External Events
Friday, 10 February 2012 - 6:00pm - Sunday, 12 February 2012 - 6:00pm
Exhibition by Karoliina Barlund and Josefina Nelimarkka: ‘As I Was Someone’s Shadow Side’
‘As I Was Someone’s Shadow Side’ examines the nature of psychosis and the mind of a person who creates a whole new reality within one’s own imagination. Both Karoliina Bärlund and Josefina Nelimarkka focus on the subject from the emotional side of mental disorders through various media. This fundraising exhibition will support the wellbeing of young people affected by mental illness in UK through a mental health charity YoungMinds. ‘As I Was Someone’s Shadow Side’ is curated by Vanessa Vainio.
Karoliina Barlund looks into the subject through fashion and landscape imagery, and brings together a subject and a medium, which are not traditionally associated. In her work, she creates imagery that illustrates the emotions of a person living between different realities. To achieve this she has used visual effects to combine static and moving imagery as well as using blurred images. The juxtaposition of the moving and static images reflects on the nature of psychosis, and the blurred images are a reflection of something that is present and absent simultaneously. This is what happens in the mind of a mentally disordered persons mind, the reality and the surreal are present at the same time.
Josefina Nelimarkka explores different states of mind and the blurred realities between them through a language of painting and drawing which is abstract, yet physical. She connects the conscious and unconscious processes in the artistic production to articulate the idea of control and the loss of it. In her paintings, material and spatial qualities are merged to bring forth the emotions in between the layers of existence, and her abstraction maintains the tension between presence and absence of the body. Likewise, with her process-based drawing series, Josefina Nelimarkka creates movement from reality to fantasy. What arises from her work can be mediated to the mental processes associated with psychosis and other states of consciousness.
Date and Time: February 11th - 12th, 2012 - Private view: February 10th, 6pm - 9pm
Venue: Blackall Studios, Shoreditch, 73 Leonard St, London EC2A 4QS
Blackall Studios:
Vanessa Vainio (Curator)
vanessa@blackallstudios.com
+44 (0) 20 7739 9551
www.blackallstudios.com
Opening hours:
February 10th 6pm-9pm
February 11th 11am-6pm
February 12th 12pm-6pm
Contact:
Karoliina Barlund
karoliina@karoliinabarlund.com
+44 (0) 78 5174 7381(UK)
+358 (0) 50 537 7159 (Finland)
www.karoliinabarlund.com
Josefina Nelimarkka
josefina.nelimarkka@gmail.com
+44 (0) 75 7246 2792 (UK)
www.josefinanelimarkka.com
Thursday, 23 February 2012 - 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Finnish author Asko Sahlberg presenting his novel The Brothers
Periene Press and Belgravia Books are delighted to present Finnish author Asko Sahlberg in London to mark the publication of his historical novel in miniature, The Brothers, part of Peirene Press's 'Small Epics' series. He'll be in conversation with his translator Emily Jeremiah and publisher Meike Ziervogel discussing his 'Shakespearean drama from icy Finland'.
Set in Finland in1809, The Brothers tells the story of Henrik and Erik, who fought on opposite sides in the war between Sweden and Russia. With peace declared, they both return to their snowed-in farm. But who is the master? A dark and gripping saga about sexual tensions, old grudges and family secrets.
"This is a historical novel in miniature form. It deals in dark passions and delivers as many twists as a 500-page epic. And if that were not enough, each character speaks in a distinct voice and expresses a unique take on reality. I’m thrilled to be publishing a book that is as Finnish as a forest in winter – but that resembles a work from the American South: William Faulkner’s As I Lay Dying." Meike Ziervogel
Date and time: Thursday 23rd February 2012 at 6.30pm
Venue: Belgravia Books, 59 Ebury Street, London SW1W 0NZ
Free, with wine and nibbles provided.
To book your place, email jimena@belgraviabooks.com
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please visit www.peirenepress.com and www.belgraviabooks.com
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