Helsinki is the capital city of Finland. The Biennial is organized Vallisaari Island by ferry from Helsinki. At first glance, with its hiking trails and lush vegetation, Vallisaari Island appears to be a nature lover’s paradise, in stark contrast to the artifice of a man-made art. Its also former sea fort: upon Finland’s gaining independence from Russia in 1917, it became a preferred storage area for Defence Forces Weaponry, as evidenced by gunpowder-storage bunkers.
Running through September 26 and featuring work from local and universal artist, Quay 6 that theme is ’The Same Sea’’ by Finnish artist Jaakko Niemelä centers on universal, environmental and interpersonal levels of interdependence and interconnectedness. Every element perfectly embodies this theme: ‘’Remove any single building block, and the whole structure will collapse.’’ Nor is the piece’s height an arbitrary choice. Global sea levels are expected to rise that should the Greenland ice cap melt, and what appears to be leaky roof also references the looming threat of water.
Other works at the Biennial also bear messages about climate change, humanity issues, psychology implications etc. certainly. Some of Helsinki Installations was made from pollutant effluents like a plastic bag, videotape, chicken wire which picked up from island. Representation of artifice of man-made art by international artists exist together nature and bunkers, ruins, vaults of island, and have a meaning.
The Helsinki Biennial overall perfectly encapsulates the arts post-pandemic world’s reality, the setting ideal for appreciating art while observing appropriate public health measures. It reminds us too that we coexist in interdependence, that our survival depends on mutual effort on an individual and collective basis.
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