In 2018 Milla Vaahtera showed her sculptures at Helsinki’s Design Museum’s Open Call. Since then she’s had 12 exhibitions in seven countries. ”And I made a baby,” she laughs and continues, ”I was supposed to be on maternity leave. My phone started ringing, and agents started dropping by my home to buy my works. I’m still quite confused about it. What’s happening?”
Counteract the doom and gloom of the world’s current global-political agenda with an uplifting yellow. We have chosen Pantone’s 12-0642 Aurora as our Color of the Month. Welcome to a positive new decade! (Continues…)
The bodies shimmer in various colors. Sliding against each other covered in algae. Creating a rock land. Symbolism. She says she wants to hide behind it. And then she notes “Today the square means this. Tomorrow it means something else.” Sofia Järnefelt interviewed visual artist Linda Linko on her current exhibition ‘Drunk From Love’ at Garden Room.
Country living, vintage looks and hand-made effects dominate spring fashion. Editorial by photographer Otto Virtanen and stylist Noora Makkonen. (Continues…)
A reassuring presence instilling calm, confidence and connection. Today Pantone revealed the Color of the Year 2020: Classic Blue 19-4052. We have also chosen this for our color of the month here on Around. As technology continues to race ahead of the human ability to process it all, it is easy to understand why we gravitate to colors that are honest and offer the promise of protection.
The Golden Age of Finnish art is seen through a fashion designer’s eye in Carolina Forss’s MA thesis for Aalto University. Forss will present her collection, inspired by especially Helene Schjerfbeck, in the main stairwell of the Ateneum Art Museum’s building on Finland’s Independence Day, 6th of December. Around Journal had the chance to interview Forss before the event.
Walking into the room exhibiting Bi feels like interrupting a play, although you cannot just sit and passively watch. The entire work is on two screens back to back, and the idea opens up as you watch the beautiful set on the front screen, listening to the rhythm of the voices, whose identities are shown more clearly in the more raw footage on the other side.
The Nordic expansive forests, extreme winter climate and afternoon skies are the backdrop for our Color of the Month in November 2019. (Continues…)
Today there is the spacious gallery around us and the completed works are up on the walls. He talks about empathy. How it’s about giving space. That when listening to a friend one doesn’t have to solve the problem. But answer emotions. “Have I mansplaned? Yes. Am I the kind of man I’d ideally would want to be? Not in every way,”Erno says and ponders how important it is to be heard. How it is important to be touched. And then clarifies, ”This is not about sexuality, but about friendship.”
Each month we select ”Color of the Month” – an inspirational shade that reflects the here and now. Alongside the color we present a moodboard of images that back our choice. Pantone’s Blackberry Cordial is our selection for October 2019. (Continues…)
