(Suomeksi alhalla) Knots installation @Kääntöpaikka from March 7-30, 2020 Intiankatu 1, 00560 Helsinki A knot carries the present, past, and future. How was this knot made? How large is this knot? How can we get out of this knot? Does this knot want to stay stuck? In that sense, a knot can be used as a metaphor, a symbol, and an active part of our process of understanding. Since November 2019 MIELI Suomen Mielenterveys ry has been supporting Knots, a series of open art workshops which use knots as the grounds for dialogue and discovery of our inner and outer worlds. These gatherings are open to all ages and people from all walks of life. The elusive yet concrete nature of the knot has brought us together. This installation is a collection of some of the works created in workshops from November 2019 to February 2020. Which knot feels like you today? Where do you lay within this knot? Whom would you like to give this knot to? For more information about Kääntöpaikka, please go to http://arabianasukastalot.fi. Welcome to Knot series. To keep up to date with the spring series, please go to https://ryijy.weebly.com/happenings/solmu-sarja-kevat-knot-series-spring-2020 ++ Solmuja installaatio @Kääntöpaikka 7.-30. Maaliskuuta 2020 Intiankatu 1, 00560 Helsinki Solmu kantaa nykyisyyttä, menneisyyttä ja tulevaisuutta. Miten solmu on tehty? Kuinka iso solmu on? Miten voimme vapautua solmusta? Jääkö solmu jumiin? Solmu voi olla hyvä metafora ja symboli, osa meidän ymmärryksen prosessia. Marraskuusta 2019 lähtien MIELI Suomen Mielenterveys ry on tukenut Solmuja-taidetyöpajaa, joka käyttää solmuja avaamaan dialogia osallistujien välillä. Työpajassa yritetään löytää omaa sisäistä ja ulkopuolista maailmaa solmujen kautta. Tapaamiset ovat avoimia kaikenikäisille ihmisille. Solmuja-installaatio on kokoelma marraskuusta 2019 helmikuuhun 2020 työpajassa tehdyistä teoksista. Mikä solmu tuntuu sinussa tänään? Missä makaat solmun sisällä? Kenelle haluaisit antaa tämän solmun lahjaksi? Lisätietoa Kääntöpaikasta http://arabianasukastalot.fi Tervetuloa Solmuja-installaation. Seuraa Solmu-kevätsarjaa. Lisätietoa löydät täältä: https://ryijy.weebly.com/happenings/solmu-sarja-kevat-knot-series-spring-2020
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At the Brooklyn Museum until November 25, 2018 is Cecilia Vicuña's Disappeared Quipu. "New York–based Chilean artist and poet Cecilia Vicuña has devoted a significant part of her artistic practice to studying, interpreting, and reactivating the quipus, which were banned by the Spanish during their colonization of South America. Drawing on her indigenous heritage, Vicuña channels this ancient, sensorial mode of communication into immersive installations and participatory performances." Read more about the artist and the installation here. The ginormous hanging knots immediately attracted my attention, as they take up the whole gallery space. As I started to learn about quipus and the history they hold in ancient ways of communicating, I started thinking about the complex translation process this technique embodies. I am still trying to wrap my brain around it! How do they know who they are talking to? What if the knots got out of order? I wish I could go to Performance: Living Quipu by Cecilia Vicuña on Sunday, September 23, 2018 from 2–3 pm. Cecilia Vicuña will create a participatory, improvisational poetry performance, weaving elements of spoken word, chant, and storytelling. Free with Museum admission, but RSVP strongly encouraged. Click here for more information about the event. ps. thank you, Jasmin, for introducing me to quipus when you came to visit me in Fiskars! |
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