Näyttely esittelee maalauksia, joita eivät ole luoneet yksittäiset henkilöt, vaan eri taustoista tulevat, toisilleen tuntemattomat ryhmät, jotka kokoontuivat neljän työpajan aikana työstämään valokuvia Tampereen kaupunkimaisemista. Tuloksena ei ole kokoelma yksittäisiä taideteoksia, vaan tallenne ihmisistä, jotka oppivat liikkumaan erojen läpi yhdessä: värien, muotojen ja pienen, arkisen toiminnan kautta, jossa yritetään ymmärtää ja tulla ymmärretyksi.
Art Exhibition at Marhaban-keskus, Tampere
This exhibition brings together paintings made not by individuals, but by groups of strangers from different backgrounds who came together over four workshop sessions to transform photographs of Tampere’s urban landscapes into geometric compositions, guided by the visual language of De Stijl.
Working in small groups, participants negotiated which lines, colors, and forms belong together. Collaboration became the medium as much as paint did. Each work carries the traces of that negotiation, compromise, agreement, and the slow work of understanding and being understood through shared decisions as well as shared words.
Each session also began with a few simple Finnish words and everyday phrases, inviting participants to share not only a creative process, but also the Finnish language as part of everyday life in the community.
The result is not a collection of individual artworks but a record of people learning to move through difference together: through color, form, and the small, ordinary act of trying to understand and be understood.
Funded by HAME, Hama University of Applied Sciences
Createst, organized and facilitated by Saeedeh Poolad Setoon (Säde)
The works will be on display from August 25 to September 10, Tuesdays through Thursdays from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., and also on Friday, August 28, from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Address: Kaleva Church, Liisanpuisto 1.
Järjestäjä
Tuomiokirkkoseurakunta