Led by the artists Robert Köning and Stephan van Kuyk, a group of young Nordic artists at the TAPE OVER team will will jointly create TAPE ART works of art. The event is organized by Nordic Culture Point in collaboration with the Berlin-based TAPE OVER collective.
Participating artists:
Sara Andersson (Sweden/Norway), Alex Markwith (US/Finland), Matilda Envall (Sweden), Yuvia Maini Rekdal (Sweden), Soeren Krag Nielsen (Denmark/Norway), and Salla Kuoppamaa (Finland)
GROUP EXHIBITION AND COLLABORATIVE TAPE MURAL #1 - SUOMENLINNA
Alex Markwith with his work Tape Skull 1, tape on board, 100 x 70cm
TAPE MURAL INSTALLATION - KAISANIEMI
OPEN HOUSE
Thursday August 18, 18:00-20:00
Nordic Culture Point Gallery, Suomenlinna B28
Meet the artists and experience the new TAPE ART collaborative public art installation. Refreshments will be served. TAPE OVER-collective’s own products will be available for purchase.
The exhibition at Suomenlinna B28 is open on Wednesdays 12:00-18:00 from 24 August to 21 September, 2022
At the same time, a public TAPE ART work by Robert König and Stephan van Kuyk will be launched in the auditorium of Nordic Culture Point’s premises at Kaisaniemigatan 9 in central Helsinki. The work can be viewed during the Nordic Culture Point library’s opening hours from 22 August 2022 to 22 June 2023
This event is part of Nordic Art Lab, a project in which Nordic Culture Point invites artists to work with various interdisciplinary projects on site at our gallery in Suomenlinna, Finland.
TAPE OVER is an internationally acclaimed tape art group founded in Berlin in 2011. Their roots are in Berlin’s subcultural electro scene and they began creating their colourful tape artworks in the city’s electro clubs. The TAPE OVER collective has created several public works of art around the world. Visit the TAPE OVER website for more information.
Nordic Culture Point (website) is an institution of the Nordic Council of Ministers which works to support Nordic co-operation within the area of culture and to increase awareness of Nordic culture in Finland. Our vision is that everyone should be able to participate in socio-cultural life on equal terms.
