Elina Nissinen: hunajakuu / honey moon
15.–31.8.2025CURATORIAL ESSAY PDF
taivas on täynnä täysikuisia hunajakuita /
the sky is full of moons made of honey
In August, Lou presents hunajakuu / honey moon, a solo exhibition by visual artist Elina Nissinen. The exhibition features an immersive installation created specifically for the space. As part of the work, visitors will experience a scent designed and produced by dramaturg Masi Tiitta, inspired by the themes of the exhibition.
hunajakuu drifts into Dionysian states where intoxication, fermentation, and overflowing excess blur the boundaries between matter and spirit. The exhibition explores the night, altered states, and the potential for metamorphosis through ritual and sensory abundance.
Elina Nissinen (b. 1991) is a visual artist based in Helsinki. Working primarily with varying sculptural materials, their practice is spatially oriented and often collaborative. Nissinen’s work raises questions on meaning-making, different modes of ambiguity and the affective. Addressing the connection between the material and the invisible worlds, their work explores the overlap of the queer with the matter(s) and manifestations of the transcendental and the mystical.
Nissinen holds an MFA in Fine Arts from the Academy of Fine Arts at the University of the Arts Helsinki (2024), and an MA in Arts from Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture (2018).
Masi Tiitta works as a choreographer, director, dramaturge, and member of various working groups in the field of contemporary performance. Interested in interdisciplinary approaches in the arts, he has collaborated with dancers, actors, visual artists, and musicians. His works have been presented, for example, at Helsinki City Theatre’s Stage for Contemporary Performance, Contemporary Art Space Kutomo, and Zodiak – Center for New Dance. He is also a perfume enthusiast and shares fragrance recommendations when asked.
Documentation: Tuure Leppänen