EN GENE ERATIO N 2O2#
GENERATION 2?2:) IS...
12.2. — 10.5.2#2 ©
12.2. — 10.5.2O2 ?
an exhibition for artists aged
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15 — 23
80
artists. Introductions on pages 6—47
150 works
that have been selected out of over 1,600 proposals
Light art, painting, textile art, photographs,
installations, performances, clownery,
dance, video art
An exhibition that takes place every
3
years
FESTIVAL 9 — 10 May
Learn more about the Generation Festival on page 48
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GENERATION 2#2©
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Generation 2020
The works were selected by a jury led by visual artist
Hannaleena Heiska, and also included Museum Director Kai
Kartio, Head of Education Elsa Hessle and Curator Katariina
12 February — 10 May 2020 Timonen as well as two artists from the Generation 2017
exhibition: Eliel Tammiharju and Sanni Weckman. The jury
laughed, debated, got confused and excited… ultimately
Generation 2020 is the second edition of a triennial of art and selecting works from over 1,600 proposals that managed to stir
visual culture by young artists. The exhibition presents works all these reactions at once.
by over eighty artists aged 15–23. It provides a meeting ground,
and explores the diversity of art by young creative minds. The voices of the artists are displayed on the walls as
quotations guiding the visitor through different mindscapes
The artists are united not only by their age but also their take and imagery: physicality and sexual identity, climate change,
on art as a lifestyle and a way of dealing with a shattered technology and future, well-being, imagination, craftmanship
reality. While assuming the latest trends in contemporary art, and visual arts traditions, and societal and personal memory.
the artists have remained bold and original in their practice.
They shed light on the major phenomena and questions of New meanings are created at the crossroads of different works.
our time, often through personal experiences. One featured No answer is locked, and new means of identification can be
artist identifies the collective traumas of previous generations discovered behind every corner. One of the works outlines
as caused by war and depression, whereas the battle of this the visitor’s movements into a visual shape, another features
generation is the climate change affecting us all. Art is a way two persons clumsily approaching each other in a hug that
for this artist, and several others in the exhibition to be heard. never reaches its target. In the exhibition, visitors can move
around, become aware and make discoveries on the surface of
The extensive exhibition takes over Amos Rex’s domed a strange planet, in a weirdly distorted gym and underneath a
underground exhibition spaces, the Bio Rex cinema and glowing pavilion of plastic straws.
Lasipalatsi square. The exhibition is not limited to permanent
works. During its last weekend 9–10 May, the exhibition
expands into Generation Festival. The festival is a continuation Anastasia Isakova and Katariina Timonen
of the exhibition and includes media artworks, dance and Curators of the Generation 2020 -exhibition
theatre performances, audio and poetry performances and
works that elude conventional definitions. These momentary
works will also be performed during the exhibition.
Generation 2020 is not built around a pre-defined, single
theme, rather it focuses on the works themselves and the
mosaic-like image they construct of the worlds of their makers.
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Follow your heart!
Feel free to view the works in whichever order you like.
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GENERATION 2Ω2O
GENERATION 2Ω2O GENERA Saara Sinai Abdi
b. 2001, Helsinki
EXHIBITION SPACE
GENERATION 2Ω2O GENERA
I am a high school student
The featured artists are from Eastern Helsinki and a
introduced in the following first-generation Somali-Finn. I
constantly photograph and edit
40 pages. The introductions pictures of my friends for fun,
written by the artists will most of these abstract edits
stay on my laptop. Today you
help you familiarize yourself will see a glimpse of my hidden
documents.
with both the works and
their makers. The collection FOUR has four
parts that have distinctive sto-
rylines. Every piece describes a
Explore the many voices of part of my life or a meaningful
moment. In my art, I focus on
the group! personal growth and raw story-
telling.
Mimmi Ahonen EXHIBITION SPACE
b. 1999, Höytiä GENERATION FESTIVAL
so much fun – all the pathetic,
marginal and clichéd. I like
to cry, wonder, wimper, be
embarrassed, annoy, feel
embarrassed for someone,
criticize, burst and reveal. the
most important part seems to be
curiosity: I sniff and listen. the
compulsive need to understand
myself and others manifests
itself as iPhone notes that end
up in a short story, a shoot or a
dream… :-P
GENERATION 2Ω2O
8 9
Henri Airo EXHIBITION SPACE Ellinor Andersson EXHIBITION SPACE
b. 1996, Helsinki b. 2003, Porvoo
I am endlessly curious about Chaos.
the structures and practices Chaos in my brain and
people use to tie their socie- in my thoughts.
ties together. In my art, I try Trying to keep them
to visualise these phenomena in check.
and large social frameworks In art I express thoughts.
that are otherwise invisible. I Thoughts like chaos.
utilise lens-based media, texts Sometimes art is contained,
and archival materials. sometimes it is free.
Sometimes it is abstract
By giving shape to the invi- and so may it be.
sible, I seek to create a deeper
understanding and challenge
people to be more alert to their
surroundings and opinions.
Mikael Alanko EXHIBITION SPACE Vera den Arend EXHIBITION SPACE
b. 2001, Kausala b. 1996, Kangasniemi
I am the creator of my own world, I draw in order to register
freedom and builder of peace. form, light and shadow without
I contain ten doses of metal, allowing colour to divert
five teaspoons of electricity attention away from levels,
and a pinch of nuclear power. lines, shapes and details.
Animations and historical
uniforms interest me. For me, it is not a question
of creating the most truthful
In my art, I combine history depiction, rather of using
with the future, my childhood my subject to explore all the
experiences with religion. My possibilities contained in my
work Godzilla echoes Japanese materials.
animations. In World Wars are a
Terror, I depict fear and anxiety.
