The pleasures we choose

Artists

Pia Lindman, Vidha Saumya, Jenni-Juulia Wallinheimo-Heimonen

Press release

National Participation - Finland

“The pleasures we choose" refuses the exceptionalism of art and the myth that the artist is separate from the world, on the contrary it is precisely the experiences that draw attention to co-existence—getting in line, taking to the streets, receiving medical care, breathing the same toxic air— that drive us towards drawing new collective futurities into existence. ”, explain the curators Yvonne Billimore and Jussi Koitela.

Presented in Finland’s Aalto Pavilion, the artists’ works are connected conceptually and materially through architectural interventions designed by Kaisa Sööt. Reimagining the pavilion and the kind of art, bodies and experiences it can support, the exhibition introduces “access architecture” which considers access and bodily needs across registers whilst encouraging multi-sensorial experiences.

Commissioner: Raija Koli, Frame Contemporary Art Finland
Curators: Yvonne Billimore & Jussi Koitela