Anna Hyrkkänen: Living Room – On the Second Screen Inside the Head

The topics of Living Room – On the Second Screen Inside the Head come together under the themes of synesthesia, the senses and neuroscience. In the exhibition connections between things and the associations created by abstract forms fuse together with bodily states. The formal language of the sculptures maintain connections with corporality and cell-level processes taking place within the human body. How are the connections of meaning born and how does the interaction between the occurrences of our internal and the external world affect our experience of the world?

The exhibition Living Room – On the Second Screen Inside the Head in Galleria Laikku is a single spatial piece where colored lights, people and sculpture interact with each other. This whole is seen as an expansive living room where the viewer may linger and, at the same time, experience and participate with the pieces circle of influence, voyage into the meanings of the themes and content, or just slip through the piece following its undertow. All the people in the space are a part of the piece. Living Room – On the Second Screen Inside the Head is a living composition which is formed by mobile colored lights, shadows and people.

The exhibition is supported by Taike – Arts Promotion Centre Finland. The videos are crafted by Marko Vierimaa (Stereo ID) and Juha Mehtäläinen.

I’m a Tampere based visual artist working in the field of sculpture, light and installation. The central aspects of my work include the concept of time, space and the body. The thought of place and time always moves from the internal microcosmos of the body to the space and environment experienced through the senses. My works are usually born by studying light in different kinds of spaces and materials. I’m fascinated by the interconnectedness of the human body, mind, brain and consciousness.

During the recent years my work has been exhibited at Wäino Aalto Museum (Lux & Umbra, 2023), Galleria Sculptor (Superposition, 2023), HAA Gallery (Silent but Alert, 2024), and Mänttä Art Festival XXVII Puhallus (2024). In 2024 I received the William Thuring Award. My work can be found in the collections of The Finnish State Collection, Jenny and Antti Wihuri Foundation, Finnish Art Association and SAMK visual arts.

Exhibition at Culture House Laikku Galleria, Keskustori 4, Tampere.

Open Tue – Fri 9 am – 8 pm, Sat – Sun 10

am – 6 pm. Free admission.

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exhibitions at Kulttuuritalo Laikku:

Irma Puttonen

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irma.puttonen@tampere.fi+358 50 553 8673

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