10 11
Beriwan Ceylan EXHIBITION SPACE Catrin Edlund EXHIBITION SPACE
b. 1997, Helsinki GENERATION FESTIVAL b. 1997, Helsinki
The only meaningful way to I am interested in the effect
process feelings of anxiety is installation art has on us and on
through art. My works convey its surroundings – awakening
collective issues, such as climate a presence through a dialogue
change. They are a critique of the between art and the body.
capitalistic, oiled world order, the My installations stem from my
eternal ideal of economic growth own reflections on the concept
that results in the enslavement of pragmaticism prevalent in our
of humanity and the extinction society and how it comes into
of the world’s ecosystem. Media play: from the grassroots to power
is the regime’s most powerful structures and politics. I hope my
weapon; I playfully pick apart art reaches beyond the domain of
magazine imagery in my work, language, in a way that does not
which is a roughly manifestoed require emotions or thoughts to
montage, an anti-commercial. assume an external appearance.
Soyoung Chung WC Emil Fihlman EXHIBITION SPACE
PERFORMANCE 12/2
b. 1996, Tampere GENERATION FESTIVAL b. 1995, Otaniemi
For me, art is a tool that allows I am a student of information
me to share my story and to technology at Aalto University, and
get one step closer to the my hobbies include electronics,
audience. I have been exploring coding, servers and services,
the relationship between internet stuff, influencing and art.
artist, artwork and audience,
and the process of interacting My art is usually either
with audiences through the mathematical or dynamic, or a
artwork. I create installations combination of the two. I combine
and performance works that technology with the things I’ve
audiences can participate in learnt as a way of developing
and engage with from different myself and creating something
perspectives. (audio)visually impressive. Art is
created both by design and as a
by-product of these experiments.
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Filipp Girishan EXHIBITION SPACE Malin Gustafsson EXHIBITION SPACE
b. 2004, Helsinki b. 2000, Sipoo
I’ve lived in numerous countries For me, photography is a tool
and met inspiring people. That’s that helps me to make sense of
one of the reasons why I try to stick the surrounding world and life
more to international things rather itself. My photos are mostly sta-
than national ones. “Go big or go ged and constructed. Creating
home” is how the saying goes, but I surprising contexts, I come up
like to “go big and go far”. with new meanings and re-pur-
pose things and objects.
I need to make something –
hopefully impactful – about the I have a love-hate relationship
situation we are facing in the cur- with colours. I wear only black,
rent political climate. My works but my photos highlight colours
criticize those who hold power and their bold combinations. I
and don’t do enough to change have a loud and playful photo-
the acute problems we face. graphic style.
Jasmin Gummerus EXHIBITION SPACE Birit Haarla GENERATION FESTIVAL
GENERATION FESTIVAL
b. 1994, Helsinki b. 2000, Utsjoki, village of Dalvadas
I am Jasmin Fucking Gummerus. My name is Čiske Jovsset Biret
Hánsa Outi Biret. I am a student
I make films and I’m a fan of at P.A.R.T.S. – Performing Arts
bulk candy and you. Research and Training Studios
My art explores the world in Brussels. In the carefreeness,
around us and within me. timelessness and lulling
Video art is my favourite kind, motherly care of The Cradle rests
because I get to dig good music a radical softness. The work is
and dive deep into images. an awakening from a catnap:
I’m particularly interested in states of sleep and wakefulness
studying ugliness. It is merciful. are intertwined. The work
I’m angry, curious, fearful, encourages the viewer to share
fearless, full of momentum and this intimate experience and
love – art is a must, unless you explore how it could redefine our
want to be bored to death. relationship with other people.
14 15
Jere Hasunen EXHIBITION SPACE Emili Hellman EXHIBITION SPACE
b. 1996, Vaasa b. 1995, Pori
As a child, I was fascinated by In my art, material and
nature, animals and organisms. I immaterial worlds merge to
wanted to understand everything form a portrait of my memories.
about animals: how they function,
how they live, what’s inside them.
From the tiniest microbe to the
largest whale. With graphic arts, I
found a way to channel my child-
hood passion while also providing
others with the joy of exploration.
What grants us the ability and
skill to live as we do now, as
curious kernels of sand in the
world? We are all so much more
than meets the eye.
Pauliina Heiskanen EXHIBITION SPACE Venla Huhtinen EXHIBITION SPACE
b. 1995, Lappeenranta b. 1995, Turku
In my works, I seek to convert I am a furniture designer who
sensory experiences into concrete maintains a dialogue between
forms. I conserve emotions in feelings and the world, by placing
materials. I reflect on society, a new product between them as
the environment and human an interpreter. In each unique
relationships: the kinds of piece, an emotion, a story is
boundaries, control and hidden. Through materials, colours
communication that people and shapes, I express something
maintain. My works examine that I could not otherwise convey.
Asian films and the aesthetics I combine art, sustainable develop-
of humour; the works form an ment and design by pushing
artistic study on the Yakuza boundaries and developing my
culture. The materials come with skills. My work is a constellation
a limitedness that leads to a of intuitive blundering and analy-
pleasant fragility, even clumsiness. tical contemplation.
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Jenny Hytönen EXHIBITION SPACE Johan Högsten EXHIBITION SPACE
b. 1997, Helsinki GENERATION FESTIVAL b. 2001, Espoo GENERATION FESTIVAL
I feel that speaking is overrated I am fascinated by the
– most communication is, in any multiformity and diversity of life,
case, non-verbal. Art is my most art, myself and others – no one is
important means of expression: one-dimensional, and everything
I often find it difficult to put can be viewed from a multitude
emotions into words, it is much of perspectives. My works delve
easier to squeeze them into a into the phenomena and nature
different shape. of these various dimensions.
