Ilari Laamanen

Curating
Finland
Residencies

1 Sep 2024 — 31 Jul 2025

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  • Laila Majid & Louis Blue Newby, south florida sky, 2022. Digitally composed 16mm film; Norman Orro & Joonas Timmi, Wind as Murmur, Cypher and Enchanted Reckoner, 2023. Automated sound sculpture, harp strings, automata, servo motors fibre glass, epoxy resin, plywood, assorted textiles, satellite speakers. Installation view from Trance, Tallinn Art Hall / Lasnamäe Pavilion, Tallinn, 2023. Curated by Ilari Laamanen. Photo: Paul Kuimet.

  • Leon Höllhumer, Cosmic Cruiser, 2019. Aluminium cast. Installation view from Liminoid, das weisse haus, Vienna, Austria, 2023. Curated by Ilari Laamanen. Photo: das weisse haus / Xenia Snapiro.

  • Elo-Reet Järv, Return Is Not Advisable, 1994. Sculptural form, leather, 90 x 150 x 30 cm. Collection of Estonian Artists’ Association. Installation view from Trance, Tallinn Art Hall / Lasnamäe Pavilion, Tallinn, Estonia, 2023. Curated by Ilari Laamanen. Photo: Paul Kuimet.

  • Adrian Hazi, Denkschema 1, 2023. Glazed ceramics, hot glue, glass bottle, milk; Yoshinori Niwa, Ending the War on the Other Side of the World, 2023. Collage, mixed media. Installation view from Liminoid, das weisse haus, Vienna, Austria, 2023. Curated by Ilari Laamanen. Photo: das weisse haus / Xenia Snapiro.

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With a background in media studies, independent curator Ilari Laamanen contemplates on the myriad modes of communication in hyperconnected culture. His exhibitions Trance (the main exhibition of the 7th Tallinn Photomonth Contemporary Art Biennial) at Tallinn Art Hall’s Lasnamäe Pavilion, in Tallinn, Estonia in 2023 and Liminoid (organized as part of the FOTO WIEN festival) at das weisse haus in Vienna, Austria in 2023 can be situated in the expanded field of photography. After a decade in New York City, he is currently based in Helsinki.

Oversaturation of information technology makes me want to retreat and rekindle my senses. I’m fascinated by the physical and psychological aspects of sound and light art. I’m inspired by high intensity communal experiences like clubbing but will also research spiritual aspects of sound and light. Part of my creative inquiry on the Suomenlinna island will be to encounter the flipside of sound and light: to immerse myself into silence and darkness.