8.-14.6. Henna Nerg & Sofi Häkkinen: ALL FUN AND GAMES UNTIL...

ALL FUN AND GAMES UNTIL...

Henna Nerg & Sofi Häkkinen

Opening hours: June 8–14, 2026, 11:00–18:00

Finissage & Performance: June 14, 2026, 18:00–20:00

In their first collaborative exhibition, Sofi Häkkinen and Henna Nerg explore the material-driven nature of sculpture while channeling the dramatic tendencies of their souls into it. The exhibition takes the form of an installation that, in a spirit of healthy camp, engages with endless enthusiasm and adolescence, as well as, of course, danger and death. The artists construct an installation from wood, metal, and textiles, creating a space where everything seems possible, yet nothing actually works. Lurking within the gallery are traps, obstacles, vague threats, broken trusts, lost dreams, and all kinds of assumptions.

Häkkinen and Nerg will build the body of work in the gallery over the course of one week and then keep the exhibition open during the following week. If the work requires it, the artists will continue developing the installation even after the gallery has opened to the public. The exhibition concludes with a finissage celebration featuring a performance within the installation itself: the tears that follow prolonged joy—or, it’s all fun and games until...

Nerg’s sculptural practice focuses on material sensitivity. She combines found and recycled materials with contemporary socially engaged themes, approaching them from a critical intersectional and queer-ecological perspective.

Häkkinen’s work draws on elements of pop culture, horror, humor, death, sentimentality, and kitsch. She is particularly fascinated by combining found wood, ready-mades, and worked metal. Alongside an interest in grand emotions and tactile engagement, she is also concerned with how the temporal context surrounding an artwork shifts through the medium itself. For this reason, she often works simultaneously with performance and sculpture.