Photo: Ansa Matikainen
I am constantly seeking new AIthough I feel most familiar with
ways to speak through objects dance as a means of expression,
and the imagery they create. I do not want to restrict my
I depict humane issues, power creativity to dance only. Art
structures, alternative forecasts should be created without limits,
of the future and our warped allowed to extend to different
relationship with nature. artistic fields.
Hermanni Härmälä EXHIBITION SPACE Ona Iivonen EXHIBITION SPACE
b. 1998, Masku b. 1997, Rovaniemi GENERATION FESTIVAL
An explosion cloud freezes in the Art is a way for me to structure,
air, mist flows into the arms of the portray and understand the world
forest, a house in flames – yet the around me and my own musings.
powderman or shooter is nowhere In my video piece Identity,
to be seen. No one starting it, no
one stopping it. The misery of war I approach the impact of culture
takes place in propaganda photos and the environment on the
and on the battleground. In my individual. Although the piece is
works, I utilise archival photo a depiction of the individual, it
material from the Wintera War, also highlights the viewer’s own
Continuation War and peacetime,
thoughts and how we perceive
but the players have disappeared
other people based on what we
from the equation. The already
see. The piece has been shaped
corrupted memory has been perma-
by long conversations, close
nently dislocated, and everyone
gets to decide, what they remember. collaboration and friendship.
18 19Leevi Ikäheimo EXHIBITION SPACE Kamala Company EXHIBITION SPACE
b. 1997, Helsinki b. 2019, Helsinki
…hey baby…this work is just We are students of acting and
for u … so you’d def enjoy… relax philosophy, and much more. We
and you know… you don’t need dream of starting our own punk
to be afraid of anythin’… and if band but don’t yet know how to
you feel a tingling sensation, just play the required instruments.
enjoyy right… I wanna offer this Kamala Company is our joint name
experience only for u … ’cause and was established in 2019. We
sometimes I feel like no one feels choose locations for our works on
anything anymore... maybe it’d a case-by-case basis, exploring
Photo: Jussi Toivanen
be easier to talk about things you and marveling at our physical
don’t wanna hear.. whisperin’ surroundings through theatre and
like this all soothingly… maybe it’d body-based performance art.
be easier to accept you are fully Our collaboration always relies,
licensed to enjoy …. in some form on clowns, the
untameable and girlhood.
Veera Huppunen EXHIBITION SPACE Siiri Karhapää GENERATION FESTIVAL
& Lotta Ilonen GENERATION FESTIVAL
b. 1998, Helsinki
b. 2001 / 2001, Helsinki
Our work is like a two-headed goat. I write freeform poetry. The
One head is constantly aiming inspiration for my poems comes
for the woods, the other aims from surrealism and also from
high, level with the roofs. The my own dreams, from visions
conflict between these heads has that have stirred me and from
produced a corpse. There are the real world around us.
ribs, lungs, a nervous system and
at least one ear. It’s not mute, just My poems are like my children.
lacking in confidence; it’s an You can hide an endless amount
Photo: Mark Sergeev
anarchic, questioning, and of invisible information in them.
humorously sneering conflict. The
heads make a pact, one picks
up a violin and the other a pile of
papers, and then the goat enters
the stage.
20 21Eero Karjalainen EXHIBITION SPACE Aarne Kivelä EXHIBITION SPACE
b. 2001, Helsinki b. 1999, Helsinki GENERATION FESTIVAL
I am a firm believer in humanism I am
and civilization. I try to convey {
these values in my works. For file folder
me, making art is above all arranged from 1->2
a cathartic experience. I put {
things into a wider perspective part of an
and review my own place in endless fractal
the universe. When I work, I’m
surrounded by a lot of source
material, such as literature.
Music, mainly opera, is often
playing in the background as
well. I read poetry and plays
and use texts as concrete
elements in my works.
Mikko Kauppila GENERATION FESTIVAL Sylvester Kivelä EXHIBITION SPACE
b. 1995, Helsinki b. 1997, Turku GENERATION FESTIVAL
I’m interested in gender and its The ones that are labelled
bodily possibilities in dramatic “worthless” are the ones that
art. I study queer stage tactics, have nothing to be afraid of.
and my proposal for carrying
this out is the perverted being. - Kyo: Me, Myself, and I
My Horse Queer participates in
outlining the perverted being.
The being is both political
Photo: Helka Miettunen
fiction and lived reality. It is not
a man, white, middle-class; the
perverted being is a dispersing
crowd.
22 23Juho Könkkölä EXHIBITION SPACE Annika Korhonen EXHIBITION SPACE
b. 1997, Tornio b. 1996, Tampere
I have folded origamis for the I am a pink peony that tumbles
better part of my life. I make under its heavy flower
several hundreds of folds Looks at the grass, thinking
in my works and may use “napkins carry such a lovely tune”
hundreds of hours to create a
single origami. Folding a paper I am a tiny plum that prances
removes my thoughts from this along the beach
world, it is like another reality. Rolls into the water, bruises
What is most fascinating is the catch the eye
endless amount of characters “Look, I’m all lilac,” the tiny
and things you can produce plum says, “yet, the water keeps
from a single piece of paper. I me afloat.”
enjoy challenges, learning and
creating new things – that is
why I make art.
Riku Koponen EXHIBITION SPACE Heikki Korkala EXHIBITION SPACE
GENERATION FESTIVAL ELEVATORS
b. 2000, Helsinki b. 1995, Kankaanpää
I love the agonizing feeling The lift says: I travel between
of having to consider whose levels. It rings on the beach sand,
story I can and am entitled a pulsating sensation, an elevating
to tell. My body is a living, effect, I sink, beauty in the horizon.
feeling, communicative being, Heikki says: the same rhythm
constrained by limitations set by befits both major and minor keys,
myself and others since birth. and never forget to play prog.
