Näkemisiin! / See you and Let’s see!
2024
28.3.–5.5.2024
Gallery Valo and Katve I
Arktikum, Pohjoisranta 4, Rovaniemi (FI)
The exhibition Näkemisiin! / See you and Let's see! consisted of videos, photographs and art books found in Rovaniemi's libraries' removal sections and flea market. The art books were part of the recurring performance Art weights, where Poteri trained with the books in the exhibiton space every Saturday at 13–13:45. The exhibition was part of Poteri's three-month residency scolarship in Rovaniemi. The Jenny and Antti Wihuri Foundation, together with the University of Lapland, has organised the residency programme for visiting artists since 1995.
The exhibition was supported by Jenny and Antti Wihuri Foundation and University of Lapland
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Gallery Valo and Katve I
Arktikum, Pohjoisranta 4, Rovaniemi (FI)
The exhibition Näkemisiin! / See you and Let's see! consisted of videos, photographs and art books found in Rovaniemi's libraries' removal sections and flea market. The art books were part of the recurring performance Art weights, where Poteri trained with the books in the exhibiton space every Saturday at 13–13:45. The exhibition was part of Poteri's three-month residency scolarship in Rovaniemi. The Jenny and Antti Wihuri Foundation, together with the University of Lapland, has organised the residency programme for visiting artists since 1995.
The exhibition was supported by Jenny and Antti Wihuri Foundation and University of Lapland
Installation view the exhibition Näkemisiin! / See you and Let's see!, 28.3.–5.5.2024, Gallery Valo and Katve I, Arktikum, Rovaniemi (FI). Artworks from left to right: here and there, Eyewitness, 504 mornings, here and there, Kaihtaa, here and there, Spy, Taiteen tuntijat – Art Experts and Lovers and Art weights. Photo: ©Iiri Poteri
Hi, this is Iiri,
gaze and eyes are repeating in my exhibition. That's because visual art is so strongly connected to looking and observing with the eyes. We look at the same thing, but we see different things. Everything I do is so close and therefore so blurry. You can see through
a window, but not as clearly as a picture. I get tired of reading books, luckily you can also exercise with them. You forget that someone is looking at you and your way of being changes, but I keep staring at you.
Don’t go, exhibition Näkemisiin! / See you and Let’s see!, 2024. Photo: ©Iiri Poteri
Eyewitness, exhibition Näkemisiin! / See you and Let’s see!, 2024. Photo: ©Iiri Poteri
504 mornings, exhibition Näkemisiin! / See you and Let’s see!, 2024. Photo: ©Iiri Poteri
504 mornings and here and there, exhibition Näkemisiin! / See you and Let’s see!, 2024. Photos: ©Iiri Poteri
Installation view the exhibition Näkemisiin! / See you and Let's see!, 2024. Artworks from right to left: 504 mornings, Spy (right doorway – Katve I), Liikkuvat nivelet by Nella Toivanen (left doorway – Katve II), Eyewitness (above), here and there, Taiteen tuntijat – Art experts and lovers and Kaihtaa. Photo: ©Iiri Poteri
Kaihtaa, here and there and Spy, exhibition Näkemisiin! / See you and Let’s see!, 2024. Photo: ©Iiri Poteri
Spy, exhibition Näkemisiin! / See you and Let’s see!, 2024. Photo: ©Iiri Poteri
Spy, exhibition Näkemisiin! / See you and Let’s see!, 2024. Photo: ©Iiri Poteri
Taiteen tuntijat – Art experts and lovers, Kaihtaa and here and there, exhibition Näkemisiin! / See you and Let’s see!, 2024. Photo: ©Iiri Poteri
Kaihtaa, exhibition Näkemisiin! / See you and Let’s see!, 2024. Photo: ©Iiri Poteri
Taiteen tuntijat – Art experts and lovers, exhibition Näkemisiin! / See you and Let’s see!, 2024. Photos: ©Iiri Poteri
here and there, exhibition Näkemisiin! / See you and Let’s see!, 2024. Photo: ©Iiri Poteri
here and there, exhibition Näkemisiin! / See you and Let’s see!, 2024. Photo: ©Iiri Poteri
Art weights and artworks from left to right in the installation view: Art weights, Musta tuntuu (i feel like), here and there, Don’t go, here and there and 504 mornings, exhibition Näkemisiin! / See you and Let’s see!, 2024. Photos: ©Iiri Poteri
here and there, exhibition Näkemisiin! / See you and Let’s see!, 2024. Photo: ©Iiri Poteri
here and there, exhibition Näkemisiin! / See you and Let’s see!, 2024. Photo: ©Iiri Poteri
Artworks from left to right in the installation view: here and there, here and there, Musta tuntuu (I feel like) and here and there, close up: Musta tuntuu (I feel like), exhibition Näkemisiin! / See you and Let’s see!, 2024. Photos: ©Iiri Poteri
Art weights, exhibition Näkemisiin! / See you and Let’s see!, 2024. Photo: ©Iiri Poteri
here and there, 504 mornings and Eyewitness, exhibition Näkemisiin! / See you and Let’s see!, 2024. Photo: ©Iiri Poteri