I made a little book called LEARNING TO BE BETTER LOVERS. 🌿forest alphabet, walks, drawing exercises🌿 It’s available in English, Finnish & Swedish from Helsinki Art Museum shop, or download here: evermade-helsinkibiennaali-phase2-website.s3.eu-north-1.amazonaws.com/wp-content/u... #HelsinkiBiennial
Last chance! Join us this Friday, September 5th, for the final FOREST WALK as part of my project, Learning to be Better Lovers. The #HelsinkiBiennial runs through September 21st. Do yourself a favor, touch a tree 🌿
INFO and sign up, here: helsinkibiennaali.fi/en/event/for... #ForestSchool
Elokuussa vielä myös ilmaispäivä. #Vallisaari #helsinkibiennial
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I was at the #HelsinkiBiennial . Visit it if you can, or check out our webpage. I wrote my thoughts about it.
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#Helsinki #HAM #exhibition #blaugust #blaugust2025
Join us tomorrow for our next forest walk. Aino Maa/Johansson will take us on a journey to connect with our shared planetary body. A member of Metsäliike, Finland’s forest movement, Aino will share knowledge of forest ecology & species.
Info: helsinkibiennaali.fi/en/event/for... #HelsinkiBiennial
Join us tomorrow for a forest walk. Friday, August 8, 1pm, on the island of Vallisaari. Forest as a teacher: A walk with Aino Maa/Johansson. a journey to connect with the shared planetary body in the framework of Katie Holten’s Forest School. #HelsinkiBiennial
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Kaksi kuvaa meksikolaisen taiteilijan Tania Candianin (s. 1974) visuaalisesti vaikuttavasta Subterra (maanalainen) -installaatiosta Vallisaaren holvissa. Teos yhdistää elävän juuriston läpileikkauksen ja värikkäästi hohtavan projisoinnin, joka muistuttaa luonnon näkymättömästä kommunikaatiosta. Kuin kasvikappeli ja alttaritaulu, jotka kutsuvat hiljentymään luontokeskeisen tulevaisuuden ja toivon äärelle.
Kuvassa meksikolaisen taiteilijan Tania Candianin visuaalisesti vaikuttavasta Subterra (maanalainen) -installaatiosta Vallisaaren holvissa. Kuin kasvikappeli ja alttaritaulu, jotka kutsuvat hiljentymään luontokeskeisen tulevaisuuden ja toivon äärelle. 3/3 #helsinkibiennial myös www.hamhelsinki.fi/
Vallisaaressa resonoi: maa elää, valas laulaa, puu itkee ja mato ääntelee. Biennaali kutsuu pois ihmiskeskeisyydestä, muistuttaa luontoarvoista ja luonnon kyvystä parantua – mutta toivo hiipuu, jos emme muuta ajatteluamme. 1/3 #helsinkibiennial
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Breathing, Drawing, Thinking like a Forest. It was glorious. #HelsinkiBiennial
Photo of a smiling human sitting on a rock outcrop on the edge of a forest. She is barefoot with long brown hair with silver streaks and wears a white shirt and forest green trousers with a lime green face mask around her left arm. Behind her everything is green, lush plants and trees with Birch, Linden, Ash, and Aspen most common on the island of Vallisaari. The artist Katie Holten led a Forest Walk with breathing & drawing exercises and a conversation around Rights of Nature and the Language of Trees. Then they journeyed into the forest. Photo by Henni Hyvärinen for HAM/Helsinki Biennial.
Photo of a group of people sitting on a rock at the edge of a forest on the island of Vallisaari in Helsinki, Finland. Bright green vegetation fills the photo with blue sky above. The humans wear mostly dark clothes, with one person in white, talking to the group. People have sketchbooks, paper and pencils. Some are barefoot. Sphaghnum, lichen and other mosses and plants group from the rock. The Forest Walk was part of the opening weekend celebrations for the Helsinki Biennial. We received a lot of heartfelt feedback. Here’s some: "Such a gentle and kind event, which I'll always treasure." "I really enjoyed Katie’s way of holding space open for our discussions" "A lovely day spent with lovely people sharing knowledge and experiences" ‘I got new ideas and perspectives on the relationship with nature’ (freely translated from Finnish) The Biennial team is looking forward to the upcoming forest walks. Everyone is welcome. Looking for Lichen with Jouko Rikkinen on Friday, July 18th Forest as a teacher with Aino Mielikki Maa / Johansson on Friday, August 8th and Friday, September 5th. Photo by Henni Hyvärinen for HAM/Helsinki Biennial. The artwork production is supported by Culture Ireland.
Thank you to everyone who joined us for a gorgeous forest walk, Learning to be Better Lovers. It was beautiful — breathing, drawing, thinking like a forest. The next walks are on July 18, August 8, September 5. Info & sign up here: helsinkibiennaali.fi/en/artist/ka... #HelsinkiBiennial #ForestSchool
Laura Põld textiles and sculptures in Helsinki Biennial exhibition in HAM art museum.
Tue Greenfort glass sculptures in Vallisaari artillery bunker.
Olafur Eliasson viewing machine sculpture in Vallisaari.
Excited about this years Helsinki Biennial exhibition! Great art on show that expands to three different locations: Ham art museum, Esplanade street and Vallisaari island in the archipelago. Glass works inside the old artillery bunkers caught my eye.
#helsinkibiennial #hamhelsinki #bronzesculptures
Photo of a full page spread in today's edition of the Helsingin Sanomat newspaper. Announcing the opening of the Helsinki Biennial 2025 with the Forest Alphabet by Katie Holten. The name of the newspaper is typed out like scrabble pieces, with the Forest font characters filling the center of the page. Welcome to the Forest School. The full title of the work is Learning to be Better Lovers. Today we celebrate with a forest walk and will explore forest thinking. Photo by Aino Mäntyvaara.
🥰 what a lovely surprise to see my Forest Alphabet in today's edition of the local newspaper, @hs.fi. You can download the Forest font, here: helsinkibiennaali.fi/en/artist/ka...
The #HelsinkiBiennial opens to the public today and runs through September 21st.
#SaveourForests #ForestThinking
My forest walk on Vallisaari island this Sunday is full, but you can sign up for one of the other walks with my Forest School. The next one is LOOKING FOR LICHEN on Friday, July 18th, 1-3pm with botanist Jouko Rikkinen.
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Dappled spring sunlight falling on trees and moss covered rocks in a young forest of lichen covered sliver birch trees and lindens with ferns in the foreground and a bright blue sky behind.
Forest Thinking. What if we slow down and breathe with the forest. Can we learn how to be better lovers of the earth? Yes! Join me for a forest walk on Vallisaari island on Sunday, June 8th, 1-3pm.
More info and sign up here: helsinkibiennaali.fi/en/event/for... #HelsinkiBiennial
Some (very close-up) details of my work that is being produced for Helsinki Biennial 2025. Very excited about this! #helsinkibiennial #hamhelsinki #bronzesculptures
Frieze Editors on What to Look Forward to in 2025
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