Camouflage

15.6.2012–7.10.2012

The CAMOUFLAGE. Visual Art and Design in Disguise exhibition in Kiasma, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Helsinki merges and mixes contemporary art and design, redefining their boundaries. The exhibition is part of the World Design Capital Helsinki 2012 program.

The Camouflage exhibition focuses on how designers and artists work when they filter impulses, process ideas, seek a direction for their work. The ideas presented here are suggestions, discoveries and carefully aimed provocations that hint at the authors’ future work in relation to the ongoing discussion on the topic.

The 19 artists, designers, duos and collectives live in different parts of the world. In addition to Finland, they come from Argentina, Great Britain, Hong Kong, the Netherlands, Switzerland and the United States. Many of them work between two or more cities and cultures. They come from a range of cross-disciplinary backgrounds, and their changing projects provide them with changing professions and identities.

The exhibition is supported by Kiasma Foundation, Svenska Kulturfonden, Mondriaan Fund, Amsterdam, HIAP andthe Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia.