exhibitions at Oksasenkatu 11 6.-29. September

Tina Mariane Krogh Madsen and Malte Steiner have each their own solo exhibitions on the different floors at Oksasenkatu 11 in Helsinki (FI).

7–29 September 2024
Oksasenkatu 11 00100 Helsinki
Wed–Fri 12–18
Sat–Sun 12–17
Opening 6 September 17–22

Madsen shows [proximity] sensing in, sensing out 

What would happen if the focus were solely on the senses and the ephemerality of gestures and listening as the work of art itself? What if the act of facilitating relation(s) becomes a way to transversally connect to a place, a neighborhood, a city?

Tina Mariane Krogh Madsen’s installation at Oksasenkatu 11 is a laboratory where listening and sensing, moving and relating are core focal points. It is an ephemeral entity which is inhabited by lines of gestures, notes and reflections created collaboratively in the space by the artist and the participating audience. The laboratory installation additionally moves in and outside the gallery space, out in the park, to the street. It accommodates every-body, and it focuses on the micro for us to be aware of the macro. By relating to both what is here and what is absent, we learn about the privilege of the space but also about its potentiality for change. The installation is thought to be a transformational and experimental format which holds exchange as a crucial element, and consists of only minor elements to assist this process.

During the laboratory installation, Madsen will facilitate Deep Listening® sessions, geological listening propositions, and other interventions (both scheduled and spontaneously). Additionally, Madsen has invited guest artists to facilitate moments which relate to sensing, affective listening, queer corporeality and other modalities of knowing. These meetings connect to an embodied and embedded posthuman subjectivity which extends into other agencies and modalities of the world.

Steiner shows Absolute Power : Ohnmacht

Malte Steiners art project Absolute Power reflects since 2019 on power structures in politics, society and private life. The exhibition Absolute Power : Ohnmacht in Oksasenkatu 11 shows with several art pieces the consequences of the perceived powerlessness of the individual. The responses to loss of power vary widely and often they are the retreat into the private world of the nuclear family. The exhibition goes further by examining the new conservative and restrained world of so-called tradwives through an e-paper installation which generates art based on data scraped from Instagram.

Another response to the concept of Ohnmacht is anxiety and as a central part of the

installation, Steiner has created a panic room for Oksasenkatu 11 which could cause panic attacks. Additionally, at the extreme end of the spectrum is the exemplified attempt to reclaim power through violent acts which is e.g. seen in mass shootings.

The four art pieces which constitute Absolute Power: Ohnmach are ranging from paintings to computer-controlled electronic displays, and they are shown in Helsinki for the first time.

During the opening times records from their label block 4 will be available for a special price.