The exhibition features works by seven contemporary artists that capture moments spent in the presence of trees, listening to them and honoring them.
Trees are timeless; they live alongside us and grow old with us. We don’t always notice them because they are such a fundamental part of the Finnish landscape. Trees are sometimes invisible or taken for granted. They are yard trees, rows that brush the horizon, or sometimes outright guardian, spirit, or sacred trees. We rake their leaves, hammer birdhouses onto their trunks, and trim the smaller border trees.
Trees speak to us in their own ways—whispering, rustling, hissing, and crackling. When the trees are silent, the forest is silent too. Each of us hears them in our own way. “Mysteries” can hide beside and among the trees: the rustling of feathers as birds flit about in their branches, insects coiling into spirals, moss-covered stumps and mounds beneath which massive root systems are revealed, as well as fairy tales, stories, and old beliefs about trees, forests, and their guardians.
Many of the works in the exhibition explore atmospheric liminal spaces, the transition from evening to night, the dawn, the process of metamorphosis, growth, or how our subconscious shapes what we see, allowing us to perceive exactly what we want and need. (Eija Keskinen.)
The artists featured in the exhibition are Pirjetta Brander, Marko Hämäläinen, Inka-Maaria Jurvanen, Sakari Kannosto, Eija Keskinen, Janne Laine, and Mikko Rantanen. The exhibition is curated by visual artist Eija Keskinen.
In addition to the Keuruu Museum, the exhibition will be on display at the Keuruu Local History Museum, the Keuruu library, the Old Church of Keuruu and its churchyard, as well as the lobby gallery of the Lehtiniemi Service Center. Please note that the various exhibition venues have different opening hours, and the Keuruu Museum admission ticket covers only the exhibition at the Keuruu Museum.
The Keuruu Local History Museum has its own ticket office. Admission to the Old Church of Keuruu is €4 per person; free for those under 18. You can find the addresses and more detailed information about the other exhibition venues on the exhibition page of our museum’s website.
The exhibition has received a grant from the The Finnish Heritage Agency.
Hintatiedot:
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10/ 8 /0 €
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Adults 10 €, discounted rate 8 €, free for visitors under 18. Museum Card venue
Tapahtuman järjestäjä:
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Nimi
Keuruun museo
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Sähköpostiosoite
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