Collection of Undoings
16 Nickholson Street gallery, May 2022
Fine Arts Work Center, February 2023
Pinni47, June 2023
‘Undoings’ is an ongoing video project that compiles selections from a crowdsourced archive compiled of ‘useless’ activities and passivities. The project was first time developed within the framework of 16Nicholson Street Gallery's 2021 curated programme and shown as a part of 'Flock Circumstance' group exhibition by Madde Edlund, Aga Paulina Mlynczak and Tinja Ruusuvuori, curated by Aga Paulina Mlynczak.
16 Nickholson Street gallery, May 2022
Fine Arts Work Center, February 2023
Pinni47, June 2023
‘Undoings’ is an ongoing video project that compiles selections from a crowdsourced archive compiled of ‘useless’ activities and passivities. The project was first time developed within the framework of 16Nicholson Street Gallery's 2021 curated programme and shown as a part of 'Flock Circumstance' group exhibition by Madde Edlund, Aga Paulina Mlynczak and Tinja Ruusuvuori, curated by Aga Paulina Mlynczak.
Shrug off your
everyday-skin,
callused by the
frictions + deep-push
of capitalism. Put on
a Cetacean way of being.
Become part
of a collective
celebrating in useless
practices + undoings—
passivities done for
pleasure despite progress
+ green-gain.
Words by Kieron Walkqvist and Tinja Ruusuvuori
Installation view of Undoingsas a part of Server error occurred while getting Cemetery (2023) by Tinja Ruusuvuori and Georgia Dickie
Single-channel video installation with cardboard, found objects and PAYDAY Peanut Caramel Bar
Dimensions variable
Collectively sourced videos: Liina Kuittinen, Lori Frazer, Jonna Lehto, Matilda Matsi, Lada Wilson, Miina Puolitaival, Tinsel Edwards, Natasha Lall, Nikki Jääskeläinen, Edward Bruce, Oktavia Schreiner, Raila Mar, Gunilla Sjövall, Opri Kangas, Karkki, Bella Bellatrix Pirata, Madde Edlund, Jonna Lehto, Minta Metteri, Heather O’Donnell, Anasse Elhasnaoui, Hanna Marno, Venni P, Aleksi Pihkanen, Dexter Stokes-Mellor, Ali sha Sha, Hemn Hussein, Kate Theodore, Kerttu Ojalehto, Jan Ahlstedt, Sisko Pikkumäki, Irina Ruusuvuori, Aapo Sandberg, Heta-Maria Pyhäjärvi, Jane Sharkey, Emmi Hughes, Suzie Eggins, Anna Seppälä, Arto Patrikainen, Aga Paulina Młyńczak, Van Maltese, Elsa Delage, Clarisse Baleja Saïdi, Kim Coleman Foote, Siennie Lee, Gothataone Moeng, Hannah Perrin King, Elizabeth Flood, Sichong Xie, Vicky Tomayko, Georgia Dickie, David Simpson, Susan Blood, Tinja Ruusuvuori, Strange Nature collective, anonymous
2023
Installation view, Undoings (2023)
chalk on a found chalkboard in a demolished office building
Dimensions 300cm x 123cm
Installation view, Undoings (2023)
single-channel video installation on a found dish drainer in a demolished office building
Dimensions variable
2021
photo: Nat Hairsine / 16 Nicholson Street gallery and Nat Hairsine
Collection of Undoings (2021) as a part of “Flock Circumstances” at 16Nicholson Street Gallery
Three-channel video installation with rope, spandex, fluorescent light
Dimensions variable
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