My movement and breath are Right now: I study visual arts in
controlled by traditions and Kankaanpää, working on my thesis.
limits beyond our understanding, Always: you feel it, you feel it,
and by our words that we are when you observe it, the rhythm,
compelled to explore and the colours.
challenge. Often: you dreamer, I often hear.
But mostly I just listen.
24 25Nadja Koshevenko EXHIBITION SPACE Deria Kurkan EXHIBITION SPACE
GENERATION FESTIVAL GENERATION FESTIVAL
b. 1995, St. Petersburg & Kiia Laatio
b. 2002, Luumäki / 1998, Järvenpää
Nature provides me with energy If you’ve ever searched for your
and ideas. To counterbalance home keys in the snow with a
this, urban landscapes and people flashlight, you know what it’s like
also inspire me. for us to work without each other.
Together, we are two pairs of eyes
Right at the start of the instead of one, looking at the
animation project, I got a strain bigger picture. There is crispness
injury in my hand and was unable of morning and post-nostalgic
to draw. Yet I continued with my utopia. A field, a piano, and a
left hand, improving at it quickly. marionette whose twisted strings,
At the same time, the plot and if released, could send the doll
end result became more relaxed. into a frenzied spin. Amidst whis-
pers of misty colours, the doll
moves in solitude – its white hems
flapping against a landscape.
Otto Koskelo EXHIBITION SPACE Oskari Kymäläinen EXHIBITION SPACE
GENERATION FESTIVAL
b. 1996, Helsinki b. 1999, Helsinki
° o o 0000000 OO .. .. With my works for this exhibition,
…. a I seek to illustrate everyday emo-
tions and emotional states from
My artistic work seeks to answer my world. I’ve tried to approach
the questions it creates. the different themes from more
or less personal viewpoints.
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reflect on their own world, it has
My photography series I wish I been a success.
Were a Ghost and Horror churn
horror imagery with tenderness.
^ ¨¨¨¨.........___________ _
26 27Ainu Kyrönseppä PERFORMANCE 12–13/2 & 14/3 Emilia Laatikainen EXHIBITION SPACE
GENERATION FESTIVAL GENERATION FESTIVAL
b. 2000, Helsinki b. 1995, Rovaniemi
I’m a dancer, artist, enthusiast, My video piece is an attempt to
creator. I create intuitive movement put things in order. At the start
and I enjoy challenging the eye of of our lives, we learn the letters,
the viewer as well as the performer’s often listed in what is known as
body in the surrounding space. the alphabetical order. The letters
The movement, spur of the cluster as groups and are shaped
moment, freedom and cleverness into words. I distance myself from
– triggered by an emotion – are words, but the feelings they con-
titillating. In my solo piece, I ex- tain cannot be avoided. Words
plore communication and contact are words, but they cover painful,
between the body and light. happy, rapid, dark and even scary
things.
A lingering moment.
Stay and move after all,
Towards the light.
Sakari Kyyrönen EXHIBITION SPACE Aura Latva-Somppi EXHIBITION SPACE
b. 1995, Turku b. 1995, Helsinki
I drift in surreal visions, roam I am swift, sincere, a star in the
the unknown silence and use making. My works are manifestos
the mystical fragments that I against solemnity. Long live
collect as the building blocks giggles, carelessness, rebellion
of my hyperworld. Monolithic and oblivion!
cloud structures form in I became immersed in ceramics in
cosmic emptiness, an endless Kyoto, Japan, where nights were
playground where I wander freely spent next to ovens, and mochi
from a tale to a feeling to a god. I materials were kneaded in the
sculpt this raw dreamy mercurial glaze storage. I worked intensely
substance into loopy streams of with glazes and porcelain cast.
focused bursting narrative. The outlines for the works were
created there in the cradle of
traditional and pedantic ceramics
craftsmanship.
28 29Ville Laurinkoski EXHIBITION SPACE Liisa-Irmelen Liwata EXHIBITION SPACE
PERFORMANCE 12–13/2
b. 1996, Copenhagen b. 1998, Helsinki
TELENY is a performance I consider art a powerful way to
installation that examines the influence. A critical approach
subject formation of a feminine and humour are important ele-
boy character. The performance ments – I appreciate it when art
moves through the provided acts as commentary and brings
Photo: Mikkeline Lerche Daa Natorp
narratives, re-interprets Western attention to problems around us.
queer imagery and gives a voice
to the body that is undergoing In my works, content often
change. The work recycles determines the medium. I like
autobiographical and cultural sculptures in all forms, they
references through means of help create new paradoxical or
fiction and poetry. The focus of funny meanings. Themes that
the material is on the late 19th interest me at the moment are,
century erotic novel Teleny. for instance, climate change and
feminism.
Erja Levikari EXHIBITION SPACE Eliisa Loukola EXHIBITION SPACE
b. 1995, Kouvola b. 1997, Groningen
In the beginning, there was a Ordinary materials and seeing
forest, a farm and a stack of A4 them in a new light play an
printouts. The little artist drew on important part in my artistic work.
milking towels with permanent I use recycled materials – existing
markers and on used envelopes wear, tear and other patina in
with two-centimetre long cray- the material greatly influence
ons. the end result. I try to use all
of the material and produce as
My art is figurative, often carrying little waste as possible. I always
themes of nature. I like to fixate approach a new work without
on details, I use them to structure sketches, letting the material
my world. The statements in my guide me. As background
works are silent reflections, a research, I read a lot. Right now, I
viewpoint is presented but does am interested in phenomenology
not require action. and constructivism.
