Veera Launonen & Ilkka Kivelä (FI): The Collectors

6.-19.9.2021
@ SEVERAL LOCATIONS, SEE BELOW
Accessible event

The Collectors is a series of video pieces scattered across Kuopio’s urban spaces dealing with memories,
emotions and dreams for the future related to urban spaces and outdoor areas.

The pieces portray materials collected by the artists from various places. The materials have been moulded into arrangements and small sculptures. Animated elements and coordinates of the places where the materials were found are overlaid on the videos.

The Collectors reflects on how you can perceive your own living environment and home town with brand new eyes. The work process was based on local activities and an ecological ideology that involves consuming as little as possible. Ilkka Kivelä and Veera Launonen see local materials and soil as a gift for them as artists and local residents.

You can come across the piece on advertising screens around Kuopio’s public spaces; around the market square, shopping centres as well as local universities:

@ SOKOS KUOPIO SHOP WINDOW
address: Haapaniemenkatu 24-26

@ LARGE SCREEN AT THE KUOPIO MARKET SQUARE
address: Kauppakatu 45

@ SHOPPING CENTRE APAJA
address: Kauppakatu 45 (under the Market Square)

@ UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND, SNELLMANIA BUILDING
address: Yliopistonranta 1

@ SAVONIA UNIVERSITY
address: Microkatu 1

@ MATKUS SHOPPING CENTRE
address: Matkuksentie 60

@KANTTI KUOPIO MUSEUM
address: Museokatu 1

@ONLINE
address: Vimeo.com (link)

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Veera Launonen & Ilkka Kivelä (FI): The Collectors

Veera Launonen & Ilkka Kivelä (FI)

Veera Launonen (b. 1989) and Ilkka Kivelä (b. 1981) are visual artists from Kuopio, Finland, who have been creating media artworks in collaboration since 2014.

In their work, the artists examine different roles and identities through memories and changes in the environment. Their work has been presented in several private and group exhibitions and screenings in Finland and abroad.

launonenkivela.com

Veera Launonen & Ilkka Kivelä (FI): The Collectors

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Veera Launonen & Ilkka Kivelä (FI): The Collectors

How to get there?

There is an accessible entrance at the venue.