Fluff: Contemporary Art from Soft Materials

Annankatu 30, 00100 Helsinki
Annantalo Arts Centre

Fluff is lint, a fuzzy, soft and cotton-like substance that is often shed from textile materials. The works in the exhibition offer a glimpse into the many possibilities of materials and techniques, while releasing some ideological fluff from them.

Fluff is lint, a fuzzy, soft and cotton-like substance that is often shed from textile materials. The works in the exhibition offer a glimpse into the many possibilities of materials and techniques, while releasing some ideological fluff from them.

Fluff is an exhibition of the Soft Materials in Contemporary Art course at the Department of Art and Media at the Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture. The students have explored the use of textile materials and techniques in contemporary art through lectures, artist visits and their own artistic work. The works and the theme of the exhibition are based on the ideas of a student group. The teacher of the course is artist and art educator Virpi Vesanen-Laukkanen.

The artists in the Fluff exhibition at Annantalo are: Netta Alarto, Jonna Halli, Hannah Hamberg, Veera Kemppainen, Aada Koivuniemi, Mari Kosunen, Taru Kuosmanen, Elizabeth Mangan, Taru Mäkitalo, Saara Piispa, Netta Pöytälaakso, Rebecca Ruusuneva, Roosa-Tilda Saarinen, Karo Tapiovaara och Ilo Toivio.