Inside the Arts | Sanna Kannisto
November 17 @ 17:00 – 18:00
Join us for another exclusive dip into the Helsinki art scene. This time, Inside the Arts visits the atelier of Finnish artist Sanna Kannisto.
Sanna Kannisto’s latest exhibition explores the gestures and unique personalities of birds
through photography. Her avian photography is distinctive for her unusual technique of
constructing field studios in natural settings. While shooting, she is attuned to the birds’ gestures, postures, and expressive presence.
“Certain moments make photography meaningful to me, such as when a bird chirps, flutters its wings, grooms itself, cleans its beak, cranes its neck, competes for a place on the perch, peers at me with a certain look in its eye, or nestles up against a companion,” describes the artist.
(Helsinki Contemporary)
Kannisto’s art engages in commentary with the history of portraiture, the still life genre, and traditions of scientific illustration. Her photographs are the combined outcome of meticulous planning, surprise and chance. Some of her compositions are ‘hand-crafted’, combining multiple images or different moments in time.
The thing that has always intrigued her about photography is the tension between reality and photographic representation. In the final stages of creating an image, Kannisto describes herself as striving to strike a balance between the natural and manmade or “constructed natural”.
“When I compose an image, I also construct a narrative, and the viewer then completes the story in their imagination,” says the artist.
Join Inside the Arts for an intimate evening in the studio of Sanna Kannisto, where we will have the special opportunity to meet the artist herself, hear about her practice as an artist, and engage in open dialogue together.
Koivisto’s studio is in Myllypuro. Attendees will receive the exact arrival information closer to the event.
Contact Sofia Salmenhaara, sofia@iwch.fi , 045 694 6050
Inside the Arts | Sanna Koivisto
Myllypuro, address to be shared later