Listen to the Dust 26.6.–27.10.2024

What will be left behind when I am gone? The themes of our new exhibition rise from the dust and meander through the maelstrom of life.

Dust is what we all carry in our shoes. It also evokes the layers of time, memory and experience that we carry with us. If the basic building block of life is found in asteroid dust, should we not also consider dust as a form of time travel on the scale of light years?

The invited artists in the group exhibition entitled Listen to the Dust are Katariina Guthwert, Marja Helander, Marianna Henriksson, Flis Holland, Liisa-Irmelen Liwata, Mayumi Niiranen-Hisatomi, Milla-Kariina Oja, Shubhangi Singh and Niina Tervo.

The exhibition also includes works by Anni Arffman, Lauri Astala, Ilkka Halso, Ulla Harju, Tuula Lehtinen, Anni Rapinoja and Aarre Viinikanoja from the collections of the Oulu Art Museum and the Aine Art Museum.

In addition to the galleries on the ground floor, the exhibition continues outdoors in the museum’s rear courtyard with raised-bed garden. The garden is a collaboration between Oulu Art Museum, City of Oulu youth workshops and Oulu Centre for Sustainable Development