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ART CENTER AHJO, HEHKU -SPACE: TIINA LEHIKOINEN
TIINA LEHIKOINEN
MUA-PIÄ # 2
2.10. -20.10.2024, HEHKU -SPACE
MUA-PIÄ #2 is a multi-arts ensemble that focuses on empty spaces and glorifies flowers and trees. According to the philosopher Emanuele Coccia, plants do not have opposites of matter vs. fantasy or mind vs. body. Rather, all life forms capable of photosynthesis could be described as inhuman and material deities, tame titans who do not need violence to establish new Worlds.* Instead of strict documentary, the works of MUA-PIÄ #2 reach towards fantastic material worlds. My painting style is expressive. I am fascinated by colors, movement and the materiality of the paint mark. My works are characterized by affectivity, corporeality and flashiness. I recorded experiential landscapes where different levels of being mix and breathe. The text work Sen väki tuli... (2024) is based on the meanings attached to the earth in old proverbs, and the name of the exhibition also plays with language. MUA-PIÄ is an Eastern dialect version of the imaginary compound word 'maa-pää', but it can also be interpreted as being formed from the partitive slang word 'mua' of the pronoun 'minä' + the verb 'pidä' 2nd p. imperative form 'piä' ( => pidä minua, in english => keep me). The exhibition is part of an interdisciplinary ensemble. Alongside the MUA-PIÄ exhibition series, I am writing an essay novel that partly varies the same themes. Artistic work has been supported by Koneen Säätiö.
BIO
Tiina Lehikoinen (b. 1982 in Juuka) thrives on the boundaries between genres
visual artist and writer. His works are in the National Works of Art Commission
and in the collections of the Tampere Art Museum. Paintings and fiction
in addition to his productions, Lehikoinen has made text works, video performances,
installations and comics. Ecofeminist and
posthumanist themes, play and questioning the unknown. Lehikoinen has
awarded the Aphorism Book of the Year award and the city of Tampere
literature award, and in addition his works have been Runeberg,
As a candidate for the Dancing Bear and Tiiliskivi awards. By education
Lehikoinen has a master's degree in philosophy and art.
*Plant life. The metaphysics of mixing. Association of Researchers 2020, Finnish Jussi Palmusaari, p. 19.
