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Uutta / News 2019-2020 Afrikanda - havaintoja koneista ja laiteista / - On Machines and Devices. Turun taidehalli, Turku, Finland 2019 Location/Dislocation. Between remembering and forgetting. Art Station Dubulti, Jūrmala, Latvia 2019 Topophilia. Yukon Arts Centre Art Gallery, Whitehorse, Canada 2019 Capriccio. Gallen-Kallela Museo, Espoo, Finland 2018 Nuuk, Greenland, 2018 Maisema riisinjyvässä / Landscape on a Rice Grain 2018 Der lieben Mutter [volkskunst] Axel Obiger, Berlin Viterbo - Miltä keskiaika näyttää nyt? Porvoo Triennial, Porvoo A Clear Day. Nääs slott, Lerum, Sweden Hiilisatu / Coal Fairy Tale. Galleria Orton, Helsinki 2017 Teoksia myytävänä / Works available Ultramarin. Bortom Havet / Beyond the Sea. Gocart Gallery, Visby, Sweden. Jossain muualla / Elsewhere. Kirja / book Jossain muualla / Elsewhere. Galleria AMA, Helsinki 2015 Piirrän kartat uudelleen / Drawing Maps Anew. 2015 Think : North The End of The End Northern Soul: Landscapes of Longing Liquid Spaces. Linnagalerii, Pärnu, Estonia 2015 Environmental Art in Fall, Söndre land, Norway, 2014 Kesä / Summer 2014 Maiseman kaipuu / Longing for a Landscape. Galleria Harmaja, Oulu; P-galleria, Pori Techno Nature. Schuebbe Projects, Düsseldorf 2013 The Arctic Circle 2013 Intersezioni / Intersections. Claudia Peill and Kaisu Koivisto. Rome, 2013 Kesä / Summer 2013 Äänekäs hiljaisuus / Loud Silence. Vaasa 2013 Äänekäs hiljaisuus / Loud Silence. Turku, 2012 Perfect Circle. 2-channel video installation, 2011 Rakennettu, unohdettu / Built, abandoned Urban and Forest 2011-12 Kesä / Summer 2011 Tasavallan presidentin kutsunäyttely Kultarannassa 14.6.–28.8.2011 / The President of Finland’s Invitational Exhibition at Kultaranta Toisessa valossa / In a Different Light. Forum Box, Helsinki 2011 Hurmiollisessa tilassa, tanssiteos / In an Enchanted State Bambiesque - Monsters and Cuties Jalostettu laji / Cultivated Species. Tampere 2010 Index 2010 Mansikkapaikka / Strawberry Patch, Turku 2010 Richtung Norden. MAERZ, Linz Changelings, 2009-2012 mURBAN. Artborg, Sipoo 2009 Turku Biennial 2009 Vaihdokkaita. Galleria Harmaja, Oulu 2009 Galleria Sculptor, Helsinki 2009 Työhuoneella / At the studio 2009 Observatorio / Observatory Vaihdokkaat 2007 - 2009 Sisäkuvia / Interiors, 2007 Pintapyydyksiä / Surface Traps. Galleria Heino, Helsinki 2006 Mid-Career Retrospective, New York City, 2004 New Yorkin lehmät: lajin palauttaminen / Cows in NYC: Reintroducing the Species, 2000 Rakenteita / Structures Tilateoksia / Installations Piirtämisestä / On Drawings Links Arkisto 1 / Archive 1 2006 - 2009 Arkisto 2 / Archive 2, 1993-99 Arkisto 3 / Archive 3, 2000-05 kk-market
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The End of The End Growing up in the Cold War period, The End - nuclear destruction - loomed upon the world. The missiles of the superpowers were near. Now, I walk in a lush forest which was top-secret only less than thirty years ago. The road, made of concrete slabs, leads to an abandoned missile base. Austere missile hangars. Lots of them, most of them made of similar, pre-fabricated elements. L-zones, which were storage areas for nuclear warheads. Missile launch pads with their distinctive, geometric iron parts. Missile silos, now silent, over 30 m deep into the ground.
The notion of sublime connects many of the views at the missile bases with the tradition of landscape painting or photography. The metaphorical and poetic scenes also depict estranged landscapes of the subconscious.
The picturesque scenes in the places which used to house weapons of mass destruction are fascinating for an artist interested in history. I am enchanted by the silence which is broken by a deer diving into the greenery or the distant buzz of a chain saw. Simultaneously, the idea of the destructive powers of nuclear weapons makes me wince.
I recall the social and political dimensions which the ruins represent. The current events in Europe remind me that the equilibrium of peace and war is fragile.
I have mostly focused on the Baltic countries Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania. Looking closer, the traces of military action can be seen everywhere. Neglected and half-destroyed Soviet monuments, left to the elements. Building complexes dating from the czarist time stand strong, the brick walls eroding. I have become aware of how blood-soaked the soil is in Eastern Europe. It has been the battleground of Germans, Soviets, Balts and Russians. And, I have gained a new perspective of my native Finland. The roots of silence and finlandization run deep.
For a more extensive selection of images see http://kaisukoivisto.pictures.fi/kuvat/The+End+of+The+End/
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