Näyttely Sörnäisten kampuskirjastossa 7.10.-28.11.2025
Näyttelyn kuvaus:
Stranger than Fiction is a group exhibition by Uniarts staff, students, alumni, and artist-researchers that map the fictional characters inhabiting our minds, memories, and imaginations. Participants interpret their chosen literary figures through portraits in any medium (drawing, painting, photography, collage, AI, music, or performance) bound only by a single formal constraint: works must be A4 in size and displayed horizontally. Curated by Helsinki-based South African researcher-curator, Nina Liebenberg, these portraits sit alongside additional artworks selected from the university’s Works of Art collection and artworks found in the pages of the library’s books. The exhibition becomes a constellation of personal narratives, where literature, memory, intimacy and artistic choices intersect both individually and collectively.
Exhibition: Stranger than Fiction
Venue: Sörnäinen campus library of Uniarts Helsinki
Viewing times: 7 October 4pm – 28 November 4pm (subject to Sörnäinen campus library opening times)
Midisage Event: Please join the curator and participating staff, researchers, and alumni for a walkabout and reading group session on 22 October, 4pm.
Participating artists (and characters):
Tuula Närhinen / Heidi Alice Zazie
Mireia c. Saladrigues / The Rock-Biter, or Pyornkrachzark
Jana Unmüßig / Cora
Simo Kellokumpu / Lilith Lyapo
Vincent Roumagnac / Corporal Westerburg (and Maj. Jack ”Strafer” Celliers)
Kaija Kaitavuori / Monsieur Jourdain
Maiju Loukola / The Balcony
Teemu Mäki / Faust
Tero Heikkinen / Omar Sharif (as Captain Nemo)
Dua Abbas Rizvi / Selin Karadağ
Guiseppe Penone / Wendy Darling
Felicia Honkasalo / Octopus or poulpe (Works of Art collection)
Esa Riippa / Lucas ”Luke” Eveshim (Works of Art collection)
Unknown / The Tralfamadorians (Works of Art collection)
For enquiries, please contact nina.liebenberg@uniarts.fi