Helsinki Biennial 2023

2023
New Directions May Emerge

A toxic, contaminated, imaginary island connects large rocks, each carrying a single letter. Together, these visual elements convey messages shaped by curatorial intelligencesā€”Contamination, Regeneration, Agency. The visual identity of the Helsinki Biennial creates a speculative world that unfolds through multimodal artistic acts of noticing, sensing, and sense-making. Moving from humans to non-humans and between varying scalesā€”a spectrum spanning data on the smallest scale through to islands. Curated by Joasia Krysa at HAM Helsinki Art Museum.

  • Helsinki Biennial 2023: 'INDEX' page, script names curl under 'Curatorial Intelligences', ghosted letter rocks behind
  • HB23_Alma_Heikkilaā• e Photo by Perttu Saksa 2023 by HB
  • Helsinki Biennial 2023: letter rocks spiral 'Contamination', 'Regeneration', 'Agency' on turquoise under a sheer overlay
  • Helsinki Biennial 2023: pale green contents page of 'New Directions May Emerge', script names and a flourish trail below
  • Helsinki Biennial 2023: black rocks scatter over a pale imaginary island on turquoise, tiny trees, an octopus and names
  • Helsinki Biennial 2023: black letter rocks spell 'Reactivate', 'Rejuvenate' and coil 'Reconfigure' over ghosted text
  • Helsinki Biennial 2023: turquoise cover, black letter rocks spiral 'New Directions May Emerge' past a fish and octopus
  • Critical Environmental Data, HD23
  • HB23 curatorial intelligences Critical Environmental Data, Museum of Impossible Forms, and ViCCA@Aalto Arts. Photo by HB, design by The Rodina.
  • Helsinki Biennial website by The Rodina 2023
  • Helsinki Biennial 2023: pale green gatefold, embossed islands hold rocks in relief, tiny trees, fish and octopus roam
  • Helsinki Biennial 2023: pale green spread, script loops 'Art Mediation Forum 2023', an embossed island holds three rocks
  • Helsinki Biennial 2023: turquoise back cover of dense text, sideways script runs from 'As contamination' to 'may emerge'
  • Helsinki Biennial 2023: lettered black rocks curl across a turquoise page spelling Contamination, Regeneration, Agency
  • Helsinki Biennial 2023: a spread maps an imaginary island in pale green on turquoise, black rocks chaining past tiny trees
  • Helsinki Biennial 2023: rocks, each carrying a single letter, swirl to spell 'Slippery and surprisingly warm' on a pale page
  • Helsinki Biennial 2023: script loops 'Directions Emerging' on pale green pages, a silvery imaginary island dimpled alongside
  • HB23_museum of impossible forms