DEW is the annual summer exhibition of The Onoma Cooperative of artists, designers and artisans in Fiskars, curated and architecturally designed by Marco Casagrande.
Now in its 32nd edition, the cooperative’s summer exhibition explores the cycle of water and its role as the engine of the machine of life, positioning the human being as dew, too.
“Dew shimmers freely between the fields of art and science. The exhibition forms a kind of an organic machine, covered entirely in dew. The machine glistens, or sweats. The life-producing fabric of the surrounding nature continuously baptizes itself with dew; we are trying to connect with this ritual.
All of Fiskars Village began from a drop of dew. Otherwise there would be no river, no forging hammer,” Casagrande describes.
Approximately 60 artists are participating in the exhibition, the majority selected through an open call among members of the cooperative. In addition, a carefully considered group of Finnish and international practitioners has been invited to join in. Casagrande’s curation engages with the ironworks environment, the flowing river, and the architecture of the historic buildings in a way that invites dialogue with history and the Fiskars River.
A broad public programme of talks, workshops and artist meetings will accompany the exhibition.
The participating artists are:
Erna Aaltonen / Olga Angove / Nanna Bayer & Iris Orasjärvi / Kirsti Doukas / Tapio Elevant / Jack Faber / Georg Grotenfelt / Eero Haikala / Lulu Halme / Pekka Ijäs / Mari Isopahkala / Lotta Jalava / Outi Karikivi / Tiina Karimaa / Ann Kraus / Maaretta Krohn & Risto Puurunen / Mikko Laakkonen / Elina Makkonen / Laura Mattila & Mikko Merz / Laura Merz & Rudi Merz / Rowan E. Mena & Marja Hepo-aho / Maija Mustonen & work group Viki Kontopoulou and Vilma Mankonen/ Anu Mykrä / Jukka Mäkelä / Pia Nieminen / Ron Nordström / Pasi Orrensalo / Saara Paatero-Burtsov & Risto Paatero / Katri Pailos / Jaakko Pakkala / Piia Maria Pekkanen / Tuulia Penttilä / Sniedze Praulina / Nina Pulkkis & Merja Penttilä / Aapo Repo / Perttu Rista & Aapo Rista / Sami Ryhänen / Sarah Råholm / Kristian Saarikorpi / Saine Ensemble / Kim Simonsson / Jan Söderblom / Matti Söderkultalahti / Riitta Talonpoika / Anna Ulff / Viivi Varesvuo & Kirsi Costi Snellman / Karin Widnäs / Katja Öhrnberg
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