Body Sensing

Gallery 20.9.2024–19.1.2025

Kirsi Jaakkola, Toni Lehtola, Sanna Pajunen, Veijo Setälä

The Body Sensing exhibition is an art exhibition for the senses and the whole body. The artworks can be viewed and touched, and may include sounds, scents, and movement. The exhibition is designed with different age groups and a multisensory experience in mind.

– The works are playful and evoke feelings on many levels. The exhibition sounds, smells and feels, says curator Päivi Setälä, PhD. Päivi Setälä is the director of Kruunupää Children's Cultural Centre and a photograph artist.

The artists have approached tangibility in different ways. Sanna Pajunen was inspired by the three-dimensionality and sculptural quality of Braille. The dots have grown into large, huggable forms, creating a playful jigsaw puzzle. The aim of a broad palette of sensory experiences has also produced new dimensions for the artists’ earlier work. 

Kirsi Jaakkola’s paintings of snow now contain new forms. Being able to touch the paintings gives a concrete sense of the process of their making, the swan’s flypast and the hare’s leap. 

Toni Lehtola’s motorised animal is a touchable component of a growing brood. It is an unprotected creature that finds protection in its private space. 

The house is a recurring theme in Veijo Setälä’s work. In this exhibition it has acquired a voice, and the settlement of sculpture houses can be used as an instrument, a toy or a game. 

The exhibition is curated by Päivi Setälä, Director of the Pori Centre for Children´s Culture Kruunupää. Marika Leinonen-Vainio was responsible for accessibility. The exhibition is a joint production by the Pori Art Museum and the Pori Centre for Children´s Culture Kruunupää. The works in the exhibition belong to the Pori City Art Collection.

Inquiries: 
Director Päivi Setälä, +358 44 701 1086, [email protected]
Jyväskylä Art Museum, Senior Curator Teija Lammi, +358 50 462 2695, [email protected]
 

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