{"id":3812,"date":"2025-04-30T10:44:45","date_gmt":"2025-04-30T07:44:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ainola.ee\/kultuuriuritused\/?p=3812"},"modified":"2025-05-10T10:14:40","modified_gmt":"2025-05-10T07:14:40","slug":"a-giants-kettle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ainola.ee\/kultuuriuritused\/en\/a-giants-kettle\/","title":{"rendered":"A Giant’s kettle"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Markku Hakala and Mari K\u00e4ki \u2013 An Exhibition of Moving Photographs at the Tampere House Gallery

The exhibition by Markku Hakala and Mari K\u00e4ki is based on digital images. The moving images, hung on the gallery walls like paintings, resemble scenes from a film. The related film Hiidenkirnu will be screened at Tartu Elektriteater <\/a>on Wednesday, May 7 at 6 PM, and the exhibition at Tampere House will open on Thursday, May 8 at 5 PM.<\/p>\n\n\n\n




The central theme of the exhibition is alienation and the lack of connection. \u201cFragile figures wander lost, searching for connection, but remain outsiders\u2014in their relationships with each other, with themselves, with nature, and with the crushing bureaucracy of official institutions,\u201d says Markku Hakala in describing the exhibition.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cThe message can also be interpreted as societal. A giant\u2019s kettle (hiidenkirnu<\/em>) forms when meltwater and ice masses flow forward, trapping a stone that grinds itself a prison into the bedrock. As a civilization, we are at a point where we must find a way out of our pit.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The exhibition opening on Thursday at Tampere House and the film screening on Wednesday at Elektriteater form a unified whole, but they also function as independent works. The artist couple worked on the Hiidenkirnu<\/em> project\u2014situated between film and art photography\u2014from 2017 to 2023. It premiered internationally in the debut competition section of the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (P\u00d6FF 2023), was awarded Best Debut Work in Girona in 2024, and received a cinematic arts award at the world\u2019s largest photography festival in Sharjah (Xposure 2025).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The artist couple from Yl\u00f6j\u00e4rvi, Hakala and K\u00e4ki, come from outside both the art and film worlds. Mari K\u00e4ki (b. 1973) has studied literature and women\u2019s studies. Markku Hakala (b. 1975) transitioned from being a growth entrepreneur and computer science researcher to becoming an artist. For him, art and philosophy represent the only way to exist in this era.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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