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Solo exhibitions of Rut Bryk and Tapio Wirkkala simultaneously on display abroad
The works of the artist couple are being prepared at EMMA for the international solo exhibitions. Rut Bryk’s ceramic art is taken on an extensive touring exhibition to Japan, while Wirkkala’s glass art is on display at the Murano Glass Museum in Venice. EMMA presents a new documentary on Rut Bryk as well as Maaria Wirkkala’s new work "Mosaics of the Mind". -
In Aporie – first monograph on Alicja Kwade's works available at EMMA Shop
In Aporie is the first monograph on Alicja Kwade covering a wide range of her intriguing works. Kwade has never been never afraid to ponder complicated scientific and mathematical questions in her objects, sculptures, and installations, such as probability calculation, astronomical wormholes, the endless universe, and parallel realities. -
Jonna Kina’s artwork deconstructs cinema with the shower scene in Hitchcock’s Psycho
Shot on 35 mm film, the five-minute work is a documentary portrait of two Foley artists recreating sound effects for the famous shower scene in Hitchcock’s Psycho (1960). The work investigates how sounds are produced for cinematic purposes and what happens when the conventions of film are deconstructed.
