W0RMH0LE

 W0RMH0LE

Rio Hondo Art Gallery, California, USA
15 October – 15 November 2019

Curator: Ville Laaksonen
Artists: Anna Estarriola, Teija and Pekka Isorättyä, Aarno Rankka, Jyrki Riekki

Project description:

W0RMH0LE was a group exhibition presenting contemporary Finnish art through the metaphor of a tunnel — a passage through the Earth, and simultaneously, through layers of existence. The exhibition guided visitors on a journey reminiscent of Dante Alighieri’s Circles of Hell, yet detached from religious dogma or scientific literalism.

Instead, the wormhole functioned as an artistic and philosophical device: a speculative space between science and spirituality, reality and myth. The works invited viewers to reflect on transformation, collapse, and transcendence — not as opposites but as coexisting states of being.

Featuring installation, performance, sculpture, and painting, W0RMH0LE explored how art can move between dimensions: material, psychological, and symbolic.

Screening:

Control – Alternate – Destroy – Erase – Improve – Force – Repeat
Curated by Ville Laaksonen (Art Incubator & QiPO)

Artists: Lauri Ainala, Dave Berg, HYPERREAALIYAH (Jenna Jauhiainen), Aliina Kauranne, Ninni Korkalo, Anni Puolakka & Ellie Hunter
Format: Full HD / Stereo 2.0 / Duration 49 min 47 sec

The screening extended the exhibition’s concept into time-based media, presenting a narrative-like sequence of contemporary Finnish video art. It operated as both document and fiction, weaving together personal visions of control, transformation, and repetition — the constant human loop of destruction and renewal.

Supported by: Arts Promotion Centre Finland