Solo exhibition
Location: Gallery Augusta, HIAP, Helsinki
Date: 18-31 May 2024 / Supported by the Kone Foundation, Arts Promotion Centre Finland, and Helsinki International Artist Programme.
Interview: KAAMOS | Poetry amidst darkness with Daniel Malpikka – Nuori Voima, Kone Foundation
Photos by Daniel Malpikka, Sheung Yiu and Otso Venho.
Gallery Augusta
The exhibition took place at the main gallery of the Helsinki International Artist Programme (HIAP) which is known as Finland’s premier art platform due to its extensive global network and valued reputation. The exhibition welcomed over 2.2k visitors in just two weeks.
Kaamos
An exhibition that showcased a self-curated installation of Malpica’s works and his embracement of darkness, ranging from the realms of motion poetry to altered film. / Sound works by Pedro MacLoughlin
The word Kaamos refers to the darkest times of the year. A season that alters the behaviours and physiology of almost every living thing. It also carries a cultural significance in Finland for its strong influence over the human psyche and, at times, its power to make oneself feel depleted.
“In my own work, whether it’s a text, a digital installation, or a performance, the distance between literature, design, and other media has never had very distinctive borders. Everything seems to me as a unified part of an expanded poem” Malpikka reflects. This holistic approach has characterized his career, which weaves diverse strands across Europe, Mexico, and beyond.
KAAMOS.
Analogue photos by Otso Venho for Nuori Voima.
The exhibition was a probe into the darkness of light, the bureaucratic nightmares of immigration and the poetics of fire. Visitors encountered a multimedia installation that revealed Malpica’s process and his approach to the transmediality of writing.
Kaamos
