The dawn is red when the dew coagulates. The free standing joys is the title of Pauline Curnier Jardin upcoming solo exhibition at KIASMA, Helsinki, opening on October 11 and running until February 23.
Curnier Jardin’s exhibition transforms Kiasma’s exhibition space into a grotesque theme park. The film works that await us in its depths offer glimpses into the fate of women and others marginalised in various ways in “entertainment” and as objects of power.
The films in the exhibition deal with gender norms, power and violence, for example, through historical events, the carnality associated with the Catholic Faith, and the experience industry with its emphasis on romance. They show the power relations in society in a garish, sometimes comical, light. The female body is presented as object of power, but women also subvert and wield power.
Pauline Curnier Jardin and set designer Rachel García have together created carnivalistic backdrops for the exhibition – their colours and lights draw us in. The soundscape created for the occasion generates an amusement park-like atmosphere. But, both the scenography and the sound warn us that something more ambiguous is about to emerge.
This is Curnier Jardin’s first solo exhibition in Finland where she lived for a year early in her career.
Know more about it here.