30 31Alex Luonto EXHIBITION SPACE Emil Lyytikkä EXHIBITION SPACE
& Iris Kamari b. 1996, Helsinki
b. 1995 / 1997, Helsinki
We are Helsinki-based multi- Artefact is a dialogue between
disciplinary artists and graduates machine and humans. Ceramic
from Aalto University's School pearls are a demonstration
of Art, Design and Architecture. of humanity and craftmanship,
whereas the 3D-printed plastic
In 2018, we produced a surrounding the pearls represents
menswear collection, which manual skills being replaced
explores the relationship with technology. The work is
between garment and object, a study on how the machine
while merging fashion and art. guides my own working process;
For Generation 2020, we have the work combines touch with a
reconstructed key pieces of the machine-made structure.
collection as a spatial installation
presenting itself in a new form.
Annika Luukko EXHIBITION SPACE Minea Lång STUDIO REX 12/2–30/4
GENERATION FESTIVAL
b. 1998, Lahti b. 1995, Helsinki
Crying Spells is about daring to My experience lies in collective
cry and doing so without shame. and feminist work as an
It is me at my rawest, but also actress, content producer,
everyone else. For this work, I writer and course instructor. I
asked my Instagram followers value equality and challenging
to answer the question: “What existing structures. FOCT (Future
makes you cry?”. Some of the of Collective Thinking) is an
texts are also my own reasons installation and invitation to
for crying. I see crying as a participate; the piece is a joint
genuine, purgative reaction that effort by 1,600 eighth-graders as
Photo: Kari Sunnari
brings people together, yet as part of the national Art Testers
something that is often hidden initiative. I hope that the work
from others out of shame or other allows students to seize the
reasons. In art, I am fascinated space and use it to produce their
by topics that go deep. own utopias.
32 33Laura Manninen EXHIBITION SPACE Karoliina Multas EXHIBITION SPACE
b. 1995, Porvoo b. 1995, Helsinki
I’m a sensitive person, I read and What matters most in making art
observe a lot. Doing whatever at is getting to exhibit something that
whichever given moment, I’m a cannot be expressed in words or
restless person. Getting easily seen with our eyes, such as the most
excited, immersed, I move from private place in all of us: the mind.
one interest to the next. I’m a
little confusing. For me, art is a My works are minimalist
survival strategy, a passion and abstractions that deal with the
part of my everyday life. subconscious, trains of thought
I want to get under the skin, and utopia. Different formations
understand others and myself, be in nature act as inspiration for
open. My work deals with diffi- my compositions. With playful
cult human relations and painful colours and simple shapes, I
emotions, which are nevertheless seek a mood that represents my
honest and strong. own mindscape.
Julia Masalin EXHIBITION SPACE Mari Mäntynen EXHIBITION SPACE
b. 1998, Helsinki b. 1997, Helsinki
My art deals with serious It’s nice outside the comfort
issues, but with an element zone, you can, at your own
of playfulness. I struggle with leisure, give into intuition or
feelings of restlessness and simply freeze.
stress, and the knowledge of
an uncertain future instils fear Shapes, collages, memories,
in me. But amidst it all, there is worlds – they’re between my
also so much calmness, and a lashes and everywhere, whether I
determination to do good. like it or not. Some I have to hold
Contradictions and learning to on to.
coexist with them fascinates
me. I aim for honesty. I don’t
want to tell the story of any
other being, because I don’t
know it as well as my own.
34 35Kai Nordfors EXHIBITION SPACE Maija Paunu EXHIBITION SPACE
GENERATION FESTIVAL
b. 1998, Helsinki b. 1999, Helsinki
I am an anarchist who smudges I am constantly changing. My
the walls with oil crayons. I body, flesh and skin seem like a
make animations with mixed firm and tangible home for the
media by hand or digitally. self, yet do not contain all its
Mostly I make moving images aspects. My heart beats, but the
using the rotoscope technique. blood is not my own.
How it Feels Being in a Body is an
The premises for my art are excursion into my body– through
usually political or investigative film I explore my body and its
of the human image and sensations. The bodily experiences
society. My works contain a of others became interwoven with
lot of symbolism and I enjoy mine as a result of the collaborative
approaching difficult themes, nature of working in a team. The
such as death. work is raw, limitless and unruly.
It sweats and smells of pussy.
Emilia Ojala EXHIBITION SPACE Viljo Pertola EXHIBITION SPACE
b. 1998, Nummela b. 1997, Turku
Forest and myths; these are My work deals with my
words that describe my art and imagination, love and life.
are subjects that inspire me. In Everyone can feel like a part of
my art, I want to highlight the my work, much like in a fairytale.
beauty of nature. My art is based on fantasy, myths,
landscapes and collage making.
I work mostly digitally, using People, different kinds, interest
brushes that resemble me. I try to get along in social
traditional tools, as I am circles, succeeding with luck. I'm
fond of the rough texture of on the Asperger’s spectrum. I’m
painting. I greatly appreciate saving up a few things, money
animation as an art form. It and raw materials for art, for the
is very slow and hard work – future. I’m an observant person. I
witnessing the result is very grieve things that are lost.
rewarding.
36 37Nooa Kekoni STUDIO REX 6–10/5 Charlotta Rajala EXHIBITION SPACE
& Jessica Piasecki GENERATION FESTIVAL
b. 1998, Lahti
b. 1997 / 1995, Helsinki
We got to know each other as I search for the blurry outlines
students of dance and art at the of myself as a human, using
Theatre Academy. We want photography. The personal
to work in ways that we won’t nature of the subjects is
regret later. A healthy process like hovering between real
has been the starting point for experiences and absurd
all our projects – we inevitably emotions. I always return to
create a continuum for our the same themes – home,
working culture. We value shared rootlessness, transience. I
rules, frivolity and working at full often wonder why, but I can’t
steam. give an answer.
