ESPOO MAGAZINE 2/2020

The Pentala Archipelago
Museum reopens according
to its normal opening hours
on Saturday 6 June.
The Villa Museum
Villa Rulludd
reopens on
Sunday 7 June.
Libraries are open
as usual from
1 June.
The Tacita Dean exhibition
includes the ambitious chalk painting
Chalk Fall (2018).
The IC-98 media installation forms part
of the Kosketus [Touch] collection exhibit
in the EMMA exhibition space.
Nastja Säde Rönkkö makes use
of a gesture familiar from
political demonstrations.
A Thousand
Stories about
Espoo ♦
Tuhat tarinaa Espoosta [A Thousand
Stories about Espoo] is a permanent
exhibition on the history of the city
at KAMU. The exhibition focuses
on five eras and five locations in the
history of Espoo: Stone Age sealers
at Bosmalm, Medieval farmers at
Mankby, gentlefolk and commoners
at Alberga, factory workers at
Kauklahti and urban life in suburbs.
How was Espoo born, and how did it
become what it is today?
The Next
500 Years ♦
Artist Akseli Gallen-Kallela built
his castle-like studio, Tarvaspää,
on the Pellavaniemi headland
beside Villa Linudd in the grounds
of Alberga Manor in 1911–1913.“I’m
not building for us, I’m building for
the next 500 years,” he said of his
studio more than a century ago. The
exhibition Tarvaspää – 500 vuotta
eteenpäin [Tarvaspää – The Next
500 Years] is about architecture,
construction and everyday life.
› 1 Jun 2020 – 25 Apr 2021
for those
yet to be •
The work for those yet to be
(2016–2018) by Nastja Säde
Rönkkö (b. 1985), Young Artist
of the Year 2019, is on display at
EMMA until 2 August. The work
is a series of video performance
art pieces about the emotions
prompted by climate change and
environmental damage. Rönkkö
visits fragile locations around the
world that are being destroyed
through human activity, sending
a message to future generations.
This is the first time that the work
is being displayed in its entirety.
Main exhibition
continues
through August •
The exhibition of works by Tacita
Dean (b. 1965), one of today’s
internationally most distinguished
contemporary artists, will continue
at EMMA through 2 August. Dean
is especially known for 16 mm
and 35 mm films and her work to
preserve the tradition of analogue
film but also for large-sale chalk
drawings that command the
space. Dean works with drawing,
photography, printing methods
and found materials.
Ceramic animal
figures •
A group of delightful animal
figures is on display in EMMA in
the summer. Animals created by
ceramic artist Michael Schilkin
(1900–1962) are displayed in a
playful environment designed by
contemporary artist Lotta Mattila
(b. 1986). Mattila, also known
for animal figures, contributes new
sculptures of her own, created for
this exhibition.
› 2 Jun 2020 –
28 Feb 2021
Cars for
kids ✘
The special exhibition Menopelileikki
[Vehicle Play] explores
movement and travel, vehicles and
traffic safety from a child’s perspective
and through playing. The
exhibition features traffic-themed
toys and playful vehicles. Active
and interactive, the exhibition is an
introduction to how traffic works
and to what various vehicles are
like and also tests visitors’ knowledge
of traffic regulations.
Anni Puolakka:
Diamond Belly •
From June, the media space in the
Kosketus [Touch] exhibition features
the video work Timanttimaha
[Diamond Belly] (2018) by Anni
Puolakka, a discussion between a
human and an AI chatbot. The work
explores love and companionship
between a human artist, a bot and
mosquitoes. Puolakka incorporates
autobiographical and documentary
materials into her works.
› 2 Jun 2020 – 27 Sep 2020
Theses on the
Body Politic •
The media installation Teesejä
yhteiskuntaruumiista [Theses on the
Body Politic] by IC-98, a.k.a. Patrik
Söderlund (b. 1974) and Visa
Suonpää (b. 1968) is on display at
EMMA in August and September.
The work forms part of the Kosketus
[Touch] collection exhibit in the
EMMA exhibition space. The work
focuses on the shapes and metamorphoses
of rope. Sound plays a
significant role in the work.
› 4 Aug 2020 – 27 Sep 2020
Aladdin and the
Magic Lamp ✘
The classic story Aladdin ja
taikalamppu [Aladdin and the
Magic Lamp] is presented by the
Hevosenkenkä Theatre as an
exciting adventure story for kids.
The cast includes the young hero
Aladdin and his rat friend Baba, the
lovely princess, the Genie, the evil
Grand Vizier and of course a flying
carpet. The production is generous
with visuals and music, conjuring
up an ancient Oriental mood.
› Thu 13 Aug at 18:00, Sat 15 Aug
at 16:00, Sun 16 Aug at 15:00 and
Sat 22 Aug at 16:00.
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