Monthly archives of “December 2016

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Liminal | 27.1.–18.2.2017

Visual artists from Germany and Sweden approach the topic of Liminality.

Vernissage / Opening: Freitag / Friday 27.01.2017, 18 Uhr
Öffnungszeiten Kolonie-Weekend / Sunday 2-6pm
Ausstellungsdauer / Exhibition open: 27.01 – 18.02.2017
Öffnungszeiten/ Opening hours: Mi-Sa / Wed-Sat 2-6pm
Finissage: Friday, 17.2. 5pm

An Feiertagen ist die Toolbox geschlossen
On Bank holidays Toolbox is closed

Liminal: etymology “limes” (Latin) meaning threshold. The word liminal is used in connection with: (1) a transition period or the initial stage of a process, (2) that something occupies a position, or both sides of a border or threshold.

 

 

Liminal condition can be described as a place where we are open to anything; where we leave the “ordinary” and allows something else to occur. The transition can be described as passing a threshold or break through a membrane. The shift may be perceived as intimidating as the need for control is suspended, but at the same time a possibility for change and renewal. The liminal in-between space is characterized by openness, active listening and adherence to things that occur.
How does a liminal place feel; where can you find it, and what does it look like? In the project “Liminal” the participants gives their vision on the theme. Art can open doors  and let us enter places in new ways, not available before.

The project is part of “Being In The World,” an international and interdisciplinary practice-based art project that explores temporal and spatial perception. The idea is that participants work together to come closer to the topic, get together, discuss it and make new works.

http://beingintheworld.net/project/liminal

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Killer on the beach
30.12 – 21.01.2017

Drawings – Reijo Kärkkäinen

Drawing is thinking – mostly chaos. Sometimes I’m happily surprised: Did I really created that.

Vernissage / Opening: Freitag / Friday 30.12.2016, 19 Uhr
Öffnungszeiten Kolonie-Wochenende / Opening times on sylvester: ist die Toolbox geschlossen/Toolbox is closed
Ausstellungsdauer / Exhibition open: 3.1 – 21.01.2017
Öffnungszeiten/ Opening hours: Di-Sa / Tue-Sat 14-18 Uhr

An Feiertagen ist die Toolbox geschlossen
On Bank holidays Toolbox is closed

 

Reijo Kärkkäinen (b.1964) is a Finnish artist who graduated as Bachelor of Arts from University of Industrial Arts in Helsinki. Kärkkäinen is a multidisciplinary visual artist, whose work ranges from paintings, graphics, installations, photographs to comics and illustrations. He works also together with the French arthouse Le Dernier Cri (http://www.lederniercri.org). The Artist lives and works in Kuopio.

Reijo Kärkkäinen studies drawing and painting in his work, both text and image boundaries and the mutual interaction. Performing take turns an abstract expression, and a drawing line finds the painting. Kärkkäinen coordinates different points of view, in which the seriousness meets the satire and popular culture is toying with the traditional expression of art. Associations collide and cruise with each other, and when the crash generated in the right circumstances, there will be life.

More information:

http://www.kuvataiteilijamatrikkeli.fi/fi/taiteilijat/2370

http://www.arslibera.com/taiteilija/karkkainen-reijo

http://www.tabulaland.com/taiteilijat/reijo-karkkainen/