Nenna Tyni & PERFORMANCE 13/2 & 14/3 Iida-Maria Remes EXHIBITION SPACE
Sara-Maria Pirhonen GENERATION FESTIVAL b. 1996, Lahti
b. 1995, Karstula / 1994, Helsinki
Moment 2.0 is a question about Graphic designer. Player.
encounters. In a time of increasingly Minimalist. Experimentalist.
fragmented interaction, we attempt Abstract. Exploring limits.
to create a space in the centre Experiencing. Thinking.
of Helsinki for being present, for Feeling. I’m Mi. Me.
interaction between the performer
and viewer, and for wonderment. For me, art is experimentation
Our performance based on theatre – a way to deal with myself, my
clownery lives and is shaped by experiences and my senses.
impulses that arise in the moment. It brings a balance and light to
As working partners, we want everyday work, the hecticness
to explore and challenge the we live in. The world is my
conventions of established art platform. I am its explorer.
forms. Moment 2.0 asks, it doesn’t I am my art.
claim. It claims by asking.
38 39Pinja Salmi EXHIBITION SPACE Tanja Silvestrini EXHIBITION SPACE
b. 1997, Turku b. 1995, Bergen
I enjoy all the ways of making Play and wonder, lust and longing.
art. From nitpicky work with a With binoculars of language, I
pen to messing about with paint, observe life and the systems
from crafting poetry to felting shaping it. Diving headfirst into
oddities. projects. Do first, think later.
My works present a psychedelic, Antiefficiency is my way, and
brightly coloured, dreamy world. slowly but surely my motto.
Surrealism and especially pop
surrealism or lowbrow inspire I am a collector embraced by the
everyday. That is where I find
me the most. In my art, I chase
my material. I look for relations
colourfulness and an often
and connections. Signs of care,
infantile visual atmosphere functionality or a lack thereof.
while touching upon serious Poetry appears everywhere.
subjects.
Rosalia Silfer EXHIBITION SPACE Joel Stenroos EXHIBITION SPACE
b. 1995, Kankaanpää & Konsta Röysä
My art is the world inside me b. 1996 / 1994, Tampere
An endless conversation between We got to know each other when we
feelings, thoughts and obser- moved into the same communal
vations, interaction and lovemaking house, which operated as a breeding
My works are like the fruits of ground for various kinds of art. It is
this love. Pieces born from small where many creative initiatives first
moments of insight. Created saw the light of day, including the work
to reflect a larger picture. The in the exhibition.
works in the exhibition are a The protagonist is an ancient being,
collaboration between myself who breaks free from its body in
and nature; they are mixed media a storm and ends up in a strange
world. Upon witnessing possibilities
reliefs which I have used to study
in a dead environment, the character
the beauty of mold growth.
begins its work. Nychthemeron is
the creation story of an unknown
universe, an escape to colourful
worlds.
40 41Elmer Strang EXHIBITION SPACE Irene Suosalo EXHIBITION SPACE
b. 2003, Helsinki b. 1995, Helsinki
I like fantasy and things that I’m primarily a video artist, making
shouldn’t be possible but are experimental animations. I show
possible through imagination. I my videos at night clubs and gigs
make comics (visual novels, if you as a VJ in an improvised way. I’m
want to sound adult) because it’s interested in video, where sound
one of the few mediums where you and image are the result of a long
can tell a good story and draw cool- and experimental collaborative
looking pictures. I’m also inspired process. In my works, sound alters
by music. The title of my work my animations, and my animations
Melancholy Blues refers to a Queen alter the sound. I found my mode of
song. My comic is an attempt to expression when I realized I could
Photo: Adele Hyry
capture a melancholy feeling that a move images with a scanner. As I
lot of people have: the feeling of not destroyed and forged my old photo-
caring about being sad. graphs, I felt myself being liberated
from the rules I experienced when
taking photographs.
Viktor Sundman EXHIBITION SPACE Delilah Sykes EXHIBITION SPACE
GENERATION FESTIVAL
b. 1996, Helsinki b. 2000, London
The familiar environment has My projects are based on a
changed, its objects have been fascination with sound, accidental
replaced. That which used to be performance and ‘found’ language,
identified by some as the limits often through collaboration with
of games and competitions, has other individuals. I am interested
gone forth, morphed into a new in how these mediums can help
ionian shape. The crisscrosses us understand each other and
of the stall bars surround and our experiences of the world. I
misguide. New limits and rules find myself wanting to explore
prevail. This labyrinth has always connectivity within a world of
existed, but now it has become digital tech and distance. How do
Photo: Ed Sykes
visible. From behind the bars of we cope in this environment and
the cage, not even a gym ball can where are our sacred places of
escape, but perhaps an orchid warmth and vulnerability?
may still bloom there.
42 43Kaisa Syrjänen EXHIBITION SPACE Ida Tomminen EXHIBITION SPACE
PERFORMANCE 12/2
& Maija Viipuri GENERATION FESTIVAL
b. 1999, Helsinki
GENERATION FESTIVAL
b. 1997 / 1997, Helsinki
I draw on everyday aesthetics,
We explore the relationship its routines and reiterations
between image, movement and to study the conflicts I face:
physicality. What is the physical shame, being the outsider,
experience of being under restlessness and longing.
society’s gaze? How does it feel? In the video, the narrator
I forget that I’m a breathing pile has found herself in the role
of matter, because I keep staring of Penitent Whore and is
at myself objectively through dissatisfied with the part. “I
the eyes of others. What is the regret nothing” she yells. But
significance of internal awareness the cucumbers are not listening.
in a world that idealizes the body “They hang in latex, ‘cause they
as an object and privileges the don’t have a will of their own,
gaze? Who am I, when I look like unlike me,” she says without
this in an image? swallowing. You’ll see.
