Asian Contemporary Art” at Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art in Helsinki, what is it about?
It is a group exhibition organized by Kiasma. I was in Helsinki last summer for a site visit before the exhibition. In fact, I have never been there before and I was quite impressed by the environment and atmosphere among the people. There was some sort of depressing atmosphere about the place. I was at the pier one day while I was there and saw lots of seagull walking, flying and yelling loudly. This impression and image was printed in my mind. So when I started to decide what I wanted to do for the exhibition, the film “The Birds” by Hitchcock appeared in my mind and after I studied the history and all other background materials such as the history of Finland, the darkness in winter, the school shooting, etc., I was quite clear that the work would be something related to the fear of the unknown, the threat from nature, other nations, the judgment day, etc. This is how I came up with the idea of the work, “HE Comes From The Sky … or The Sea …”. It is a text and sound installation
