This autumn at Children’s Art Centre Pessi in Vantaa, children and young people will have a unique opportunity to become acquainted with the work of internationally recognised artist Hiroko Imada, based at Make Space Studios in London. Hiroko has often visited Finland and Vantaa, and Finnish nature has inspired her work dearly.
In this exhibition Hiroko Imada uses a Japanese/Western perspective to explore the many different faces of Finnish nature. She employs several different techniques and means of presentation, including the Japanese method of ‘lithography on plywood.’
Although the artworks are two dimensional, Hiroko hopes that viewers will sense the wind, light, shadows, smells, and sounds of nature. The aim of the show is to create the feeling that the spectator is wandering in Finnish woods. At the Private View, her work will be accompanied by young British Composer, Nicholas Sabisky, whose music has been commissioned especially for the exhibition and workshops.
The exhibition is produced by Vantaa Cultural Services. A complementary program to the exhibition includes a large number of workshops for school children and families, such as Japanese paper collage on the Family Day, and pop-up theatre workshops for school groups as well as for the Private View. The theatre workshops will be led by Hiroko Imada, Finnish dancer Suvi Pohjonen, and musician Nicholas Sabisky, and will combine theatre, dance, music and Hiroko’s art in an unusual and unique way.
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