Mäntyharju, Finland
A cultural art-day in Mäntyharju
Me and my sister decided to spend a bohemian day
So went to see this odd art exhibition at our home village
The name of exhibition was
Katajainen kansa - Taidetta purkutalossa
And the basic idea was
That an abandoned or emptied
Depends on whom you are asking
Block building turns in to an art exhibition
Cool idea!
And a lot of space for an odd art!
Every apartment was in use of a different artist
Here's some of my favorite pieces!
Enjoy!
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| An illusion of having the home |
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| A tree house or a house tree? |
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| Floating pieces |
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| An old iron ring |
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| Living together |
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| Outside |
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| Whales and the eternity in a living room |
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| Shadow of nature |
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| Everything ends to the Baltic Sea |
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| Alone with TV |
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| B&W |
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| Cowboys and Dead Girls |
And now
When you are all excited
I'm gonna tell you
That the names of the art pieces are not real
I made them up
Based on my feelings looking at them
And to be honest
There were a lot of more of them
Than I have photographed here
But these were the only ones I wanted to even show you
Most of the apartments and the "art" in them were
Well
Just empty or lame
If I could have a whole apartment
As my canvas for creating
I would use colors, lights, sound
Everything to create a whole illusion
Where the visitor could sink in
But
Apparently
For some artists
One stuffed whale toy
In the middle of an empty room is enough
And I can respect that
But just not enjoy of that
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| Pinching a nose |
All together
We had fun in there
Laughing and wondering
Always little bit exited
What will we found
Behind the next apartment door
Only down side was
That whole building was molded
We had breathing difficulties
And headache
Both were going worse and worse
The longer we were in the building
By the evening
The symptoms were almost gone
But the sad fact is
That not long ago
There were still people living in that building
How many of them have symptoms?
And how many more
There is homes like this
Where people are still trying to live in
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| Asthmatic Art Lover |
The demolition machines will arrive at 11.9.2017
And that's the end of the building
