Hermanni Saarinen

1979 Suomussalmi


Dear exhibition guest,

The senior evening caretaker Ju-sa welds the front door shut. It will take thousands of years before a person from the future comes to break the seal. Ancient curses are activated. They reside on the third floor, in the sculpture hall. The microwave is humming. A sound of gloomy laughter echoes from the audience. The mummified guests are slowly waking up to everyone’s great astonishment.

At some point the guys are exchanged for lumps, which are neatly arranged near the platform. Music turns into a hiss. Everything changes… blah.

The new generation of artists and their mental condition! Ultimately, there is very little to choose from. Only Styrofoam teeth and broken bananas. Necessary interruptions emphasize the adherence to tradition. To what? The costume design of the spring play accurately follows the inaugural class of 1982. The rotten fairies are the only cause of anxiety.

At the culmination of the spring festival a fake arm is waving goodbye to the rotten fairies, neo-bohemian formalists, bandy-legged relativists, speech defects and other physical handicaps. Everyone is singing and dancing around a ping-pong table that is not there. There is no return to the past. Time is merciless. The cafeteria is full of strangers. A monument is erected at the smoking area. Everything starts anew with only slight variations.

Best, Little treat