TUOMO KANGASMAA: Remember Uuno Kailas 2016
Photo: Mika Friman
Tuomo Kangasmaa's Sound Installation "Remember Uuno Kailas" presented at Oulu Museum of Art 18 June 2016 – 8 January 2017. as a part of Hiukkavaaraaa -exhibition.
The
Hiukkavaara garrison, located approximately six kilometres from Oulu city
centre, has had many faces since 1957, when the non-commissioned officer school
and the engineer company moved there. Since 1963, the garrison in the middle of
the forest housed the entire Northern Brigade. The formerly closed area was
given a new life in 1998, when facilities freshly vacated from conscript
training turned into studios, rehearsal rooms, workshops and other spaces for
dozens of artists, hundreds of bands and other users, and, as the latest
arrival, asylum seekers, for whom emergency accommodation was provided in
Hiukkavaara in autumn 2015. The former garrison is now one of the biggest
centres of creative activity in Finland, and is set to become the heart of a
new residential area.
The
majority of the more than thirty visual artists who currently work in
Hiukkavaara have their studios in the former K2 barracks, now known as the K2
House of Artists, while some have their studios in what was earlier known as
barracks K3. The artists have been very satisfied with the affordable studios,
the peaceful environment and the community spirit, testified by projects such
as the Hiukkavaara Piknik festival and the K2 Unplugged studio exhibition
arranged annually for several years now. Numerous events open to the general
public have helped downtown and nearby residents discover the unique community.
The exhibition in the Oulu
Museum of Art features 12 artists, who have been invited to present their
latest works. The rich and versatile selection features paintings made using
various techniques, sculptures, photographs, installations of diverse
materials, video and media artworks, material collages and paper cut-outs.
