Program

The works of Art Ii Biennial 2020 represent media art, environmental art and installations offering a variety of interpretations of the theme Knowledge of the Earth. All artworks will also be open to public after the biennial week.

All Wed 10.6. Thu 11.6. Fri 12.6. Sat 13.6. Sun 14.6.

Alan Bulfin & Pii Anttila: Fidelity of Home

Fidelity of Home installation will be open to public in the entrance hall of Nättepori Library until 4 July.

Karoliina Niemelä & Pirjo Lempeä: The Beginning

The Beginning got its inspiration from the birth of the world and from the question of how did it all begin.

Miia Kettunen: Landshapes

Landshapes will be built in Keskuspuisto (Central park) of Ii as part of Art Ii Biennial 2020.<br />

Alan Bulfin & Pii Anttila: Fidelity of Home

Fidelity of Home installation will be open to public in the entrance hall of Nättepori Library until 4 July.

Johanna Ruotsalainen & Simi Susanna Ruotsalainen: I Am a Living Being | Anne Yoncha: Re:Peat III

Video installation I Am a Living Being by Johanna Ruotsalainen & Simi Susanna Ruotsalainen and Re:Peat III by Anne Yoncha at Art Centre KulttuuriKauppila until 4 July

Ii Art School: Earth Stories

This passing spring the art school of Ii has worked on an artistic communal project ‘’Earth Stories’’ together with KulttuuriKauppila Art Centre.

Karoliina Niemelä & Pirjo Lempeä: The Beginning

The Beginning got its inspiration from the birth of the world and from the question of how did it all begin.

Ii Art School: Earth Stories

This passing spring the art school of Ii has worked on an artistic communal project ‘’Earth Stories’’ together with KulttuuriKauppila Art Centre.

Paula Suominen: Peculiar Flowers

The newest public artwork commissioned by the municipality of Ii, Peculiar Flowers by Paula Suominen is a three-piece mosaic sculpture, which expresses the vitality of plants, survival and adaptation.

Piia Hentunen: Invisible insects

Invisible insects is a series of sculptures of insects native to the Northern area that indicate the health of the biodiversity in Northern Ostrobothnia.

Alan Bulfin & Pii Anttila: Fidelity of Home

Fidelity of Home installation will be open to public in the entrance hall of Nättepori Library until 4 July.

Alan Bulfin & Pii Anttila: Fidelity of Home | Scoby workshop

Open workshop on scoby leather making.

Johanna Ruotsalainen & Simi Susanna Ruotsalainen: I Am a Living Being | Anne Yoncha: Re:Peat III

Video installation I Am a Living Being by Johanna Ruotsalainen & Simi Susanna Ruotsalainen and Re:Peat III by Anne Yoncha at Art Centre KulttuuriKauppila until 4 July

Miia Kettunen: Landshapes

Landshapes will be built in Keskuspuisto (Central park) of Ii as part of Art Ii Biennial 2020.<br />

Marja Haapakangas & Maria Laitila: Seusuo

At the Biennial the dance video Seusuo is set as an installation, that creates a quiet conversation between the video and some industrial produced peat on the floor.

Johanna Ruotsalainen & Simi Susanna Ruotsalainen: I Am a Living Being | Anne Yoncha: Re:Peat III

Video installation I Am a Living Being by Johanna Ruotsalainen & Simi Susanna Ruotsalainen and Re:Peat III by Anne Yoncha at Art Centre KulttuuriKauppila until 4 July

Karoliina Niemelä & Pirjo Lempeä: The Beginning

The Beginning got its inspiration from the birth of the world and the question of how did it all begin.

Ii Art School: Earth Stories

This passing spring the art school of Ii has worked on an artistic communal project ‘’Earth Stories’’ together with KulttuuriKauppila Art Centre.

Tiina Vehkaperä: Mass Storage

Mass Storage is an environmental artwork dug in to the ground of the Environmental art park of Ii. The artwork is open to public the entire summer from 13 July onwards!

Paula Suominen: Peculiar Flowers

Peculiar Flowers is a three-piece mosaic sculpture, which expresses the vitality of plants, survival and adaptation. The artwork will be open to public year-round from 11 June onwards!

Marja Haapakangas & Maria Laitila: Seusuo

Installation open to public until 4 July!

Tiina Vehkaperä: Mass Storage

Mass Storage is an environmental artwork dug in to the ground of the Environmental art park of Ii. The artwork is open to public the entire summer from 13 July onwards!

Johanna Ruotsalainen & Simi Susanna Ruotsalainen: I Am a Living Being | Anne Yoncha: Re:Peat III

Video installation I Am a Living Being by Johanna Ruotsalainen & Simi Susanna Ruotsalainen and Re:Peat III by Anne Yoncha at Art Centre KulttuuriKauppila until 4 July

Pia Hentunen: Invisible insects

Invisible insects is a series of sculptures of insects native to the Northern area that indicate the health of the biodiversity in Northern Ostrobothnia. The artwork is open to public the entire summer!

Karoliina Niemelä & Pirjo Lempeä: The Beginning

The Beginning is open to public at Pakinnokka beach in Kuivaniemi the entire summer 13 June onwards!

Miia Kettunen: Landshapes

Landshapes will be built in Keskuspuisto (Central park) of Ii as part of Art Ii Biennial. The artwork will be open to public the entire summer! <br />

Ii Art School: Earth Stories

This passing spring the art school of Ii has worked on an artistic communal project ‘’Earth Stories’’ together with KulttuuriKauppila Art Centre.

A Talk with the Curators

Due to the travel restrictions resulting from the corona virus situation, the curators of Art Ii Biennial will only present at the event virtually this year.

All rights reserved. Changes to the programme are possible.

See also

Concept

In the Air - Felt by a number of people to be happening, or about to happen.

Curators

The curators of Art Ii Biennial 2022 are Minna Rainio, Mark Roberts and Jetta Huttunen. Rainio, Roberts and Huttunen have earlier co-worked as curators and organizers of media art events in the Arctic region.

Info

Municipality of Ii is situated in the region of Northern Ostrobothnia (Finland). Historically the place has been a center of agriculture and fishing, and now it is famous for its ambitious climate actions.

Previous Biennials

Art Ii Biennial addresses current themes, participates in the public discussion through the methods of art and combines the cultural heritage of Ii with the contemporary art.

Contact us

Art Ii Biennial is organized by KulttuuriKauppila Art Centre.