Oasis and floating gardens
13 May – 30 Sep 2012 Copper Smithy, Fiskars
In the Black Hall of the Copper Smithy and around the River Area
Oasis considers the interplay between objects, the man and the environment through contemporary art and design. The boundaries of the interior and the exterior are a theme that has become increasingly topical because of climate change and the changing patterns of people in their use of time.
Along with the exhibition permanent improvements have been made to the exhibition area including landscaping and designs for new piers. New outdoor furniture has been designed by invited architects and designers. The choice of artists has been based on their earlier works and the way they in which they have interpreted their thoughts about the environment. There will, for example, be a stone garden, moss garden and floating garden on the river.
The invited architects, designers, artists and companies are
Niina Aalto and Ulla Lapiolahti, Aalto University Wood Program and Wood Studio, Eeva-Kaisa Ailus and Katja Öhrnberg, Linda Bergroth, Eeva Kaisa and Timo Berry, Matthew Coombes, Droog design (Ed Annink, Chris Kabel), Mi Duncker, Fake Finns & Others (Olga Prokhorova, HyunJoo Min, Serge Olivier Fokoua, Tomasz Szarma, Willem Wilhelmus), Aino Favén, Hannele Grönlund and Hannu Väisänen, Simo Heikkilä and Mari Ojala, Åsa Hellman, Maija Holma, Sade Kahra and Laura Baruël, Essi Kausalainen, Erika Kelter and Heath Nash, Marja Kolu, Elina Koskelainen, Annike Laigo, Lasse Lampenius and Hanna Räisänen, Elina Makkonen, Outi Martikainen, Rudi Merz, Pihla Meskanen, Samuli Naamanka, Nola (Monica Förster, Björn Dahlström, Johannes Norlander, Komplot), Ron Nordström, Deepa Panchamia, Helena Ratinen, Markus Renwall, Karola Sahi, Annatuuli Saine & working group, Tom Simons & Johannes Enroth and Pentti Alanko, Riitta Talonpoika, Marjukka Vainio, Viivi Varesvuo and Marjo Tokkari, Bob Verschueren, Merja Winqvist and Yoshimasa Yamada.
The exhibition has been made possible by support from
Fiskars Corporation, Sophie von Julins stiftelse, Ministery of Education and Culture, Svenska Kulturfonden, Finnish Cultural Foundation and Uusimaa Fund of the Finnish Cultural Foundation, Aalto University Wood Program and Wood Studio, Alfred Kordelin Foundation, AO Jyväskylän aikuisopisto, ARTomnia, Arts Council of Finland/National Council for Architecture, BACSAC®, Faktia, Fiskarsin Laatupuu, FT-Transport Oy, Hotel Restaurant Wärdshus, Ingman College of Crafts and Design, Kaakelikeskus, Kekkilä Oy, LUKSIA Länsi-Uudenmaan ammattiopisto, Metsä Wood, Olof Ekman Oy, Printscorpio Oy, Puutarha Tahvoset Oy, City of Raasepori, Restaurant Kuparipaja and Wallonie-Bryssels International.
Exhibition working group
Art historian Teija Isohauta MA (chairperson), architecture student Laura Mattila, garden designer Marja Prehti-Wright, CEO Kari Tahvonen and the artists Otto Karvonen, Erika Kelter and Ron Nordström. Special thanks to architect Georg Grotenfelt, gardener Mikaela Saviaro and Professor Simo Heikkila, exhibition architect.
Further information
Teija Isohauta, teija (at) periferiadesign.fi
Ron Nordström, ron.nordstrom (at) me.com
The office of the Cooperative of Artisans, Designers and Artists in Fiskars, tel. 019 277 7500, onoma (at) onoma.org, onoma.org
FiskarsInfo, tel. 019 277 7504, fiskars.info (at) fiskars.fi, fiskarsvillage.fi
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