In keeping with the theme of the Fluid Street exhibition, Kiasma is expanding itself beyond the museum building and the core city centre, taking up a presence in the street space in Kallio. It was here that Kiasma launched its four-part, one-year outdoor art project Under the Same Sky in 2000.
Galleria Alkovi, an exhibition space at Helsinginkatu 19, is a project started in 2005 by artist Otto Karvonen. It is essentially an 8-metre-long shop window, which houses changing exhibitions and is a continuation of the street space and its actions on a 24-hour basis. According to Karvonen’s original idea, the street gallery is “an urban art laboratory and a natural continuation of museum exhibition”. Galleria Alkovi will be hosting seven different exhibitions focusing on the special nature of the space and the place during Kiasma’s anniversary year, 2008.
LEENA NIO, JENNI TOIKKA, TANELI RAUTIAINEN, ”Valvoja”
Photo: Pirje Mykkänen, CAA