Aki Särkiniemi EXHIBITION SPACE Lumi Tuomi EXHIBITION SPACE
b. 1998, Helsinki b. 1997, The Hague
I am fascinated by silliness, My photographs deal with
profundity and their combination, themes that have been buried
breaking the rules and a certain deep, such as illnesses and my
rebelliousness in art. The grand own identity as a woman. These
theme of my game is love: ideas for themes are very close to me, as I
how to tackle the subject matter have alopecia, which causes my
come from following e.g. the wild hair to fall out, and through my
nightlife of Sörnäinen, reading grandmother’s memory disorder.
online discussion forums and By revealing that which is hid-
listening to myself. I am amazed
den, I hope to increase aware-
by the many strange ways people
ness of the illnesses – my goal is
display love towards each other.
In my game, I express my absurd to make the subject visible and
sense of humour through the accepted.
characters and events of the story.
44 45Tuuli Turunen EXHIBITION SPACE Henna Vihantavaara EXHIBITION SPACE
b. 1998, Helsinki b. 1997, Amsterdam
The 3rd Millennium (With Love) is Stick this on the side of my milk
a collection of moments immor- carton: “Finnish quality”, and if I
talized in time. Without planning were a wine, I’d be vintage ninety
Photo: Sam Chua
or processing. Without a deeper -seven (some hybrid variety, well
meaning or added symbolism. -oxidized in the cask) a vaguely
Just a picture of the times, signify- exotic enough food, for me to be
ing everyday life for me then and exported and imported every
there at the moment it was taken. which way not sure about
demand, sometimes it’s better not to ask, just take off into the
woods experts, they always wonder if it’s a cork taint, ‘cause you
know the markets like the more approachable, preferably magnum
-sized sparkling wines life is a test on the senses, it says on the
final page of the cat’s ninth biography quoting a cat, because
what, why, what kind are questions you want to answer with that,
because, that kind, but I am curious too.
Anna-Karoliina Vainio EXHIBITION SPACE Verna Virkkunen EXHIBITION SPACE
GENERATION FESTIVAL
b. 1995, Helsinki b. 1997, Helsinki
I want to be in a hedonistically My film Island is a portrayal of a
utopian world, on a mountain mother and daughter brought
of fruit beneath a fig tree, together by grief and an undivided
adorned with sequins. Dreams loneliness. The work is a snapshot
and visions inhabit the ryijy of a time I spent alone with my
tapestry, its soft embrace mother on the island of Klovharun,
provides a sanctuary moment. writing letters to each other eleven
In its colourful, soft and cosy years after the funeral of my
world, no one is there to judge – little brother. On the tiny island,
everyone can come as they are. we moved closer to each other’s
Tigers and cherubs are there to loneliness, and for a brief moment,
protect, they declare a message their edges merged. Island is a
of love. new type of silence that remedies
several difficult years of not
speaking.
46 47Lumi Wiikari GENERATION 2O2O G
GENERATION 2O2OGE
EXHIBITION SPACE
b. 1995, Helsinki
A large, soft ear invites you to
share your thoughts. The ear GENERATION 2O2OGEN
listens to your views, concerns
or even jokes. In its ear canal is GENERATION 2O2OGENE
a recording device – I promise to
listen to the entire recording once
GENERATION 2O2OGENER
the exhibition is over and destroy GENERATION 2O2OGENERA
it afterwards. The increasing
demand for youth mental health
GENERATION 2O2O GENERAT
GENERATION 2O2O GENERATION 2O2OGENERATIO
Photo: Janne Vasarainen
services and the difficulty of
getting access to them moves GENERATION
me. 2O2O GENERATION 2O2O GENERATION
My work is a statement against GENERATION 2O2O GENERATION 2O2OGENERATION 2
the system’s inability to answer GENERATION 2O2O GENERATION 2O2OGENERATION 2O
the call for help. I hope it also GENERATION 2O2O GENERATION 2O2O GENERATION 2O2O
GENERATION 2?2O
encourages everyone to lend an
ear to those in need.
Alma Äijö PERFORMANCE 12–13/2 & 14/3
GENERATION FESTIVAL GENERATION 2O2O GENERATION 2O2O GENERATION 2O
b. 2004, Helsinki
GENERATION 2O2O GENERATION 2O2O GENERATION
GENERATION
Dance is my passion – it enables 2O2O GENERATION 2O2O GENERATION
GENERATION 2O2O GENERATION 2O2O GENERATIO
me to express a variety of things.
With my piece Young Mind, I in-
corporate dance into the exhibi- GENERATION 2O2O GENERAT
tion. I connect with the space,
other works, the viewers and GENERATION 2O2OGENERA
myself. I believe that dance can
provide new perspectives on the
GENERATION 2O2OGENER
works. The piece consists of two
parts. In the first part, movement
GENERATION 2O2OGENE
takes place around other works.
The second part focuses on GENERATION 2O2OGEN
breaking through the protective
barrier, and young people relating GENERATION 2O2OGE
GENERATION 2O2O G
46 to themselves. 47GENERATION 2O2O
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Generation
As part of the multi-disciplinary
NERATION 2O2O
Generation 2020 exhibition, you
can experience performative works
Festival
ERATION
RATION 2O2O
2O2O that live in the moment. These works
occupy an area somewhere between
contemporary theatre, performing
ATION92O2O
— 10 May 2020 arts and other performance art, and
emphasise the encounter between
TION 2O2O artist and audience.
