Lintukoto: Mythical places at the edge Henna Asikainen
Event details
In Finnish mythology, lintukoto describes a paradise-like place at the far edge of the world where the sky and earth meet - a mythical refuge where birds were once believed to migrate for the winter.
Through an immersive installation, artist Henna Asikainen reinterprets this myth for the Anthropocene - an era of ecological collapse, displacement and political instability.
Join Henna for the exhibition launch and hear how she draws inspiration for her art from the experiences of those who have been forced to leave their homes.
Afternoon tea will be available at this event.
The Lintukoto exhibition is available to view from 9am to 5pm from Saturday 30 May until Friday 5 June. Please note that King’s Manor is closed on Sundays.
The event is presented by the Heritage for Global Challenges Research Centre which is funded by a Leverhulme International Professorship and located in the Department of Archaeology at the University of York.
Image credit: Henna Asikainen
About the speaker
Henna Asikainen is a Finnish multidisciplinary artist whose socially engaged practice explores the intimate relationships between people and the natural world, and the entangled experiences of belonging and displacement across human and other-than-human lives. For over a decade, her work has been developed collaboratively with diverse communities - particularly diasporic communities - unfolding through embodied, place-based methodologies shaped by specific landscapes and the ecologies that sustain them. Henna received her PhD in Fine Art Practice from Northumbria University, UK in 2004 and has since undertaken numerous residencies and exhibited widely. She is currently an Artist-in-Residence at the Heritage for Global Challenges Research Centre, University of York.
The Lintukoto project emerged from Henna’s long-term work with diasporic communities and was developed and realised in collaboration with Usue Ruiz Arana and composer Ben Ponton, alongside co-creators who generously gifted their voices to form the chorus.
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