5.7.2022

Meet the Artist: Mammu & Pasi Rauhala

Tuesday 5.7. at 1 pm

Art curator Sanna Karimäki-Nuutinen will interview the artist couple Mammu and Pasi Rauhala at the exhibition space Vintti. Event is included to the admission fee.

The artist couple Mammu and Pasi Rauhala celebrate their joint project of a 10-year journey with an anniversary exhibition at Vintti in Kunsthalle Seinäjoki. Bears All Things (originally in Finnish ‘Kaiken se kestää’) is a lifelong art project where the artists document their daily lives wearing their wedding attire. The work is continuous and intertwined with the everyday life of the artists, from home renovations to yard maintenance. The undertaking, which began in 2013, has been carried out annually. The works explore time, humanity, and interpersonal relationships. A vital component of the oeuvre is the photographs in which artists look seriously at the camera while wearing their wedding outfits. Over the years, the work has also evolved in its form to include video installation, performance, and sculpture. In addition to Bears All Things, other correlative series have emerged—focusing on issues related to love and its preservation.

Mammu Rauhala holds a Bachelor of Culture and Arts degree in theatre. Throughout her life, she has used both the visual arts and her body to express herself. Mammu’s practice experiments with, and straddles
the intersections of, sculpture, painting, media art, and performance, among other things. Art masks and related performances are the objects of her passion. Together with numerous activities, Mammu has worked as a theatre teacher, director, and coordinator of applied arts. Pasi Rauhala has a Master’s degree from the Department of Photography at Aalto University and in Time and Space Arts from the Academy of Fine Arts. Pasi Rauhala is a media artist focusing on interactivity, spatiality, and public space. During his 20 year career, he has taught in all the major Finnish art schools and participated in dozens of art productions as an artist, curator, producer, and coordinator. For Pasi, art is a never-ending adventure that can lead you anywhere. Mammu and Pasi Rauhala have been working together since 2010. Bears All Things is their most important joint project, which they have been working on since 2012. Parts of the project have been on display at the Paikkari Performance Festival 2013, Galleria Forum Box 2014, Galleria Lapinlahti 2016 and Riga Art Space, Latvia, 2016. Love Never Fails has been seen at Galleria Huuto 2016 and at the Pyhäniemi Manor summer exhibition 2018. Hanging in There was seen at Mänttä Art Festival 2019 and at ARS Kärsämäki 2020.