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Opening on Thursday August 14 at 18-20

Clear is a selection of my recent paintings. I thought it would be a funny title, considering how my artistic practice so far has always been set against a backdrop of confusion and the absence of clarity.

I flood myself with digital images, which blend into something amorphous in my head and emerge again as figures, spaces or symbols inside my paintings. They go through my emotional filters and usually come out embodying a kind of nostalgia and escapism that I can't seem to shake off.

Miska Kukkohovi (b. 2001) is a Finnish visual artist based in Helsinki, currently pursuing a Bachelor's degree in the painting department at the Finnish Academy of Fine Arts.

Mischief of the fairies! In the exhibition ''Vaihdokas/Changeling'' Aleksi Marjamaa and Timo Saarinen explore the nature of embodied presence, asking where might the tension between the familiar and the strange lead us? Our relationship to the reflections of face and body gathers into a mass of rest, will and desire. Emotions, impressions, and species-specific perception entwine into images—of ourselves and of a generalized other. But which one do we truly see when we look in the mirror?

Combining printmaking and audiovisual works, the exhibition weaves together the world of folklore in the stories of changelings, the examination of bodily impressions and playful modulations of species-typical movement. The prints, realized on cold-worked glass and mirrors, take shape through the viewer's gaze—one that the artworks seem to absorb and claim as their own. The imaginary relationship between the subconscious and the self-image is expressed through the idea of "ourselves as seen by the other, the other's presence as part of myself." The audiovisual pieces consist of animations that explore the boundary between the familiar and the alien through elemental movement and the process of becoming human. The notion of the body drifts into the realm of digital mimicry and the erosion of behavior shaped by expectation. Will it be a threat, or something comical or attractive?

The exhibition is a part of Gallery Week Finland. Gallery Week Finland happens on August 26–31 2025. It's program comprises art exhibitions and other events around Finland that are free-of-charge and open to the public.