\r\n\r\nThe Night Flight exhibition consists of five sculptural works in which the artist Antti Kytömäki addresses the transience of life. Kytömäki uses a sparse, austere mode of expression to construct an integrated sensory whole that makes reference both to celestial mechanisms and the constant flow of the existence of everything, with humans positioned somewhere in between.\r\n\r\nWhen dusk sets in and the vault of the heavens slowly draws back the veil, we can see far out into the cosmos. Night is the time when existential questions take over, and when our senses are most finely attuned to reading and sensing our surroundings. Navigating in the dark becomes an entry point to Kytömäki’s latest series of works, too. In his exhibition he brings together the star-filled sky, time, the horizon, motion, and destination. Kytömäki looks at life with a twinkle in his eye, as being a constant, fumbling attempt to plot a course into the unknown. Seen against the movements of the heavenly bodies and the geological cycle, we cannot help noticing that life comes across as a rather tragicomic, extremely short-lived, phenomenon. That is why it is also no surprise that death is tangibly present in the exhibition. Death is something both…

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"Nocturne" (2019–20) is based on Strandberg’s own experiences and memories, in which image and language are interlinked, creating an ambiguous experience of a chance encounter. Magnus Strandberg (b. 1980 Hanko) is a visual artist and freelance translator who lives and works in Helsinki. He graduated with an MA in art from the Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture in 2015.Nocturne is based on Strandberg’s own experiences and memories, in which image and language are interlinked, creating an ambiguous experience of a chance encounter.

Jani Anders Purhonen (b. 1982 in Ekenäs) lives and works in Helsinki. He gained his Master’s in visual arts in the Time and Space Arts subject area at the Academy of Fine Arts in Helsinki in 2015. In his work Purhonen looks at collective working methods that lower the threshold for coming together around art. He has been an active member of the artist-run art gallery Oksasenkatu 11 and has produced radio programmes for the local station Radio Bekola. Together with Eeva Rönkä, Purhonen runs Bebetton – a small stage for art in the suburb of Roihupelto, Helsinki. Purhonen and Elina Rantasuo started the Bread Omens project during an artist’s residency in Marrakesh in 2018.