In May, the Generation 2020
exhibition expands into an experi-
ential event of performance and
video art. During the Generation
Festival on Sat–Sun 9–10 May, you
can witness the exhibition in full
bloom, with performances in the
exhibition space, Bio Rex and
FOR
ER
OPEN
Lasipalatsi square.
M
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ANCE
DANCEFLOOR
TION 2O2O
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RATION 2O2O
CLOWNERY
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ERATION 2O2O
Contem porary dance
NERATION 2O2O
POETRY READING
#generationfestival
Check out the festival program:
ENERATION 2O2O www.amosrex.fi/generationfestival
GENERATION 2O2O
50 51
GENERATION 2O2O GENERATION 2O2O GENERATION 2O2O GENERATION 2O2O GENERATION 2O2OEvents Game Amos
Wed–Thu 15–16 April
Game Amos is a seminar and event for game art, bringing
Guided tours together current topics from the world of gaming and building
bridges between game art and other artistic disciplines. The two
Guided tours open to all visitors: days are filled with speeches and activities for both professionals
and enthusiasts of gaming and game art.
In English on Mondays at 4:30 pm
In Finnish on Wednesdays at 5:30 pm
In Swedish on Wednesdays at 6 pm All events and a more detailed program:
www.amosrex.fi/events
Performances and Generation Festival
Performative works are on view on Wed–Thu 12–13 February and
during the last weekend of the exhibition at Generation Festival
on Sat–Sun 9–10 May.
Read more: www.amosrex.fi/generationfestival SAVE THE DATE
Rex Fest
Mon 2, 9, 16 & 23 March at 6 pm
2023
On four Mondays in March, Rex Fest brings classics of media Generation exhibitions occur every three years. Will you be one
art and the latest in Finnish and international art to the Bio of the artists featured in the next exhibition? The open call for
Rex screen. The event has been co-produced by Amos Rex and Generation 2023 begins in early 2022.
AV-Arkki, the Centre For Finnish Media Art. Rex Fest features a
diverse series of curated screenings and live performances. Follow Amos Rex, and we will keep you posted! We’ll inform you
about exhibitions and events at the museum and when the time
comes, we’ll also remind you about the open call!
Subscribe to our newsletter: www.amosrex.fi/newsletter
52 53Guided tours and art workshops
Dive into the exhibition together with one of our guides! On our
website, you can easily book a guided tour, introduction, archi-
tecture tour or art workshop for yourself or your group!
Read more and make a booking:
www.amosrex.fi/guidedtours
Conversation guides
Our conversation guides are on hand in the exhibition, so if there’s
anything on your mind, ask away! With our guides, you can
ponder the deepest essence of art (you might not get a definitive
answer) or get practical tips for your visit. The conversation guides
are easily recognizable in their work coats.
Art Testers
Art Testers is a massive national initiative that introduces all
eighth-graders in Finland to cultural experiences by testing art.
During March and April, museum visitors can follow the work of
the Art Testers, as they alter and shape artist Minea Lång’s piece
FOCT (Future of Collective Thinking) in the Studio Rex space.
Photo: Stella Ojala
Our conversation guide Petteri.
54 55Amos Rex for kids
Generation 2020 is an exhibition that addresses a
lot of powerful feelings. Sorrow, joy, fear, disgust
and maybe something… not so easily explained?
An important task of art is to awaken emotions,
and this exhibition is a great opportunity to prac-
tice putting those feelings into words! Everything
from crying spells to bouts of laughter are allowed
at the museum. Whisper your thoughts on art here!
(Scratch when necessary)
At Amos Rex, you’ll find Ou, who is a great friend
to all our young visitors! Together with Ou, you can
think about art and about different feelings. If so-
mething is making you nervous, you can whisper it
to Ou. It often helps to say things out loud! At the
coatroom, you can ask to borrow Ou to keep you
company during your visit. Ou likes to be hugged
and petted.
P.S. The exhibition includes works that may be
harmful to children. The most challenging works
are marked out on the exhibition map.
Conversation guides will also gladly help you,
if you have any questions!
Exhibition texts for the youngest in
the family: www.amosrex.fi/kids
56 57Generation 2020 Main partners:
12 February – 10 May 2020
Curation Corporate partnerships
Anastasia Isakova, Katariina Timonen Sara Järvi
Laura Porola, performance art
Kerttu Raittila, video art Graphic design
Jury tsto
Hannaleena Heiska, Elsa Hessle, KSF Media, Helen Eklöf
Kai Kartio, Eliel Tammiharju, Wörks
Katariina Timonen, Sanni Weckman
Graphic production
Project management Grano
Kai Kartio Kari-Petteri Kakko
Itha O’Neill
Partners:
In collaboration with:
Exhibition architecture
Linda Bergroth
Construction and planning
Jussi Piironen
AV planning GALLERY GUIDE
Fredrik Willberg
Texts
Lighting Generation 2020 -artists
Marianne Lagus Amos Rex
Coordination Editing
Niclas von Bonsdorff Elsa Hessle
Audience engagement Translations
Elsa Hessle, Henna Korpela, Annika Rautakoura
Melanie Orenius, Laura Porola
Images
Events & Generation Festival ©Amos Rex,
Marianne Lagus, Kaj Martin, Laura unless otherwise stated
Porola, Kerttu Raittila, Marjo Sahi
Layout
PR and marketing Helen Eklöf (KSF Media)
Iia Palovaara, Timo Riitamaa
Print
58 GranoAmos Rex
amosrex.fi
Mannerheimintie 22-24
Helsinki
Open:
Monday 11–18
Closed on Tuesdays
Wednesday 11–20
Thursday 11–20
Friday 11–18
Weekend 11–17
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