Anu Halmesmaa and Ella Tahkolahti

Anu Halmesmaa: The Formula of Immortality (Hall 1) and Ella Tahkolahti: Mother's Weaves (Hall 2)

Anu Halmesmaa's exhibition explores the acceptance of death and fantasies of immortality through a fairytale-like and abundant aesthetic. Spatial sculptural installations investigate the relationship between humans and nature, embodiment, and the tension between mortality and immortality. In these works, immortality is not a goal but a continuous movement - a tentative attempt to understand the finitude of human life. The construction of illusion serves as a way to approach what cannot be fully encountered: death, disappearance, and cycles larger than the self.

Ella Tahkolahti's exhibition addresses dementia, material inheritance, and the mother-daughter relationship. Large-scale textile works form a spatial whole that examines an unclear loss - a space where a loved one remains present yet transforms through dementia. The exhibition traces the blurring of memories, reality, and identity, along with the prolonged grieving process that accompanies it.

Tahkolahti presents a performative work titled Umbilical Cord in the exhibition. A performance of indefinite duration takes place on weekends during the exhibition's opening hours.

HAA Galleria, Suomenlinna | 29.5.-28.6.2026 | Free admission