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Hayley Silverman @ Table Scenes (2017) @ Taidekoti Kirpilä. Installation view. Courtesy of Paavo Lehtonen + the Kirpilä Art Collection, Helsinki.
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Hayley Silverman @ Table Scenes (2017). Installation view. Courtesy of Paavo Lehtonen + the Kirpilä Art Collection, Helsinki.
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Hayley Silverman @ Table Scenes (2017). Installation view. Courtesy of Paavo Lehtonen + the Kirpilä Art Collection, Helsinki.
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Hayley Silverman @ Table Scenes (2017). Installation view. Courtesy of Paavo Lehtonen + the Kirpilä Art Collection, Helsinki.
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Hayley Silverman Table Scenes (2017). Installation view. Courtesy of Paavo Lehtonen + the Kirpilä Art Collection, Helsinki.
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Hertta Kiiski @ Table Scenes (2017). Installation view. Courtesy of Paavo Lehtonen + the Kirpilä Art Collection, Helsinki.
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Hertta Kiiski @ Table Scenes (2017). Installation view. Courtesy the artist, Jenna Sutela + Taidekoti Kirpilä, Helsinki.
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Jenna Sutela + Elvia Wilk, 'Bare Life: Gut' (2017). Audio play installation view. Courtesy of Paavo Lehtonen + the Kirpilä Art Collection, Helsinki.
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Melliferopolis @Table Scenes (2017). Installation view. Courtesy of Paavo Lehtonen + the Kirpilä Art Collection, Helsinki.
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Melliferopolis Table Scenes (2017) Installation view. Courtesy of Paavo Lehtonen + the Kirpilä Art Collection, Helsinki.
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PWR Studio @ Table Scenes (2017) @ Taidekoti Kirpilä. Installation view. Courtesy of Paavo Lehtonen + the Kirpilä Art Collection, Helsinki.
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Raimo Saarinen Table Scenes (2017). Installation view. Courtesy of Paavo Lehtonen + the Kirpilä Art Collection, Helsinki.
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Raimo Saarinen, 'Neosgaia' (2017). Installation view. Courtesy of Paavo Lehtonen + the Kirpilä Art Collection, Helsinki.
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Tomoko Sauvage, 'Clepsydra' (2017). Installation view. Courtesy of Paavo Lehtonen + the Kirpilä Art Collection, Helsinki.
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Digesting the cocktail party in an art collection for Table Scenes, curated by Jenna Sutela at Taidekoti Kirpilä

, 30 May 2017
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The Table Scenes group exhibition at Helsinki’s Taidekoti  Kirpilä, opened May 28 and is running to August 30.

Curated by artist Jenna Sutela, the show took place in the house museum of collector/ doctor/ socialiser Juhani Kirpilä and included work by Benjamin Bratton, Hertta Kiiski, Melliferopolis, Raimo Saarinen, Tomoko Sauvage, Hayley Aviva Silverman, Sutela & Elvia Wilk, and PWR Studio.

Hayley Silverman, ‘Sharing’ (2017). Installation view. Courtesy of Paavo Lehtonen + the Kirpilä Art Collection, Helsinki.

The work is shown amongst Kirpilä’s art collection, which spans Finnish art from 1850s to 1980s and uses his well known “chestnut flower parties,” or cocktail parties, held for his large circle of friends as the starting point.

Bringing together contributions from artists, writers, researchers and designers, the multimedia installation explores the ritual of food and eating, ranging from “eating habits to the gut-brain connection as well as related ecosystems and infrastructures.”**

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Benjamin H. Bratton Elvia Wilk Hayley Aviva Silverman Hertta Kiiski Jenna Sutela Melliferopolis PWR Studio Raimo Saarinen Taidekoti Kirpilä Tomoko Sauvage
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